Technological suckery
Last week my computer died on me. I was to say the least very very upset. The next day it sort of worked, the day after that it didn't work, the day after that it once again started, that was the last time it did. It's not completely dead since every time I press the power button the light turns on for about two seconds before it turns back off, tease. Thankfully I have everything backed up.
What this means is that I have spent the last couple of days watching a fuckload of TV and can feel myself getting hooked on a couple of shows that I had no intention of ever watching (Nashville, The Mindy Project). I also watched the end of SGA and the beginning of SG-1. What's better than aliens when you're feeling blue? I also rediscovered my passionate love for the Discovery channel (pun intended) and for the strange and very educational Knowledge channel. I know a lot of stuff about the British empire and Indian textiles now.
You might think "Why don't you just buy a new computer?". The reason for that is that I need reassurance before spending this much money (money that I pretty much can't afford to spend). I need to know exactly what I'm getting and to know that I need help from my tech support who's currently on vacation somewhere in Thailand. He's getting home at the end of next week tho. I'm thinking positive here yo.
Getting his help is not gonna be a problem, getting him to not mention it to our mother might be. I really do not want my mother finding out that I need a new computer. All I'm gonna be hearing if she finds out is how she said she wasn't gonna pay for another computer and money this and money that and what did I do to break it and bla bla bla. The thing is that I have never asked her to buy me one, that's been her idea. I really don't want to deal with it, I can't deal with it. She's probably coming to visit this weekend, that'll be fun.
Right now I'm looking forward to watching 24/7 Penguins/Capital: The Road to the Winter Classic on Discovery tonight, only two years late.
Who knows when I'll find the energy and the will to drag my ass to the library again, it's so cold outside.
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What this means is that I have spent the last couple of days watching a fuckload of TV and can feel myself getting hooked on a couple of shows that I had no intention of ever watching (Nashville, The Mindy Project). I also watched the end of SGA and the beginning of SG-1. What's better than aliens when you're feeling blue? I also rediscovered my passionate love for the Discovery channel (pun intended) and for the strange and very educational Knowledge channel. I know a lot of stuff about the British empire and Indian textiles now.
You might think "Why don't you just buy a new computer?". The reason for that is that I need reassurance before spending this much money (money that I pretty much can't afford to spend). I need to know exactly what I'm getting and to know that I need help from my tech support who's currently on vacation somewhere in Thailand. He's getting home at the end of next week tho. I'm thinking positive here yo.
Getting his help is not gonna be a problem, getting him to not mention it to our mother might be. I really do not want my mother finding out that I need a new computer. All I'm gonna be hearing if she finds out is how she said she wasn't gonna pay for another computer and money this and money that and what did I do to break it and bla bla bla. The thing is that I have never asked her to buy me one, that's been her idea. I really don't want to deal with it, I can't deal with it. She's probably coming to visit this weekend, that'll be fun.
Right now I'm looking forward to watching 24/7 Penguins/Capital: The Road to the Winter Classic on Discovery tonight, only two years late.
Who knows when I'll find the energy and the will to drag my ass to the library again, it's so cold outside.
This entry was originally posted at http://flakeofemerald.dreamwidth.org/3702.html. Comment wherever you like.