Okay, maybe not. How about mad scientists and some sort of fiendish mind control device? No? Subterranean species gearing up for world domination? Coma? Amnesia? Works in the soap operas.
Fine, I can tell you aren't going to buy any of that. 2001 was both a very long and a very short year for me. Here's a brief history of what happened:
Oct/Nov of 2000 -
The computer (Waterhouse) that my boyfriend
and I were sharing started to go on the fritz. It got a virus, so
reinstalling Windows was necessary, and it was mostly a huge hassle.
You know the drill - all your links and customizations go down the drain.
I was busy at work anyway, so I figured, "I'll get caught up after the
holidays."
Dec/Jan of 2000/2001 -
Waterhouse was more or less working, although
I was nervous about setting things up because I didn't know if it would
crash again. In January, my boyfriend and I call it quits on our
3 year relationship. It was a mutual decision and things were resolved
amicably. Mark found someone to take my place in the apartment and
moving plans commence.
Feb/March of 2001 -
Moving sucks. I hate packing.
Mark wanted to keep Waterhouse, so I get the futon. I figure, "I've
still got my laptop." I decided to move back in with my parents,
mainly because I took a two week trip to Italy the last part of March to
visit my sister, Bethany. I had a great time and I'll have some photos
up at some point. The day before I left for Italy, I discover poor
Waldo, my laptop, is not acting very happy.
April/May/June of 2001 -
Waldo is definitely out of commission.
I think he got a virus from Waterhouse over the network. Arrgg.
I continued to pay my hosting bills, but I somehow missed renewing my domain
name . . . doh! In other news, I started a new relationship with
Ryan and work on finding
a new apartment. I decided to live by myself, which is expensive
but I'm tired of roommates. I move into my new place in mid-June.
Still no computer.
July/August/Sep of 2001 -
Saving up for new computer, which I get
at the very end of September. Unfortunately, I can't play with it
because I have deadlines at work. Doesn't that suck.
Oct/Nov/Dec of 2001 -
Working, working, working. Pretty
much August thru December was solid deadlines at work, punctuated with
time spent with Ryan. I turned 24 in October. I got back online,
nominally, but I didn't download my delusionland email until the end of
December. Doh! 3300 messages! Arrgg!! Okay, most
of them are junk, but still . . . how the hell did I get on so many spam
lists?
January of 2002 -
I finally get delusionland.com renewed
and start doing stuff. AngryWeasel (the new computer) is wonderful!
I had planned on getting a second monitor and graphics tablet, but once
I see this I know what
I have to get. I am presently saving my pennies and expect to get
it in February.
So what did I do the whole year? Well, I worked a lot. I moved twice. I went to Italy. I got into a new relationship. I gamed just about every weekend. I got a new computer. I didn't do a whole lot of artwork, but I plan on fixing that. 2001 was an interesting year.
