Words I never thought I’d hear myself saying: “I have a mac cable emergency! Get me 50ccs of hipster gadgets, STAT!”.

After cleaning our apartment, I was beyond delighted to discover that once again, my power supply has bitten the dust. We blow the power several times a week in the apartment thanks to the awesome wiring, and so far it’s cost us three power supplies (Ed one and me two). Luckily, I’m in a rather unique position in that I can’t walk more than 4 steps in my home without tripping over another computing device. I’ve decided to punish my wayward PC for a while by letting it sit there, and have since set up my Macbook to use as my main computer. I’m pleased with this turn of events – now I can have a dual monitor seup and look even cooler than I did this afternoon. This is where the emergency came in, though – after staring blankly at my Mac and my monitor’s VGA cable, I deduced that they were not the same. I had to run to Future Shop to find myself a mini-DVI to VGA adapter (they wanted $47 for the Apple cable versus $18 for the knockoff – I am not as leet as I am poor, so the $18 cable it is), but now I’m all hooked up and bathed in my very own radiation vibe.

Ed and I took part in the Earth Hour today; turning off most of our things for the sake of sitting in the dark. Ed forced a compromise on me in that the Oilers were playing the Flames on CBC and there was no way in several hells he was going to miss it – so we turned off everything in the house with the exception of the fridge and the TV. Then we sat in the dark for two hours (the TV was off for most of the second hour) before we got bored and started turning things back on. I was planning on using my SqueePC on battery and steal internet from Josh’s wireless, but that just seemed like too much effort so I chilled out on the couch and battled some spiky things on my DS. It was good times, and now our place smells good thanks to both the epic cleaning festival and the vanilla scented candles we used for both light and heat.

It is wicked horrible outside. I am very cozy indoors and grateful for my fuzzy socks and flannel sheets.