ARGH!
Earlier today I was cursing extremely loudly and really wrestling with the temptation to throw my piece-of-shit Mac out the the window... Why, you ask? In one of the recent crashes it managed to develop a corrupted hard drive. Now I'll have reformat it and restore my data from slightly out-dated backups :P. It'll also mean hours and hours on the internet downloading all the mp3s that will be lost. I'm also not certain if the stuff I tried to save on my USB stick will work - if that data was already too corrupted or not before I managed to save it. GRRR!!!
I really needed something to cheer me up, so I went to the Helsinki Book Fair and engaged in some shopping therapy. Here's my loot:
Lise Myhre: Nemi: Outoja lintuja
C. J. Cherryh: Precursor
Louise Cooper: The King's Demon
T. A. Engström: Avaruuspallon paluu (old Finnish children's sf for only €5!)
Kristian Blomberg & Irma Hirsjärvi & Urpo Kovala (eds.): Totutun tuolla puolen (essays on fantasy literature)
Jean M. Untinen-Auel: Luolien suojatit (5th book in the Children of Earth series for only €1)
One pair of hematite earrings
I also met some friends there and also listened to some of the "SF Sunday" program.
Since I can't continue watching Silence before I get that stupid computer working properly again, I think I'll continue with Meteor Garden instead (must have my VZ fix) and will wrestle with the computer stuff tomorrow after work.
I really needed something to cheer me up, so I went to the Helsinki Book Fair and engaged in some shopping therapy. Here's my loot:
Lise Myhre: Nemi: Outoja lintuja
C. J. Cherryh: Precursor
Louise Cooper: The King's Demon
T. A. Engström: Avaruuspallon paluu (old Finnish children's sf for only €5!)
Kristian Blomberg & Irma Hirsjärvi & Urpo Kovala (eds.): Totutun tuolla puolen (essays on fantasy literature)
Jean M. Untinen-Auel: Luolien suojatit (5th book in the Children of Earth series for only €1)
One pair of hematite earrings
I also met some friends there and also listened to some of the "SF Sunday" program.
Since I can't continue watching Silence before I get that stupid computer working properly again, I think I'll continue with Meteor Garden instead (must have my VZ fix) and will wrestle with the computer stuff tomorrow after work.