I am, in fact, not dead

I'm only pining for the fjords.

Well, not really.
In actuality, I'm pining for a new computer.

A date that was important to me came and past. That would be last tuesday. The day SimCity 4 FINALLY came out.
Surprisingly (or unsurprisingly, I suppose, if you know what came with the game), I was unable to get the game. This is most upsetting to me. I've been looking forward to that game forever.
Why, you ask?
Because my 3 year old computer no longer meets the minimum requirements.
My processor, a 450 (which was good at the time) is to slow for these new-fangled games.

The thing is... I'm going to GET a new computer (I hope) the moment the extra money I took out in educational loans comes to me.
The problem is I have no idea when that is. :/
I think I should visit the response center soon and see if they have any idea.
Yes, I think I should...
... the moment it's warm enough for me to go outside without tears streaming from my eyes because of the god damned cold and wind.

I mean, I'm used to winter... but gods, it's a cold one this year and I swear it's only getting colder. We haven't had 7 feet of snow (yet.. and I expect with all this cold air, we won't because the damned lake HAS to freeze soon.)
I get in from the walk from my car to my office and I'm freezing and my nose is dripping and my eyes are running.
Ugh.

There's not much in my life to really report.
I'm busy working on FORTRAN code for my thesis.
At home, I'm trying to catalog my mp3s so that when I finally get a new computer (with an 80 gig or bigger drive), I can dump them all there and sort them (the brunt of the work being done now as I catalog and determine what goes where.)

I just wanted to post so that people knew I was still alive.

And now I'm back to working on FORTRAN.
Ciao, folksies.