Montgomery is a fantastic middle name

I think that every great villain should have a middle name. Either that, or just a single-word name, like the Shadow, or the Operative.

My mum got her new apple computer set up and operational, and it seems like it's going to work out very well for her. I hope so, at least. I love my mother, but she's not the most tech-savvy person in the world, so it could be a little while before she figures out the most optimal way to use it. And unfortunately, I won't be there to help her out - first off, I'm away at school instead of living at home right now, and second, I've been using PCs for most of my life! I don't really get into this ridiculous "Mac v. PC" debate that people seem willing to kill over (figuratively speaking) - I'm fairly comfortable with the idea of using both systems. In practice, though, I'm almost exclusively a PC-user, so I have only very rudamentary knowledge of how a Mac is supposed to run. Or what it's supposed to do, rather. Or...oh, you know what I mean. I'm not "good" at Macs because I don't use them often enough.

The symphony last night was wonderful and fantastic and absolutely amazing. As predicted, Mendelssohn's piano concerto was the highlight piece (although it was really Brahms' 3rd symphony that got all the hype), and I was on the edge of my seat for most of the performance. The soloist was sooooo good! Samantha and I grabbed a bite at Macaroni Grill beforehand, too, and it was quite good, I thought. We were lucky to be able to get seats with only a short wait on a Saturday evening. I need to keep check on things like that, though. I love doing nice things for people I like, but I need to keep a watchful eye on my bank account, especially this week. Illness kept me off work a lot more than I expected it to, which means that my next paycheck is likely to look pretty small compared to usual. That's especially a concern this close to the holiday season, and also looking forward to the spring semester and the expenses that'll come up then (esp. textbooks and graduation stuff).

And thus we approach the end of my ramblings for the evening. Have a good week, and if you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you have a good one! If you don't, I hope you have a good Thursday. And if you hate Thanksgiving, I hope you get a chance to break into your neighbors' house, steal their food, kill their pet cat, and roll their bedsheets in smallpox!

PLUR!