I didn’t blog about this before but right before leaving for G.theguidon.com relaunch party I was approached by one of glance’s reporters that were at the event to pose for a picture that was to be featured on their fashion article on the ACTM first GA (which had a mafia theme).

I’m not one to actually think a lot about fashion. I usually just try to look nice but I think the ACTM first GA (combined with the G Relaunch) was one of the days where I really decided to mix and match and find something that worked. I didn’t have to look much to find something black and sort of formal since I stocked up a lot of those from latin dancing hahaha.

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Another funny event was when we we’re discussing which laptop to take and my dad was insisting I get a “Pentium whatever the latest Pentium was”. well obviously my dad hasn’t been around the tech-world for the past three or four years and didn’t realize that at the very least laptops would be using Centrino and that the Pentium line has stopped and Intel Core Duos we’re being used. 

He really does crack me up a lot sometimes

Yep I decided to go with a name that wasn’t on my original intended listof names. I named my macbook after Anita King from Read or Die. I got the idea of calling her that because everyone really likes “Maggie” but it sort of sounded like an instant noodle brand which somehow made me think of Read or Die (Maggie Mui). Somehow along the way it became Anita.

I’m still having trouble using the internet though, specially at school They used to configure the wifi settings for you but now it’s self service and it’s quite confusing since I’m still a mac newbie and the instructions mostly refer to mac os x tiger and not leopard. It’s a little easier at home even if we don’t have wifi. I did have to get an 10 meter phone chord so I could get online  and browse from the privacy of my room. It’s only temporary until I save enough money for a wifi router.

Having a laptop did make my work life so much easier this week! I was able to get a copy of Adobe Design Suite from my boss, Mike, at Wowenkho studios and resume on the work I was doing. I still haven’t moved most of my documents from my old pc (Lisa) but somehow having a mac makes me hate having to sit in front of that old thing.

We have this little trend at school where we give names to our laptops, since I now have a macbook I have to find a name for it. I thought of a lot of names but I really can’t decide on one. I thought of “Maggie” from The Simpsons because my old desktop PC is named Lisa. I wanted “Phillip” from the Rugrats because if there is a chance I’ll e buying another computer or electronic gadget in the future, I could name it “Lillian”. “Stewie” and “Brian” came from Family Guy because I love their little tandem on that show. What do you guys think? What should I call my laptop? Comment to vote!

Will it be Maggie?
Will it be Stewie?
Will it be Phillip?
Or will it be Brian?