An update

Well, it seems that I still have computer problems but the level has now been adjusted from "major" to "annoying". I finally got my video drivers to work again. Now it is merely the hardware problem that started all these shinanigans. There are constant flickering vertical lines all over my screen. My eyes get sore really easy now and the picture doesn't look so good, but at least my icons are back to normal size and the computer is at least usable now.
What else is new? Well, Christmas season has started. My birthday was last monday. Thanks for all the "Happy Birthday" wishes. It is much appreciated seeing as this was my "champagne birthday" (meaning that I turned 27 on the 27th of the month). I had a wonderful time with Anh at noon on the 27th as she took me to the Pizza Hut Lunch Buffet. I loved every minute of it.
I also went to the AUC-NUC Christmas Concert. It was quite fun. Here's a picture or two that we took during the intermission... ok, maybe like 3.