New year, new car...

OMG am so, so freaking tired. I don't want to be awake now.

But in about three minutes, I have to call in and find out if they want me downtown for bloody jury duty this afternoon. Which I hope that they do not, because it's my last day of vacation without Mom around, and I'd like to, you know, spend it at home trying to get some of the stuff done that I haven't managed to do in the last, oh, month or so...

Bah.

2005 bit, and I am glad it's gone. Other than us getting the house (YAY!) it was a total bloody nightmare.

They've decided the Camrey is a total loss.

Mom and I are like, "Duh?" I mean, seriously. They didn't damage it that badly when they stole it, but a.) the shop that's looking it over for AAA keeps finding shit wrong with it, and b.) it's an 1989 Camrey. It's just not worth that much.

Mom's gotten herself a car loan or two, and wants to buy a Carrola. She was going to get a Rav-4, because she really likes them, but they don't get as good of gas mileage as the Carrolas, and with us living out in the sticks now, and having to take the freeway and drive forever to get to places, we need something good in terms of gas mileage. And we can't afford a hybrid.

Whee, must call jury people. BRB.

ETA: I'm so out of it I called a half-hour early. Punched all those numbers in for nothing. *headdesk*

(no subject)

You do not have to report. Your jury service has been satisfied for one year.

WHOO! YES!

*dances around the house*

I'm freeeee!

*whew*

GIP (Shiny!)

Why must I figure these things out on one of my last days of vacation? Seriously.

I was digging through some pictures on my hard drive when it occurred to me that the best of my seaQuest caps, and the one I used in the layout for Command Decision, is one I accidentally shrunk while I was playing around with it.

So, I tried shrinking a few of the other caps to around the same size. Viola, they no longer suck. *points to icon* Made from a cap I took using my digital camera, my TV set, and a VHS tape. Why did I not think of this before?

But it makes sense- I remember something g_shadowslayer said once, about how she was having trouble finding screencaps with a high enough resolution to icon... I figure for as big as they started out, the resolution of my caps pretty much sucked. Not surprising, because, you know, TV, VHS, and a digicam. But when I shrink the little buggers, the resolution is good enough.

*lightbulb*

*headdesk*

And this annoys me, in a way, because I have new software to play with and can doubtless make very pretty things now... and I don't have time! Argh!

(And no, I am not thinking of signing up for a seaQuest person for au100. Not me, no ma'am. I have enough stuff to do. I was crazy enough joining licenseartistic.)