Top 5 things wrong in my field of vision right now:
• Marks on the wall where a marker blew up and sprayed green ink everywhere.
• Intercom on the wall that doesn’t work and never has in anyone’s memory.
• A bunch of code numbers on a whiteboard that should work and don’t.
• A half-dozen inspirational posters hanging on the walls. Framed.
• The room itself. More on that later.

Name four things you wished you had :
• 1 Gb SD card for my Palm.
• A laptop.
• More time.
• A copy of X-Com Classic that runs on XP.
• The guts to add the 30 thousand words to Hidden Things that I think it needs. :P

Name four smells you love:
• Vanilla
• (god help me) That cedar-scented perfume… Eternity? Something like that.
• Leather
• Hazelnut
• Dog.

Name four things you are thinking about:
• Christmas presents for this weekend and the trip to SoDak.
• The trip to SoDak with Justin.
• Hidden Things rewrites
• Wild Boars (long story)

Name four things you did today yesterday:
• Watched Firefly, Serenity, with the commentary on.
• Went christmas shopping with Justin.
• Drove to Colorado Springs.
• Corrected about two dozen tests from various students. Three had failing scores.

Top 5 songs of the right now:
• “Favorite” — Liz Phair

Last thing you:
• Did: Fixed someone else’s computer.
• Read: King Rat by China Meiville
• Watched on TV: The Gauntlet on MTV, a couple nights ago.

Who do you want to:
• Kill: No one in particular at the moment. Stay the hell out of my way on the drive home, though.
• Hear from: Scott
• Look like: L.L. — that boy is CUT.
• Be like: Me. The real me, all the time.

Last time:
• Last song you heard: Liz Phair, Little Digger
• Last movie you saw: The Last Samurai
• Last movie you saw on the big screen: The Last Samurai
• Last thing you had to drink: Diet Coke, 20oz bottle.
• Last thing you ate: Slimfast Meal Bar: Chewy Chocolate-chip granola… breakfast of champions.
• Last time you cried: During Last Samurai, like a tubby bitch, as they say.
• Last time you smiled: Whenever I think about watching more Firefly. Specifically, last night while watching Firefly.
• Last time you laughed: When Joss Whedon’s commentary revealed the Wash was miming a control stick during one flight sequence, because they couldn’t get the joystick in the shot, and that noone ever noticed.
• Last time you danced: When the Firefly DVDs showed up.
• Last person you hugged: Justin, this morning.
• Last thing you said: “Heh.” (Yes, I say that in real life too.)
• Last person you talked to online: I don’t chat online. I sent an email to Stan yesterday I think.
• Last thing you smelled: Orange-flavored cough drops… they made me hungry.
• Last car ride: Jackie’s Forerunner
• Last CD played: Liz Phair
• Last item bought: Diet Coke, 20 oz bottle. Last night: Courtney Crumrin, 2nd collection. First couple issues are online for free here and here.

Albums playing on the regular right now ::
• 6gb of various mp3’s. I’ve been playing alot of classic music at home lately.

As soon as you get XCom to run on XP, let me know where I can get it from.

You know...Coke comes in a 24 oz. bottle now. Nirvana.

Top 5 things wrong in my field of vision right now:
• Monitor
• Tower
• Cornflower fabric covered cubical wall
• Cup o’ ice water
• Keyboard

Name four things you wished you had :
• New lap top
• A new works mini
• More time.
• A complete set of all the “Starblazers” series
• Tickets to Europe and 90 days vacation.

Name four smells you love:
• Vanilla
• Fresh cut grass
• The smell of coming rain
• Fresh cut timber

Name four things you are thinking about:
• Trying to decide between two things to cook for Sunday
• Why is the computer arguing with me
• What to get for my dad for Christmas
• I got my first outstanding employee review

Name four things you did today yesterday:
• Watched Firefly, The Message last night, and some of the extras. Had a good laugh at the Easter Egg.
• Got my Mom set up to take one of my step sisters house stuff from here to St. Joe, MO.
• Had the joy of cutting the safety restraints from the removable seats in the rental minivan so that they could be removed.
• Went to yearly EPA/OSHA/HAZMAT training.

Top 5 songs of the right now:
• “Waiting for you” - Seal

Last thing you:• Did: Brought up the northern Colorado power grid map to make corrections to it.
• Read: Still reading “Quicksilver” Neal Stephenson
• Watched on TV: Simple life on FOX

What do you want to:
• Kill: I’m in a Relatively kill free mode right now
• Hear from: Randy, while in the middle of Firefly disk 3
• Look like: So many choices
• Be like: Just happy to be me thanks
Last time:
• Last song you heard: KMFDM, Waste
• Last movie you saw: Snatch
• Last movie you saw on the big screen: Kill Bill, Vol. 1
• Last thing you had to drink: Ice Water
• Last thing you ate: Popcorn
• Last time you cried: While listening to my sister telling my Niece who Sage was
• Last time you smiled: After pulling off a great one-liner at one of my co-workers expense.
• Last time you laughed: Reading the Trolls on ***Dave’s site
• Last time you danced: My Brothers wedding
• Last person you hugged: My sister after thanksgiving
• Last thing you said: “Thanks” to my Boss for the first ever outstanding employee review
• Last person you talked to online: don’t do IM. Sent an email to Doyce this morning
• Last thing you smelled: Somebody else’s popcorn
• Last car ride: To work this morning (28th, 36, 120th, Huron
• Last CD played: KMFDM’s Nihil
• Last item bought: Popcorn

Er, you can always cut the words later...

Have you tried using the compatibility mode setting in XP for X-Com? I've seen it work on progs that were made in the '80's.

Actually, my problems with Xcom haven't been with the OS, it's been getting the game to wrap it's head around my ATI-All-In-Wonder 9600

L.L. is L.L. Cool J., right? I gotta agree with you on that one. Double props to him for being older than me and still looking that good, too.