Need to better my relationship with technology

I have to say that I love looking at this page. It makes me smile.

Yeah, yeah. I know everything can change, but it's a nice little pick-me-up for now. The debates last night were interesting in observing the different styles of the two candidates. Palin did a good job of speaking to the American people in a way that I'm sure many will eat up, and talking fairly intelligently, which was both good and bad to see. At least I have a little more confidence in her abilities now. The embarrassing part to me was listening to the cringe-inducing call-ins from the public with their opinions on C-SPAN after. All I can say is, Really??? I mean, some were ok, but overall I'm mildly concerned we are heading toward Idiocracy.

So I'm at the GHC, but I'm unable to blog, because my computer promptly died upon arrival at Keystone. I started it up, and it started beeping with error messages.Sayonara, hard drive. I think this was the cause of all my previous issues, which is good to know. Dell is going to send me a new, shiny one, and one can only hope that I will not have these problems again. This whole process has been a fiasco, though, and Dell offers very little actual help or apologies for faulty equipment. Dealing with their phone support hasn't been pleasant either. I've called technical support to be transferred to customer care to be transferred back to technical support, etc. Finally, I said no more and my case got escalated so I'm dealing with only one person now, but geez. I think my laptop is pretty, and I'll be thrilled if the new hard drive truly works and life is good, but I've lost all confidence in Dell products. Bottom line: I won't buy from Dell again. Don't do it!

My conference computing is limited to the internet cafe at the center (that's where I am now), or sneaking into the "business center" at the Lodge. The "business center" is a tiny room next to the concierge desk with a desk and ONE computer. It's funny. But that means I don't have hours to sit in front of the computer pounding out a post, which does happen. I know it's hard to believe that I spend much time on what I write based on the sometimes questionable quality, but I often do!

The hotel itself is awesome. They gave me a schmancy loft room with a gigantic bed, soft sheets, and piles of pillows, not to mention a huge flat panel TV. Cushy central! The loft wall is all windows with an amazing view of the mountains. Trees are starting to turn here, and the mountainside is littered with deep yellow patches among the green. The air here is crisp and feels refreshing against the skin. A river runs through the resort, and I hope to take a nice long walk by it after conference activities this afternoon. I am making use of the gym here, as planned, and it feels really good, especially because there is tons and tons of food around all the time.

Before my flight to Denver, I picked up the latest issue of O at an airport shop. The theme this month is love. Finding it, keeping it, letting it go, how we choose who to love, etc. It's been an interesting and insightful read, and now I'm feeling inspired to write my own (mostly new to you, I hope) ruminations on love. Of course, when I say something like that, I set myself up for not following through (because this is me we're talking about here), but I find myself pondering over a lot of the things I read and forming my own ideas to share. Stay tuned. Maybe. :)