Tsutarja

Oh, that's illegal since the area around here is notorious for forest fires. There's one major fireworks show that the city does, but it's so crowded that I never go.

Sure? I don't really do anything for New Years.I stay up past midnight just about every day, haha.

Your latest theme is an interesting one... but it's also nice to see you can still do things other than your usual Snivy pics.

That sounds like a lot of fun.

When I got out of college, I moved to Kansas City. I didn't really know anybody here at first. I've made a few friends, but they all live on the other side of the city. I think Drew lives fairly close to me, but I don't know him/her enough to be like "Let's go the movies!"

It's not all that great! I miss school. It's weird, when you are in school, you hate it and what to get out, then when you are out, you realize that it was actually a lot of fun, and the lack of responsibility (bills) was great.

Being an adult sucks! lol

I don't know. What shall we chat about?

Hmm, we should chat.

Hi! *gives a free Chespin*

First, I despise the way they just killed off BeOS. It was a visionary project, but Microsoft was afraid of losing market and did the unthinkable.

Used Windows for a long time, then I just dropped it. Windows got in the way of my work, and I ended up fighting it a lot. Especially because I do open source work. Cygwin and likes are painful to deal with. In terms of standards, Microsoft is always the rebel. Especially when it tries to force its standards into the international stratum, while the standard has the word Microsoft in its name. I had always been using Linux on the side, but I realized that I was getting nowhere by denying myself the right to use it as my main OS. There were plenty of other reasons, like the fact that it takes a really long time to install or upgrade software, that large hard disk operations take hours, and that I have to deal with viruses. This all happened when I was 11 to 12-ish.

You know how those articles say that the TCO of using Linux is higher? It's a flawed argument, as they're leveraging the fact that "everyone already knows how to use Windows anyways," when in fact, Windows costs more to use and support just due to the sheer number of problems that it creates, not even counting the smaller details like power draw, hard drive usage, etc.

To be honest, they're getting better with the new Indian CEO. First, they recognize Linux as a companion, they open source the .NET framework, and start officially supporting the FOSS realm. They also now truly strive for compatibility with devices and a better operating system. Something good might be in store for us.

Sorry for the rant.

We're having 85F now, But it's really humid today.

I truly wish that we could live in a world without Microsoft bashing. Of course, that won't be the case for a long time, so you can count on me to do it.

Wasn't sure whether it was entirely relevant to problem that we were trying to solve. Just a side remark.

I'm pretty good as well, But it's too hot down here :/

And, How's the weather down there?

Hey!, How's everything going?

Which section is that? My christmas was really good this year actually :D Its been eight or 10 years or something like that since last I celebrated with my grandparents, but I did so this year which was really nice. It really brought me back to my childhood haha, since everything was exactly as I remembered it as a kid.

How about you? Got any plans for New Years?

Thanks! I look forward to becoming more involved :D

Meh, I don't know. This year was really lackluster. I tried to get into it, but I just felt more out of place than anything. With everyone over, and everyone expecting everyone to be nothing but sunshine and smiles, it got pretty overwhelming. Not even giving gifts this year helped. I'm just not a Christmas person.

Didn't we already discuss why I'm the grinch? I always get grumpy around this time of year.

....yeah

Merry Christmas! Even if I am the grinch, haha.