At long last, after some problems with hardware and software (advice: warped CDs can cause big problems, no matter how slight the warp may seem), I have finally got my computer up and running! i5 core, a GPU that cost more than $100, eight gigs of RAM, a terabyte of drive space all to myself. At last, something I can play games on with a decent setting!
Speaking of games, I'm going to point you all to my Steam profile in my ID which I think is just below this journal if you're reading this from my profile page. I'd love to expand my friends list...though I won't be playing games quite yet.

No, first I've got to do something more important than games. And that is...move.
Yes, I'm moving. Across the street, literally. It's so close, the only change in my address is going to be the last two numbers of my house number getting reversed. I'll have a larger room, a bathroom to myself, new carpets were just installed, there's a kitchen that isn't filled with awful appliances, and all for lower rent...it'll be a good place indeed!

Guess I'd better be off to bed now if I'm going to move everything in three days. That's a really full garage I've got down there.