Pre-coffee ramblings and To Do

I'm still dragging my way between my first and second cup of coffee for the day, and have been interrupted by three packages already: a school book I ordered five weeks ago, the replacement battery for Chapati, and my Stinkin' Badge (located by thewulf). Those last two I ordered on Tuesday, I think.

I think the real trick with the Stinkin' Badge is going to be learning to curb my desire to throw it on the ground and spit while screaming "I don't need no stinkin' badge to deal with the likes of you, punk!" That would end up causing too many holes in the leather trenchcoat I plan on putting it on (I've finally retired my other trenchcoat).

( ramblings )

A To Do for the day:
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Problems with my To Do list....

I'm such a goddamn perfectionist. Also, I've noticed that lately I've developed this habit of insisting on trying to enhance my LAN as a "necessary" step to doing anything.

First I set up the LAN so I could copy files wirelessly between my Chapati and Churro, so I wouldn't need to go through the tremendous hassle of unplugging and then plugging my printer's USB cable.
Then I set up my printer on the network so I could print documents directly from Chapati.
Then I decided I simply couldn't live with my pirating ways anymore and uninstalled microsoft office and downloaded Open Office, so that I had to learn a new word processing program in order to write my Artist's Statement.

Today, I've decidedthat in order to print a couple of gift-photos, I simply have to wrestle with cross-program color management (I decided to put GIMP on Churro), and then of course optimizing my printer's color output. That last is actually pretty necessary, and I suppose this would be a good project to do it on, with it's full range of image detail, but I haven't synchronized my monitor colors, and at the very least I ought to be using a consistent paper source. Right now I'm just blowing through all the scrap paper I have - four sheets of Epson Premium Luster, then several piles of Free Sample Paper of various sorts. If none of this works, I'm just going to print the gorram things on that silver reflective film.