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[ahavah]

My computer died on me today. Yes, my new one.

Luckily, after letting it cool for a while (it got mega-hot, and it almost never gets hot), I was able to do a recovery. I'm making my long overdue back-up cds now. I was scared into action on that one.

I am eternally grateful to everyone who looked at my post and voted for me in therealljidol. I made it through

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[sunlit_mists]

I clicked them all, and I adopted my first dragon..

here is the code, I think I did this right.

[ahavah]

Clicked! I found it pretty addicting after I finally adopted some.

[oh_asphyxie]

My laptop tends to get pretty hot too. The little rubber circular things on the bottom that are supposed to keep it up a little have all fallen off. Unfortunately my vents/fan are on the bottom of my computer. I really should see about getting some more of those.

For Christmas this year I got a 500GB external hard drive so all my music and important files are on there. I'd be so devastated if I lost everything.

I'll definitely be watching the inauguration tomorrow. :)

[ahavah]

I want to get an external hard drive quite badly, but they were a bit pricey when I went looking. This computer is still pretty new and the fanciest one I've ever had, so I freaked a bit when it tried to die on me.

Clicked away!

[oh_asphyxie]

The cheapest place I've seen them is at Costco. That's where this one came from. I think it was something like $120-$140. It's a Western Digital portable one. I think the standard ones might be a little cheaper. Even if I hadn't gotten it for Christmas I probably would have bought one anyway, because I think the price is worth it. For me personally at least. I have about 80GB worth of music and I couldn't stand to lose it.

Out of computer nerd curiosity, what kind of computer is it?

[ahavah]

We don't have Costcos around here, but that seems about the same range as the cheaper ones I looked at. I was shopping for a digital camera at the time though, so it was choosing one or the other.

This computer is an HP Pavilion dv7.

[sneezythesquid]

I'm glad that you survived, I did vote for ya.

[ahavah]

Aw, did you really? You're totally awesome! I didn't even think you paid any attention to LJ Idol. Thank you so much!

[sneezythesquid]

Aside from reading your and puppetmaker40's entries, and voting for them, I do kinda ignore it. :)

[ahavah]

Sweet. Well I'm so glad I stand out enough that you'd give me a vote every now and then. :D

[peaceofpie]

This reminds me, I keep meaning to tell you...I have a good friend in Asheville who is a professional Asian Bodyworker and I think you two would get along smashingly. She's solestria on LJ.

[ahavah]

Thank you! I sent her a message to introduce myself, and it looks like she's friended me. I've been hoping for new local friends, so I really appreciate it!

[peaceofpie]

She moved there fairly recently and is also looking for new local friends, I'm sure. :)