Love days like this

As the title says, the last 24 hours has been so good

It all started off last night after what is normally a pain in the arse instillation of a new distro on my linux box, when I have done this in the past my dvd drive breaks and all hell breaks lose, this time I was determined to force my BIOS to boot from usb, after a few Google searches I found a forum that has a thread about my problem, the general consensus "It cannot be done" :( well screw that. I fiddled and lo and behold I did what they said could not be done, never did like the so called tech expert anyway.

Sexy New Desktop

So now I have a lovely linux desktop and thanks to http://cristalinux.blogspot.com/ I have also got corky running for the first time (clock and meters on the right).

Second wonderful thing was my early birthday pressie from my girlfriend, one freshly pressed ticket to see Paul Simon in Cork. I cannot wait to see this living legend play, I have wanted to to years now and missed the last time because I had my head up my arse doing exams, and no they were not worth it..
Only thing now is can I get Garfunkel to join in, any one got his number??

The final great event was me getting around to booking my flight to San Francisco to see my wonderful friend Rebecca and my old mucker Paul and family, I'm so looking forward to the break from Ireland and the rain (however it was lovely today). its a little crazy as it has been two years since I was last over in the states, so much has changed since then, it is long over due.

Top that with dinner with Coll and the kids, hugs from Coll and Caria and finally a few episiods of Black Books and I'm as happy as a pig in shit after the butcher just got in a road crash on the way to collect him. Why can all days not be like this?

This Christmas I had noodles

With another festive season over I have come to the firm belief that Christmas is just not for me. This is the second year now that I’ve spent the day on my own, last year I was quite sick and decided that what I really wanted was peace and quiet, this year I did plan to spend it with my parents but they were firmly stranded in snow and ice, so once again, I ate what I wanted and watched what I wanted and eagerly waited for Doctor Who to go online, it was in short a great day.

The only hint of sadness I had was, that if my life goes as well as it should I might not be in Ireland next year,  if that is the case then I would have wanted to spend this year with them, but that was my only regret and it passed quicker than Christmas dinner.

This is not to say that Christmas this year was not different, my girlfriend has two kids and I did have the joy of watching them get ready for Christmas, it’s amazing the excitement that is radiated from children for what is a selfish act of getting as much gifts as possible, yes that is cynical but it’s the truth. However to see them happy, well nothing can really beat that, and if spending a fortune makes them happy then I guess it’s not so bad, I would love to criticise it but really in the end I was no different at their age.

I must also confess to getting some joy out of giving Colleen (gf) her gifts, i think i really am more into giving than receiving, its a strange victory when you get it right and your action made them smile but i can do that anytime of the year and that is far better because random acts of kindness are far better than forced hallmark ones.

So the year and decade has ended and I start anew with a few different goals in life, a few I’m carrying on from this year, like the desire to live somewhere warmer or to be more accurate to live in California, others I’ve got to think about a bit more and decide what I really want from life, but im not rushing into any choices, not just yet.

(I got a iPhone three weeks before Christmas, everything since is now pale in comparison)