Today’s the day Paula goes to court. Question is, will she be there to get the CD I’m sending? Yes, we got my computer/burner all set up. At first I thought something was wrong because the burner wasn’t reading CDs. Apparently, all it needed was for me to break it in a bit by opening and closing the door a few times. Maybe there was some dust in it or something. Nonetheless, I love it! It’s great to be able to do my own backups and burning. I have two backup CDs and decided to back up one once a month and the other twice a month. Meanwhile, I’ll back up current stuff on floppies pretty much every day.

It’s also nice to have a faster computer and more space. I had 5 gigabytes before and now I have 11. That’s 11 billion bytes!

Next comes the setting up of the digital TV system which Tom says will be a big, complex job. I believe that, too. This drive will be many times bigger than mine and will be able to hold 60-70 hours’ worth of shows. Tom says it’s the best you can get without being rich. This way, if I decide I don’t want to burn a particular episode of Charlie’s Angels I can just delete it from the hard drive.

Unlike the chair he broke, I couldn’t quite get this new chair he got for his office put together. I got some of it, though. He only got this chair cuz his was broken and it was dirt cheap, but we both agree it’s not the greatest chair. It’s leather, which sucks (it’s cold when you first sit in it), it’s too firm, and the back’s uncomfortable. It juts into my back just above the small of my back.

In order to get my computer off the floor, I had to put it on the printer stand next to the laserjet and move it back a bit. The way it’s set up now was blocking the big speaker that’s in this room, so I propped it up with an old speaker we don’t use, then put Joy on top of it, and she looks great there. She comes to about a foot below the ceiling (this is where the lowest part of it is) which is about 7’.

I saved a whopping $25 in my share of weekly groceries which means I’ll have a total of $45 come Friday. Makes me feel like one spoiled rich bitch! Anyway, I decided to get what I really like and not settle at all when it comes to getting more fashion dolls, not that I’ve settled with them as of yet. Anyway, to me, the nicest and most realistic-looking fashion dolls are the Robert Tonner series which consists of Tyler, Mei Li, Esme and Sidney, and I also like the Eve and Alex series. Eve doesn’t have any friends (just color/race variations) like Tyler and Alex do. Alex’s friends are Jade and Paris. I managed to find a site that has a brown-eyed, brown-haired version of Eve for $25, and a redheaded version of Alex for the same price (both dolls are sold nude). I can’t tell her eye color, though. They look brown towards the pupils and green further out. I’m going to order these real soon, then later on, I’m going to get this gorgeous black doll in the Eve series called Saffron Sunset that wears a flaming red chiffon gown. This one’s more expensive at $120, but hey, I like it a lot!

After I get the two dolls on sale, I’ll probably continue on as originally planned which means I’ll get the mugs, Dalene and the ballerina ornaments. Then I’ll get the black Eve. Lastly, assuming I’ve gotten the fashion doll kick pretty much out of my system save for whatever future Playboys may come out, I’ll probably work on the Ashton-Drake dolls.

Later…

I called Paula a little while ago, and fortunately, she’s home. I let her know her CD is on its way. I asked what happened in court and she said a lot of stuff, but she couldn’t talk to me about it at the moment as Miguel, her very perpetrator, was present. Lovely, I thought to myself. We both get to play court for our perps. Only difference is one wants to fuck her perp and the other wants – well – I think that’s rather obvious. But once again, I can want, but not have. Hey, no one gets it all!