So... how was your holiday?
Christmas was... an affair. Lots of it was fun. Our tree and toy shelf look as lovely as they always do, which satisfies a deep and essential part of my soul. I have already read a book (Julia Quinn, a rather solid guilty pleasure author, y/n?). I have watched two movies at home and seen two others in the theater. I met up with good friends. I got some nice surprises in my gifts. My father's usual crotchetiness was unusually tame.
In fact, in an unexpected turn around, I nearly ruined Christmas this year!
Somehow, in a great display of my usual klutziness, I switched the power cords to my two external hard drives in the move home, and the mixed amplitudes appears to have fried them both. We have no idea if I just shorted them, or if I honest to God broke them both, but they are non-responsive. We're going to take them to be looked at tomorrow (uh, later today, after I've slept?), but if it comes down to it, we can't afford to have the data recovered.
The new E-drive--the prissy one I corrupted in October--has barely had time to recover from its previous blow, so the damage is minimal there (although I did lose the iTV Austen season YET AGAIN, FTL). It's the older one that I've had for years that is basically causing me to spontaneously tear up with frustration. That thing had 99% of all my downloaded anime and manga, irreplaceable home movies, and the hard copies of all my websites.
My father kept giving me this disapproving speech about how I shouldn't ruin a perfectly good Christmas Eve with my own selfish and inconsequential problems. I couldn't explain to him that this was like my house was burning down, that if this piece of plastic and metal and wiring failed forever, I would lose keys to my past that I consider integral.
I've now had a solid thirty hours to come to terms with this possibility. If I have lost it all, I'll pick myself up and go forward. But I will need to cry, no matter how little my parents understand.
Needless to say, Christmas has been a tad marred by my whimpering. Ah well, perfect Christmases aren't even for the movies anymore.
I hope your Christmas experience was great, whether you're religiously affiliated or not. This is a beautiful and exciting time of year. I hope to have caught up with the celebration by New Year's. :)
In fact, in an unexpected turn around, I nearly ruined Christmas this year!
Somehow, in a great display of my usual klutziness, I switched the power cords to my two external hard drives in the move home, and the mixed amplitudes appears to have fried them both. We have no idea if I just shorted them, or if I honest to God broke them both, but they are non-responsive. We're going to take them to be looked at tomorrow (uh, later today, after I've slept?), but if it comes down to it, we can't afford to have the data recovered.
The new E-drive--the prissy one I corrupted in October--has barely had time to recover from its previous blow, so the damage is minimal there (although I did lose the iTV Austen season YET AGAIN, FTL). It's the older one that I've had for years that is basically causing me to spontaneously tear up with frustration. That thing had 99% of all my downloaded anime and manga, irreplaceable home movies, and the hard copies of all my websites.
My father kept giving me this disapproving speech about how I shouldn't ruin a perfectly good Christmas Eve with my own selfish and inconsequential problems. I couldn't explain to him that this was like my house was burning down, that if this piece of plastic and metal and wiring failed forever, I would lose keys to my past that I consider integral.
I've now had a solid thirty hours to come to terms with this possibility. If I have lost it all, I'll pick myself up and go forward. But I will need to cry, no matter how little my parents understand.
Needless to say, Christmas has been a tad marred by my whimpering. Ah well, perfect Christmases aren't even for the movies anymore.
I hope your Christmas experience was great, whether you're religiously affiliated or not. This is a beautiful and exciting time of year. I hope to have caught up with the celebration by New Year's. :)