That switch is dead.

I mean, it's already dead, but it's deader. Like, seriously. It's been the cause of the half of the network woes that the old skank-modem was not the cause of.

This has been driving me to near tears for the past week. And it's the bloody switch. The bloody, stupid, useless, smegging switch.

I am going to hit it so hard that it's going to take God Almighty and all the king's horses and all the king's men, and they still won't be able to put that switch back together again, that's how dead it is. It is more dead than a roadkilled skunk on a bad, hot, scorching day. It is more dead than Dr. King (Junior). It is more dead than the brain of G. W. Bush, and that's saying something. It might be on par with the deadness level of John's father-in-law, only on a more immediate timeframe. Only I think I'm going to use a hammer, instead. Not the bonky flashlight, because I am probably going to be hitting it hard enough to bust lightbulbs, and the bonky flashlight doesn't deserve that kind of punishment. (Hmm, maybe if I used John's father-in-law to hit it...?)

Allow me to back up for a second and give you a brief layout of the network, past and present.

For the entertainment of all, I have done these up in graphical format, to celebrate the happiness of the network and the harmonious swapping of packets.



So, you see, it was the switch at the centre of all the troubles.

Now, I shall go move myself some bookshelfage to get at the plug and plug the new one in all right and tight, and then I shall go with the camera and get me a "before" picture.

I don't know if there will be enough left for an "after" picture.

After Mama explained it to me, I don't feel guilty about the idea of going to Alaska both this summer and sometime over winter break. You see, FatherSir is funnelling my college payments through the credit card that gives him Alaska Airlines frequent flyer miles.

*giggle*
*giggle*

One racks up quite a lot of miles quite quickly that way.

Little Fayoumis has only one of his invisible friends anymore, it seems: Sim, the robot. Both the Colshins seem to have disappeared. Sim only shows up occasionally. Little Fayoumis does talk about "his spyhunter" (which is in some way connected to the father archetype) but mostly he plays by himself these days, or with characters from the fictons of others. (Finding Nemo, Scooby-Doo, Star Wars, and occasionally others.)

Got pickup slip for package yesterday. Office was already closed, but I thought I knew what it was.

Went out too early for the office to be open this morning. Came back, office closed. Came back again... yep, a somewhat battered overseas parcel!

Choooooooocolate. From wibbble. Or that's what it says on the customs sticker.

Now I get to open it. Whee!

Posting the address and phone number on the wall in the living room was actually a pretty good plan. The Little Fayoumis has it memorized, now, and can spit it out when prompted. He had to be probed for it in an alarming number of ways at this point in time last year.

Holy shit, and the school year's almost over.

Welcome to the wonderful world of "kid home for summer". Unlike some parents, we don't get to ship the kid off for camp in the summer (though it would be delightfully refreshing...) ...so we're going to be doing ... perhaps less than the usual schedule-juggling.

It's amazing watching them grow up.

Chakra Test

My results:

Root: under-active (-13%)
Sacral: open (38%)
Navel: under-active (-6%)
Heart: open (19%)
Throat: over-active (81%)
Third Eye: open (63%)
Crown: open (44%)

Last year's numbers:
Root: under-active (-19%)
Sacral: open (56%)
Navel: open (13%)
Heart: open (44%)
Throat: open (63%)
Third Eye: open (56%)
Crown: open (63%)


What it means:
I need to be better about asserting myself in groups without letting others run roughshod over me, and also without running roughshod over others.

Furthermore, while I'm more personally secure than I was last year, I still have some ways to go.

I've gotten more talkative/expressive, and also am more careful about expressing myself, which also showed up on the test, probably with some of the underactivity. I was formerly more prone to exaggeration as well as underconfidence. I'm reaching more of a balance with that, which will throw my testing off from former.


I've also got some Crown issues, but I think those can be balanced out with the root issue. Heh. I'm the one who lives in here...