"Taps" plays for Graven
So like 3 months ago, my laptop wasn't starting. I took it to a local repair place and the guy there told me the hard drive was failing. So about three weeks and $130 later I had a new hard drive with all the old data transferred over and everything was fine.
But about three weeks ago, my computer suddenly just shut off and wouldn't turn back on. *Panic to the extreme* I took back to the same computer place. He had it over my entire Thanksgiving break, but on Monday he called me and confirmed the worst...it was the motherboard--basically a death sentence for my laptop. I wish I'd had more time to grieve, but I'd already been stuck using my Jurassic era desktop for a week and a half and couldn't go without a laptop any longer.
Being Cyber Monday, I got on Newegg, and with the help of my lovely girlfriend (who was keeping me calm and sane), I found a nice netbook for about $200.
It arrived on Thursday, and now I've finally got everything reinstalled on it and it is running like a dream. It's cute, and blue, so I named it Tachikoma. But my old laptop, Graven, lies dead atop my filing cabinet, never to run again. I played WoW for the first time on that computer, video chatted with Mary Jo for the first time on that computer, and pirated my first video on that computer. It stuck by me when I went off to college, and gave me a link to home and to Mary Jo.
I remember one time, Freshmen year, me and all my friend were hanging out in my room. Five people, five laptops, and complete silence. No one was saying a word, but we were all having private conversation via AIM, letting out the occasional snicker that would catch the attention of everyone else in the room. It was so nerd-tastic!
I managed to save the hard drive, and converted into an external USB hard drive, so at least it wasn't wasted, and I can hold on to all the hard work and memories I've stored for the last 4 years. It's amazing how much of ourselves we put into these machines. But as my personification suggests, it's more than just a machine, it's part of me. Graven meant a lot to me, and will be missed.
But about three weeks ago, my computer suddenly just shut off and wouldn't turn back on. *Panic to the extreme* I took back to the same computer place. He had it over my entire Thanksgiving break, but on Monday he called me and confirmed the worst...it was the motherboard--basically a death sentence for my laptop. I wish I'd had more time to grieve, but I'd already been stuck using my Jurassic era desktop for a week and a half and couldn't go without a laptop any longer.
Being Cyber Monday, I got on Newegg, and with the help of my lovely girlfriend (who was keeping me calm and sane), I found a nice netbook for about $200.
It arrived on Thursday, and now I've finally got everything reinstalled on it and it is running like a dream. It's cute, and blue, so I named it Tachikoma. But my old laptop, Graven, lies dead atop my filing cabinet, never to run again. I played WoW for the first time on that computer, video chatted with Mary Jo for the first time on that computer, and pirated my first video on that computer. It stuck by me when I went off to college, and gave me a link to home and to Mary Jo.
I remember one time, Freshmen year, me and all my friend were hanging out in my room. Five people, five laptops, and complete silence. No one was saying a word, but we were all having private conversation via AIM, letting out the occasional snicker that would catch the attention of everyone else in the room. It was so nerd-tastic!
I managed to save the hard drive, and converted into an external USB hard drive, so at least it wasn't wasted, and I can hold on to all the hard work and memories I've stored for the last 4 years. It's amazing how much of ourselves we put into these machines. But as my personification suggests, it's more than just a machine, it's part of me. Graven meant a lot to me, and will be missed.