Well that buggered pixel is still there. It hasn't annoyed me enough to warrant another buttraping more time on the phone with IBM, and I've been to entranced in my happy wireless world to actually care that much.

Listen carefully, because although I'm probably going to say this a shitload of times, this time is the only pertinent one at the moment:

WiFi is awesome. Laptops are awesome. Laptops with WiFi are awesome. I have had such a blast with this thing. Lying in bed wirelessly instant messaging, listening to MP3s on headphones while I washed up, having all my stuff right with me, having a computer quiet enough that it can be left on while I sleep and wake me up with beautiful tunes in the morning. Aaaaaaaaaah. This morning was particularly idyllic. Waking up from not quite enough sleep is so much more pleasant when you're shifted from your dreams by a slow fade in of The Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone Tonight.

I've decided that perhaps a leetle bit of GBA emulation may take my laptopia closer to completion. Add a pair of headphones, firewire PCMCIA card, USB light, bluetooth dongle, maybe a usb hub for all this stuff, 2.5" USB2 hard drive, maybe a wireless optical mouse and keyboard... Well, just search ebay under "laptop" and have a look at the list that comes up. I want one of everything. Please.

If you've been paying as much attention to comments on the site as I have (and you haven't, because I get an email when someone comments and you don't. So there.) you would know that Dave has a story to tell about elephants. Well actually Dave said I have a story to tell about elephants, but that's not true, it's his story. He related it to me the other night, and I am going to bring it to you through the magic of cut and paste:

Jaymis: dude, how much do you want amy
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: fuckin heaps
she liked my story about elephants

Jaymis: as in.. tesla elephants?
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: no
i was in thailand
floating on this bamboo hotel
on the river kwai

and i was reading in a hammock out the back of our room

and i heard this noise
so i looked up
and theres this big fuckin elephant millimetres away from me

its got this smiling thai person sitting behind its ears with a knife resting on its skull
so it doesnt fuck up.

they use the elephant to push and pull the rooms in and out depending on the tide

so i patted the elephant and then followed it off into the jungle
and there was this little village full of monks and shit
smoking cigarrettes and smiling and nodding and laughing at me

and i got to check out all there elephants at poke at a baby elephant.

elephants are cool.

...

.:[ èmpathy ]:.: you should get people to tell stories about elphants on jaymis.com
Jaymis: I know someone who can..
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: ... me?
Jaymis: yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: i want other stories about elephants
my guess is that everyone has a story about elephants
Jaymis: do I?

I don't by the way. But I liked that elephant story, so if anyone else has one feel free to tell it. I'm not going to stop you.

Oh crap. I forgot the photos. There's photos of Dave's elephants. Here are some photos of Dave's elephants.

yay for thailand.

/update:
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: i thought you were blogging that JET didnt earn the right to leave coughs in the vocal track
Jaymis: oh. fuck. I forgot about jet.
So without further anything at all... The JET conversation that started it all off like whooping cough.

Jaymis: SAID ONE TWO THREE TAKE MY HAND AND COME WITH ME BECAUSE YOU LOOK SO FINE THAT I REALLY WANNA MAKE YOU MINE
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: that songs okay
because of its delivery

i dont know.. JET are a bit regurgitated
yeah they've got their own style
but i almost think of them as a cover band
Jaymis: YEAH, BUT i LIKE THIS SONG
Jaymis: fuckit
Jaymis: yeah
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: YOU HAVENT EARNED THE RIGHT TO LEAVE A COUGH INTO THE MICROPHONE ON THE TRACK
Jaymis: HAHAHAHA
Jaymis: nice dude
Jaymis: that's such a good call
Jaymis: and it's so true
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: heh
its true

Jaymis: it's still a rockin track, but don't care about them enough to get the whole album
.:[ èmpathy ]:.:its hard to think of them as anything but sad cases for leaving it in
i mean its definately more than one vocal take
Jaymis: and I rarely only get a single track nowdays
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: yeah
same with me when i get muffuckin iinet
Jaymis: hehe.. it was probably a dumb producer. "you guys are all like raw and shit, so we're going to put a cough in there so you sound extra raw an shit, and so 13 year old girls can say "I like them because they're all like raw and stuff, like, how there's a cough at the beginning of the track, that's so... raw"
Jaymis: but then it's all like "I KNOW WE, AINT GOT.. MUCH TO SAY" and it's good.
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: "they must have done it in one take and the singer must smoke heaps and drink a lot and take herion cause he coughed.. THATS SO KOOL DUDE"
Jaymis: I bet he drinks bourbon, hardcore motherfucker.
.:[ èmpathy ]:.: or stollies

peshwengi: reading about tesla elephants (got sidetracked)
UberJaymis: edison was a bastard
peshwengi: HE FRIED PUPPIES
peshwengi: he was also wrong about AC
peshwengi: heh, dave's elephant story is surreal
peshwengi: I don't think I have an elephant story
UberJaymis: yes you do

(Side note: Fuck I am good at arguing)

peshwengi: hmm
peshwengi: well there was the time that I saw a baby elephant taking a piss on a guy that was trying to shovel elephant shit out of its cage
peshwengi: it's not a very good story though

Dave was right. Everyone has an elephant story. Except me, I don't believe I have a single elephant story. I have a giraffe story, but it's not an elephant story so it doesn't count at all.

Maybe you're just taking the elephant thing too literally. You need to find your inner elephant story. The elephant story that defines the esscense of jay.

(poo)

Wow, James. I owe your parents five bucks. I never thought there'd be any way to get you to do the dishes.

:p

im taking this opportunity to invite you all to my housewarming this saturday. starts at 4pmish... goes till we cant stand anymore. email me for the addy, or jay *should* have it. and jaymis if you do not come i cant even begin to tell you the things i *wont* do to you. hehe.

I'll be there. Oh wait... dammit

I'm finally going to get me an elephant story!! Less than a year after this post and I'm getting my shit to Thailand.

Go me.

Where the hell is Dave, I haven't seen him for ages.