Catchin’ Up on Old Times

You probably noticed a marked lack of mmdc for the past, oh, four months, yes?

It’s amazing how shit goes awry every single autumn when I could really use the blog time to unleash my inner emo. And of course by the time I’m back up and running, it’s all gravy and I’m struggling for conversations. I tell you, I kicked a midget in a past life or something.

So the blog went down in mid-September for whatever reason. Well, technically I know why it went down…my three domains had suddenly started to use more than their shared server memory allotment. I could not for the life of me figure out why or what had changed on September 10th that threw me so completely over the limit that my websites were bouncing like Dolly Parton in a marathon. I’d like to report that my web hoster’s tech support was unbelievably helpful and adept at resolving my issue in a timely manner. I’d like to.

But I won’t. Because they left me swirling the drain with all the other internet detritus. The most helpful suggestion I received was that I should just start deleting files from my sites until the problem stopped occurring. OK toolbag, I’ll get right on that. In the meantime, how’s about you pull your cock out of your ass and maybe lend me a hand? I even switched to a private server account, which resolved absolutely nothing and resulted in nothing more than a really meaty bill at the beginning of October. So I just stopped trying. I deleted everything on two of my sites, since they were the two most likely to suck up memory. Wouldn’t you know it, everything went back to normal. Huzzah! By then though, I was deep in the throes of fall term at two different schools. So it took until this week for me to find the time to come back to an RSS feed near you.

And hey, as soon as I reinstalled this bitch, the mem usage issues reappeared. I’m thinking it’s the way my hoster is handling the MySQL db back end link to my front end apps like WP and phpBB. There can be no other explanation. And that’s sad because I know people who have multiple WP blogs and have never experienced this issue. Time for a new web host, yes? Shhhh, don’t tell them yet. I’d like it to be a surprise.

How You Doin’?

I’m groovetastic, thanks for asking.

What have I been doing since the last time we chatted? Oooh, I’m so glad you asked. I’m too modest to just start talking about myself out of the blue, you know.

Let’s just take the quick-n-dirty snark run-through of the last four months. It’s easier that way and reduces the chance that you’ll fall asleep or tune out entirely. I like my readership very very much. Would like to preserve it.

October began with Cousin Juls’s wedding up in bright, cheerful Yuba City. I say this with tongue firmly planted in cheek, as there was nothing bright nor cheerful about Yuba City. Never has been. I defy you to say otherwise. The day started off entertainingly enough with a fucking fire alarm at the hotel as soon as we arrived, followed by much flirtation with the local firemen and the early onset of heavy alcohol consumption amongst the bridal party. You can view my Flickr album here. Also, here’s the album for the bachelorette party. Sobriety was not my strong suit that night. Neither was keeping my pantyhose on longer than an hour.

That same month also brought the Harvest festival and the start of OSU’s fall term. Took Desert Watershed Management and Foods in Non-Western Cultures. Not as exciting as it sounds. The foods class ended up being a bust and I switched to taking it for credit instead of grade because I didn’t want it to rape my perfect GPA. The other class rocked the casbah a bit, though proctored exams can eat my ass inside out. Lessons learned there. Still got an A.

Oh, for Halloween, I dressed up as Sir Gallahad and Cutter rocked the Venkman. 

November began in a surreal manner, with the news of a friend committing suicide. I was forced to miss her memorial two weeks later due to a combination of familial obligations and schoolwork. Life really knows how to stick it in and break it off sometimes. Sam was a wonderful person overwhelmed with the trappings of a rough childhood and other things that haunted her over the years. I can say in all honesty that no matter how good of a person you think you are, you will never ever in your entire life be close to the person that Sam was. Just thought you needed to know.

That same month also brought NaNoWriMo 2008, which I managed to spank yet again, this time blowing completely past the 50,000 minimum word count to turn in a whopping 118,000 words. I KNOW. I have no idea how I did it either. I was doing through finals at OSU at the time as well. Shit’s just kind of a blur from that time period.

Oh. And I acquired another (temporary) roommate, as our friend Aaron moved in for a short stint that will last through February…possibly on into March. We’re not really sure at this point. We just know that three people is way too many for this house sometimes. Especially at moments like right now, where both bathrooms are occupied by pooping men and I have to pee really badly. There’s no way in hell I’m going in after either one of them. A car ride to the nearest gas station might be in my immediate future. We’ll see.

December was the end of my school career with Solano College, as my last bio class wrapped up with minimal fanfare. Oh, except for the fact that I ACED MY FINAL. Not sure if I mentioned that before. Did I mention that? You know…that I ACED MY FINAL? And by aced, I mean EVERY SINGLE QUESTION 100% CORRECT. Yes. You may touch me now. (got the highest grade in the class…99%)

What? No, I have no modesty.

The rest of December was fairly uneventful, as it should have been. Made treats, spent some time with the fam, drank enough wine to tranquilize a small elephant herd. And by that I mean the herd was small…not the elephants.

And now here I am…January 2009. No, I didn’t make any resolutions. I just found that I really didn’t care enough this time through. OSU winter term hath started, and already I’m running around completely insane. This time through I’m taking Wildland Plant Identification, Intro to Forestry (this should be easy; I’ve taken this course before at another school), and Management Principles of Pacific Salmon in the Northwest. Yes, they can actually get the course titles much longer if they try hard enough. I’ve checked.

Festival shit starts soon. Jared and I took the entire rest of the year off after the websites tanked. And now we’re working up the gumption to get back into the swing of things. Ah, it’s been nice not having to deal with constant whining, though if one more person asks me when the festival board will be back up, I’m going to set fire to the db backup I made.

And there you have it. Four months in a nutshell. I have been a bit active on the internet while this site has been down. You can seek me out on Twitter as well as Tumblr and check out my antics. I’m so wacky. Boi-oi-oing. And when there’s more time and I have a bit more caring going on, let’s talk about how I spent three months doing someone else’s job at work. No, really. This is a good one. You’ll chuckle. I did.

In Closing

Did I mention that I ACED MY BIOLOGY FINAL?