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[etoiline]

Sad but true: I learned a new word today from a romance novel.

Lugubrious: 1. mournful; especially : exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful or 2. dismal.

I'm a bit lugubrious today because shortly I'll be going from my own new computer at work (of just over two months, with Windows XP and all sorts of other goodies) to sharing an older model in a different lab. I whine too much, I suppose. At least there's access there. But (gasp!) no games, no always open email...guess I'll just have to work like other folks do.

I realize this is a stupid feeling and it shouldn't bother me so much. But it does, unfortunately. I'm trying not to think about it and instead think of how I'll be in Vegas tomorrow. Wish me luck; a winning streak would sure make me feel better.

Comments

good luck!

[beatl23.livejournal.com]

Yeah, work sucks. I'm doing some of it right now. Boooo hiss.
Have lots of fun in Vegas! Drink a fancy beverage with a straw and umbrella for me. :)

[biginjapan.livejournal.com]

Vegas, baby! That'll get the lugubrious-ness out of your body.

And I feel the XP-less pain, I was borrowing one of my flatmates laptops to print something the other day and for the 3 minutes that I had to use Windows ME I wanted to die.

[fatesarchitect.livejournal.com]

I remembered this word for my GRE's because in Disney's Hercules, the little demon guys call Hades "Your Lugubriousness"

And I giggled during my GRE. It was Disney's fault.