SO, finally bought that flatbed scanner I’ve been raving and ranting about wanting for two months! It was shipped out from Hollywood, CA. this morning and should be here in only three or four days - whoo hoo! It was cheap so the scans will likely suck balls, but what are you gonna do, eh?
It’s a beauty for such a cheap scanner ( only $37 shipping and all from Amazon.com ), comes with USB cord, instructions and the best part is it comes with it’s software so I can actually use it instead of having to download the software online which is entirely impossible given my USB situation and now they don’t work on the only computer here that’s hooked up to the internet. Plus it’s a lame-ass DSL I can’t figure out so I can’t just move the cable to one of the laptops or I would have by now ( Believe me, I’ve tried! I also tried to find Satsu! Nevermind… ). So yay, software means I can actually use it! YAY ME!
One of the first things that’s going to happen is that Laota is going to start a scan, screencap and promo/still resource gallery over at Laota’s Gallery and make it a gallery again like it used to be. It’ll be one of those sites where you can basically use whatever you want as long as you link back, pretty sweet deal, eh?
One place that I’ve been wanting to go just for a vacation is New York City. I’ve never had the cash to just kick back there, so it’s never been a vacation destination that’s within my reach but maybe if I check out the New York City tours from the Trusted Tours & Attractions online travel guides I could find something more within my price range? They offer pretty great prices on tickets for tours throughout the country in major tourist destinations. Actually, if you’re interested in winning a free $150 gift card from iTunes, just sign up for their eNewsletter by July 31st of this year - easy peasy.
Actually, come to think of it, even when we do have vacation money we never go to the East coast. It’s more like going home for us, if I go on vacation in the U.S. it’s almost always in Southern California. We used to regularly visit my step sister and stay with her — in Oceanside, in L.A., in Burbank and San Diego. I think Oceanside was my favorite but one of the few that I remember clearly was the year we tried in vain to come up with things to do in San Francisco, lol. San Fran is very much a community type place, and we had the worst time trying to come up with wreckless fun to have in what’s largely suburban territory. Oceanside has been the best so far, come to think of it.
