It’s a Mac Jack…

Old Friend…

Tonight, I am writing my blog entry on a Mac for the very first time.  It is a bittersweet thing as I am in the process of retiring my Dell Inspiron 1720 laptop which is pushing seven years in age…in computer years that makes it a relic.  I’ve had several computers, both laptops and desktops, the 1720 has served as the best I’ve owned. Until the last year, I’ve had no problems with it at all. However, increasing slowness, the odd bluescreen or two (or ten), and having to rebuild it twice in as many months has moved me to rethink my technology needs.

So on a whim (actually lots of thought and research), I bought this Mac and to my surprise, its damn nice. I still defiled it by installing Windows 7 on a separate partition but only because I need Windows for work Mac’s let you install other operating systems without much issue unlike PCs. As I am writing this and in my personal life I am using the Mac OS but will use the Windows partition for anything work related. After just a few hours, I am already familiar with the Mac OS.  It is so easy and I now know what all those Mac users were talking about.

The bitter part, this weekend I will repurpose my 1720, giving it new life as my daughter’s laptop. As a 5 year old she won’t worry about its slowness or care how many more times Daddy has to rebuild it.  I will miss my old friend but maybe she’ll write a few good stories…

Photo by Wolf Scott, Old Friend, Perfection Sound, CA

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Falling Down…

The keys to happiness…

It seems it’s been forever since I was able to sit down and write something, anything.  CARMA is under a foot of dust, and my blogs have been a wasteland of emptiness.   This new job in the real world is wonderful but it keeps me all too busy and all too far away from my worlds.  I’ve fallen down and finding it hard to climb my way out of this hole that keeps me away from my passion, writing.  I need to set aside real time to sit and write, even if it’s only a few paragraphs a night.

My personal life, my online life, and everything in between have plummeted into obscurity. I find myself wondering how the hell I let this happen. What happened to my focus? Or rather, why did I change my focus? It’s all very simple really. I was seduced by the work, the ability to be back in the workforce, productive again.  Unfortunately, I enjoy my work and I let it take over, but time to get back to the writing, back to what makes me happiest.

Never let the reality take away the worlds you live in, write them down, word by word until they become the stories that we can all enjoy…

Photo by Wolf Scott, Keys to Happiness, Perfection Sound, CA