required items:
- 1 ice cube
- 3 new order cd singles
- 1 prodigy cd
- 1 pint coffee
- 2 USB cables
- 3 sticks of orbit raspberry mint gum
- old coax network card
- shoelace
- internet connection (or printer driver cd)
- broken printer
- soldering iron
- screwdriver w/ torx wrench attachments
- dremel tool
steps:
- put on 1st new order cd
- reboot back to XP because linux can't get its fucking story straight *
- log whole episode in lj for posterity
- chew a piece of gum, take it out and stick it on the edge of the monitor to dry out
- chew another piece of gum, this time for the pure pleasure of it
- retrieve broken printer from other room
- carefully remove case using fingernails & screwdriver
- put on 2nd new order cd
- clean up broken pieces of printer cover case
- tie shoelace to door so kittens will play with that instead of usb cables
- throw away 2nd usb cable.. the one with all the kitten chew marks in it
- put ice cube in coffee and drink
- chew the last piece of gum to get rid of the coffeebreath
- put on 3rd new order cd - feel the energy and the success flowing through your veins
- cut the end off one of the usb cables, strip back the wires
- be completely unable to find a roll of solder, so melt some off of the network card
- use the wirebrush/dremel attachment to clean the leads in the printer where the previous usb port was broken off
- use the now dry piece of gum from the monitor to cement the naked usb cable wires to the leads in the printer
- (optional) throw in thrill kill kult's 13 above the night : JOIN THE CHILDREN OF HELL!!
- solder the end of the usb cord to the exposed leads in the printer
- take care! DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!
- open a window to get rid of the smell of burnt bubblegum
- download and install printer drivers
- power down the computer & plug in the now hardwired printer to the front usb port
- put in the prodigy cd and turn that bitch up to 11!!
- put several slices of paper in the printer, power it up
- ...realize it's completely out of ink.
- listen to rest of prodigy cd, just because
* linux is soooo much like a cool ex-girlfriend. she's, you know, cool, so you don't really want to dump her, but she can't get her drivers straight to save her life.
...i saw miss fate assisting a suicide in fate colored glasses...
...or, as oz so patiently pointed out, i could've just emailed it to my phone which i forgot had excel on it. hurrrrrr....