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sathorTrying to stay positive. I doubt I'll be getting my sis' old car but there's still a possibility. The reality is she owes me $300 and I deserve it. If I get it I will probably go back to the friggin mill for awhile or go work at blair on the phones if I'd rather stay clean and not have to work hard for cash.
I'm probably going to be buying a set of studio monitors and a glass desk. The desk is more important at this point. I want one that's going to last and isn't going to get destroyed by my acidic hands (yeah, you heard me - wooden desks eventually start to break down wherever my hands rest. I wouldn't be surprised if the neck on my acoustic guitar does as well)
The studio monitors would be great. The desk I'm looking at is $120 and the monitors are $120 as well. They are pretty cheap monitors but they will get the job done for now, and I've been working with less for a very long time. I'll have a little over $100 left after that.
The new LCD came today but I haven't set it up yet. I'm figuring that I'm probably going to take all of my essential files and transfer them to this laptop and then transfer back after a Vista restore. I'm switching to FL9 immediately. If I get the new desk I'll be able to have a much more efficient setup - it's 4' wide and my keyboard will comfortably fit on the main desk. It has a monitor stand that extends up from the back so the monitor won't even be on the same level as the keyboard. And of course the typing keyboard and mouse can be put on the roll out top underneath the main desk. All in all it'll be the best investment I can make right now, and it's small enough where I could take it apart and take it with me wherever I end up going in the future. Should last forever, it's all metal and tempered glass.
The biggest issue for me right now is backing up /all/ of my vocals for the past few years. I don't really need them but they are linked with the old project files. It really sucks because upgrading like this is, no matter how I do it, pretty much abandoning anything I've done musically prior to the upgrade. That doesn't really bother me all that much, but on some levels it does...some day I may want to expand on something I did in the past and I need to have those files around or I won't be able to.
I was going to split my diploma down the middle but I'm now under the impression that I'm not going to get any help with it. I'm pretty infuriated about it. They both know there are deadlines with this shit. It's not something where you can wait until the last minute to have the essential documents and then get into a college. I probably won't be going back this fall because my mother especially always puts things off to the last minute. I hate being that way and I can hardly ever talk to her about anything without her going "I don't want to talk about this right now." The reality is I'm going to have to do this all myself, but I'm still imprisoned for the moment without a way to have a job. I am an idiot for quitting the mill. An idiot. It was probably both the best thing I ever did for body but the worst thing I ever did for my future, besides dating stupid drama whore bitches that sucked the life right out of me.
I'm probably going to be buying a set of studio monitors and a glass desk. The desk is more important at this point. I want one that's going to last and isn't going to get destroyed by my acidic hands (yeah, you heard me - wooden desks eventually start to break down wherever my hands rest. I wouldn't be surprised if the neck on my acoustic guitar does as well)
The studio monitors would be great. The desk I'm looking at is $120 and the monitors are $120 as well. They are pretty cheap monitors but they will get the job done for now, and I've been working with less for a very long time. I'll have a little over $100 left after that.
The new LCD came today but I haven't set it up yet. I'm figuring that I'm probably going to take all of my essential files and transfer them to this laptop and then transfer back after a Vista restore. I'm switching to FL9 immediately. If I get the new desk I'll be able to have a much more efficient setup - it's 4' wide and my keyboard will comfortably fit on the main desk. It has a monitor stand that extends up from the back so the monitor won't even be on the same level as the keyboard. And of course the typing keyboard and mouse can be put on the roll out top underneath the main desk. All in all it'll be the best investment I can make right now, and it's small enough where I could take it apart and take it with me wherever I end up going in the future. Should last forever, it's all metal and tempered glass.
The biggest issue for me right now is backing up /all/ of my vocals for the past few years. I don't really need them but they are linked with the old project files. It really sucks because upgrading like this is, no matter how I do it, pretty much abandoning anything I've done musically prior to the upgrade. That doesn't really bother me all that much, but on some levels it does...some day I may want to expand on something I did in the past and I need to have those files around or I won't be able to.
I was going to split my diploma down the middle but I'm now under the impression that I'm not going to get any help with it. I'm pretty infuriated about it. They both know there are deadlines with this shit. It's not something where you can wait until the last minute to have the essential documents and then get into a college. I probably won't be going back this fall because my mother especially always puts things off to the last minute. I hate being that way and I can hardly ever talk to her about anything without her going "I don't want to talk about this right now." The reality is I'm going to have to do this all myself, but I'm still imprisoned for the moment without a way to have a job. I am an idiot for quitting the mill. An idiot. It was probably both the best thing I ever did for body but the worst thing I ever did for my future, besides dating stupid drama whore bitches that sucked the life right out of me.
