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[onemintjulep]

Because really, why wouldn't my Firewire port crump out on me right now?*

*The answer being, of course, that the only other alternative would be that all 3 of my hard drives as well as my CD burner fried AT THE SAME TIME. And yes, I do think the universe hates me enough right now that I have to consider that a valid option. Go on, I dare you to

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[onemintjulep]

Yep, one crippled old lady Firewire port. I just went to plug in my hard drives, and they wouldn't mount. So I repaired my permissions, no joy. So tried mounting the drives individually, and started getting that sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach, so trotted off to get my CD burner, to find that that wouldn't mount either. Switched cords and did it all over again. No luck. Tried unplugging computer from power source and shutting down for a while (seemed more prudent than pitching it in the front yard, since the back up for my paper is on the damn firewire drive).

Under System Profiler, "no information found". Actually, when I tried it again just now, it recognized my Firewire. But then I plugged in the drives, and it blipped back out on me. Now, with everything detached again, it still says "no information found". Interestingly, says the same thing about my modem.

Have not yet run the Hardware Test CD, will dig that out now. No meds. Coffee first. If you'd make the rain stop coming down, I'd appreciate it.

You know if I send it in for repair that they're going to just lose it, right? I mean, we call all see this coming.

*AJ, you can do my makeup, but houseboi gets to do my hair.

[houseboi]

Yeah, sounds like your port is crapped out. Will it help if I borrow Jay's old G3 Powerbook for ya? I could bring it this weekend, assuming he hasn't found some nefarious purpose for it. We can at least get your paper off that way, via the interface of Sam's USB-equipped iPod (mine's FW only and the old G3 hasn't got a CD burner).

[houseboi]

And I'm a tardicus, because obviously we only need the USB iPod, not the extra laptop.

I feel special.

[onemintjulep]

Grrrrrreat.
Nice.

Re: I feel special.

[houseboi]

Did you try Nice.?