If you read the site then you know that my old Pentium 166 (no MMX)died on me back on July 16th. I had planned on saving up for a few months and get a new one. But on a lark I decided to stop in to a local computer store. Not a chain, just a mom and pop kind of place.

The prices were awesome. I picked up a case, 256mb of ram, a AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.2gz processor, and a motherboard all for around 400 bucks. Now to me this seems like a good deal. I figured it would cost a hell of a lot more than that.

The guys at the store were really nice. I ordered my parts on monday. And after one motherboard ending up backordered they finally got my stuff yesterday. So I put the thing together. I used my 20 gig hard drive, cd-rom, sound card, and modem from my old computer. I followed the instructions to the letter.

A few hours later I had a killer system that didn’t do a damn thing. Needless to say I’m a little bummed. Shit I’m really crushed by this. I had picked up a Geforce 2 with 64mb of on board ram to add some umph to the graphics and picked up Max Payne. Max Payne is a game with recommended system requirements of at least a 1gz processor for max graphical settings. I had planned to use that as a benchmark for how badass my system was.

I’m hoping the guys at the computer store will be able to help me. It’s just not fair.

Oh yeah, I am in pc heaven. My new box that I built myself is up and running. And it is as bad as I hoped. In this instance bads means good. I just wanted to point that out.

To my friends (and hey enemies too) send me an e-mail so I can get your address in my address book. That is it for now.

I continue to enjoy my new computer. I’m running into some time management related problems though. For example, I work the next couple of days. Yet I have been getting little sleep because I have been playing on the new computer.

I also have a back log of PC games I have to get to now that I have the PC to run them. This is another example of not having enough time. Tons of games. Baldurs Gate 2, Tropico, Deus Ex, Red Alert 2, Black And White, Kohan, The Sims, and probably a few others I have yet to play.

I mentioned Max Payne a few posts ago. Cool game if you get into that kind of thing. The graphics are awesome. You do need a hefty system to run it. I will put up some shots of it in action later.

To those of you interested in the inner workings of the site. I have switched from Newspro to Coranto. Newspro was the cgi script I used to use. Coranto is the new version of Newspro. Coranto is more flexible and easier to modify. The comments thing is gone. Not to many people used that feature anyway, I think it’s cool. Coranto doesn’t have a working comments add-on yet. When it’s released I will use it.

Is anyone tired of me geeking about my new pc? If so here is some hotel stuff I can fill you in on.

First is that the lady that does night audit with me is quitting. So that leaves me all alone. I think this is good. This means that I am needed. No one else knows the audit. New GM? Nope doesn’t have a clue. The Front Desk Manager does but she needs a refresher course.

Good news is I get a raise. Bad news is I’m going to be working weeks in a row. But it will be more time and time is money. And I have to get me one of them 400 buck GeForce 3. So that’s going to be ok for awhile.

I also heard that the Paycheck Nazi is bitching about me having the laptop at work. I find it funny because having the laptop here at work doesn’t interfere with me doing my job. My boss doesn’t seem to mind and the GM doesn’t seem to care either. So I guess this would be a good time to remind the Paycheck Nazi that she is only a secretary.

Other than this stuff I’ve just been playing with the new pc.

Well today is the start of my seven days in a row of working. With the possibility of more. The one part of me can’t wait for the paycheck. The other part wants to fuck with “them”.

What I mean is that I would tell them I’m only working my normal four days. The rest of the shit, well to fucking bad. It’s not my problem. Unless say you give me a few more bucks a hour.

I’m not to sure I will do this. It’s a gutsy move and I don’t want to screw up all this overtime. I’m greedy, but not that greedy. Anyway with all this overtime I can get my 400 buck GeForce3 with the next check. Whoa!!!

Well my idea of wanting more money is working. I stopped in to check if the GM was in to ask about me getting a raise. The GM wasn’t in. I asked the desk clerks if he had been in. One of the clerks is the Front Desk Manager’s daughter. So I told her what I wanted.

I got in tonight and everyone was asking me if I was going to quit if I didn’t get a raise. This is ok. If “they” think this then fine. If I get a raise great. If I don’t it’s not the end of the world. We will see what happens.

Well it’s day two of my possible two week run of doing the audit (maybe more). By Sunday morning I will have 80 hours. So I will be purchasing my GeForce3. Anyway that’s all.