The Sheriff Re-Run

Last weekend I again went down to my parents house to re-install windows on their desktop computer (last time it was their laptop). For the more technical minded, when I setup their laptop, I set it up with an admin account and a regular user account, and instructed them to use the regular user for day to day use and the admin account for installing and removing programs. Well, this system has been running great so far, keeping the viruses and spyware out because if you're running without admin privileges, then nothing is able to be installed, including viruses. It has been running so great that I decided to do the same when I re-did their desktop.

For the non-technical minded, I also had a really great time while I was at my parents house. I took my gamecube along, and played Super Smash Brothers Melee against my sister and her boyfriend, which I thankfully won. My sister also got really stuck into Harvest Moon, a farming game on the gamecube.

The last eventful thing that happened, was that I drove all the way back from Melbourne by myself, which is really good because usually I have my parents accompany me to the outskirts. Now I feel like an accomplished driver and I hope next time I can drive all the way into Melbourne by myself as well.

Oh and 2 weeks ago my iPod broke.

This song of the day to me is such a fun and light song. I found it something really happy and uplifting to listen to while I was driving until, like I said above, my iPod broke.

Song of the Day: chthonic - Super Mario 64 - Fleeting Ecstasy | Direct Download

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Wednesday brought about a very important anniversary for Steff and myself. As you may have already inferred from the title, it marked four years of being together, and let me tell you that they are four years that I wouldn't want to spend with anyone else.

I had been planning a bit of a surprise for that fateful day, but in the two days leading up to the momentous occasion I fell ill, and continued to be ill right through our special 4 year mark, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Two weeks ago, on one Monday morning, Steff and I happened to run into each other on my way to work and her way to uni. She was turning right at an intersection and I was turning left into the same street as her, so after turning into that street we both pulled over and got to say a nice good morning to each other. That inspired me to create a big romantic banner which I would wield in that same spot and surprise her on the way to work for our special four years day.

On Saturday I spent 45 minutes walking back and fourth throughout spotlight trying to decide what the best type of paint to use was, and then what colours to get. Finally I walked out of there with a bag full of material, paint and paint brushes and slid back into church where I was repairing the computer used for overheads. That computer took seven hours to fix on that Saturday, but as they say at the end of Thomas the Tank Engine, that's another story.

I spent the next couple of nights painting the banner, which I did largely through the use of stencils of letters I had printed out and then cut out. All in all this was a bit of a struggle though, because in Monday and Tuesday nights I was starting to get sick. I kept at it, and managed to get it finished on Tuesday night, ready for the big event the next day, however that night I found out from Sammy that the Uni class had been canceled, and that Steff now wouldn't be going in at all! I started to panic, because it seemed like my plan was ruined, but then I was reminded that Steff also had RE on Wednesdays, and after a quick phone call to Rachel, I learnt the times it operated and how Steff and Rachel got too and from the Primary School.

So I drove out at lunch time and parked my car on the side of the road five minutes before Steff was scheduled to finish RE. I stood at the back of my car, holding the banner folded up, waiting for the car to approach. It seemed like I was waiting for quite a long time, not least because of the constant churning of my sick stomach, but at last I saw Rachel's car and indeed almost missed it. Thankfully I pulled up the banner just in time and the rest, as they say, is history. I will say though that it took Steff quite by surprise.

Hopefully my friend Rachel, who was driving the car with Steff in it will write a bit about her impressions on her blog.

Song of the Day: Day of Fire - Reborn | Lyrics