Ok. I am ROYALLY FUCKED!!! 
...but let me tell you why...
I came home Tuesday morning from work and decided to do a little cleaning, rather that sit down for awhile and relax like I usually do. Afterward, I go to turn my laptop on. I remove some of the papers I had been reaarranging off of the top of it, when, lo-and-behold, what do I find?? My $1800 Compaq Pressario is sitting in a pool of liquid, and it won't turn on!!!!!! It would'nt even indicate that it was getting power. No battery! No Outlet power!!
Needless to say, I fuckling flipped out. I had a mother-fucking-coniption-fit!!
Something troublesome about it is...I don't know who to blame, my brother, who has a habit of using my laptop as a fucking coaster, or me. You see, the liquid was brown. It looked and smelled like watered down cola, and my brother does'nt drink soda of any kind....but I do, and that morning I was cleaning up some half-empty paper cups of soda. So it was probably my liquid, but I honestly don't remember putting anything other than some bills next to it. Really, in the end, it's my fault for leaving it where I did. So I have'nt, and won't go off on my brother for this, especially since he's letting me use his desktop unit.
That's a habit I really need to break anyway....assigning blame!
I'm still really upset about this. I was really attached to that laptop. I took it to a local computer shop that does repairs. The guy inside said that it was probably a power connection issue on the motherboard, and that it would probably have to be shipped to the factory to get it fixed. He was going to check the power cable, to see if the battery and power cord had been the only things that shorted out, but he could'nt find his equipment to check it with. I'll probably go back later on, when he's found it, just to make sure, but I'm pretty certain that I'll have to ship it off to be repaired!!
In a way, this is kind of mixed curse/blessing in disguise (I'm really reaching for a brightside here). My comp only had a Radeon 7800 Mobility video card, and that isn't nearly enough for some of the games I've been wanting to play, and My DVD/CD-RW drive has been dead for awhile now, so this gives me an excuse to get those replaced, and have other stuff on my laptop upgraded as well, whilst it's off being repaired. The downside is, as always, COST. I have no idea how much all of this is going to run. My finances are already in kind of a bind, especially after Christmas (I'm not in trouble or anything, I've just got to be really careful how I spend. I have trouble with spending before I see if I can really afford something). If it's going to cost more than I'm willing to spend, SCREW IT, I'll just go ahead and get a new one....perhaps an Alienware Laptop this time. I've heard they're one of the best out there. But the problem will be getting the information I have on the old harddrive onto a new one.
This whole damn situation is giving me stress that I really don't need right now. I usually get to relax a little after the holidays. Not now!
I'll get through this. I'm not jumping-up-and-down-screaming-and-hollering-mad (not anymore anyway), but I am thoroughly depressed about this. The only silver lining (other than the chance to upgrade) has been my brother letting me use his computer. It has a 256MB Video card, and a slew of other stuff mine did'nt have, so that I can at last play "City of Heroes". I originally beta-tested for it with my old comp, even though the video card did'nt meet specs, I was still able to play with reduced graphics. After launch, I could'nt play. But now, I can!
Well, in other news, it's going to be a little while longer before I can get some pics of myself up. The ones I had on CD are too big, and I know nothing about photo-editing. But, now that my brother is letting me use his computer, I can finally d/l the software for my little digital camera that I have...we'll see.
"Thank you little-brother, for your help in my time of crisis!"
Just thought of it. Another bad part about this whole thing, is that it puts my plans of a motorcycle off for even longer. SHIT!! SHIT!! SHIT!!
But all of this has only made me realize more, that I need to handle adversity with more....shit, I dunno. What the hell is the word I'm looking for? Well, to boil it down, I just need to be more grown-up about things, and handle them better....I guess that's it. :shrug:
I won't be on here as much, as now I have to share a computer with someone. I'll still be here, just not as often. Belive me, I'll be here plenty enough to annoy the living shit out of everybody!!
LOL!!!
Later.
...but let me tell you why...
I came home Tuesday morning from work and decided to do a little cleaning, rather that sit down for awhile and relax like I usually do. Afterward, I go to turn my laptop on. I remove some of the papers I had been reaarranging off of the top of it, when, lo-and-behold, what do I find?? My $1800 Compaq Pressario is sitting in a pool of liquid, and it won't turn on!!!!!! It would'nt even indicate that it was getting power. No battery! No Outlet power!!
Needless to say, I fuckling flipped out. I had a mother-fucking-coniption-fit!!
Something troublesome about it is...I don't know who to blame, my brother, who has a habit of using my laptop as a fucking coaster, or me. You see, the liquid was brown. It looked and smelled like watered down cola, and my brother does'nt drink soda of any kind....but I do, and that morning I was cleaning up some half-empty paper cups of soda. So it was probably my liquid, but I honestly don't remember putting anything other than some bills next to it. Really, in the end, it's my fault for leaving it where I did. So I have'nt, and won't go off on my brother for this, especially since he's letting me use his desktop unit.
That's a habit I really need to break anyway....assigning blame!
I'm still really upset about this. I was really attached to that laptop. I took it to a local computer shop that does repairs. The guy inside said that it was probably a power connection issue on the motherboard, and that it would probably have to be shipped to the factory to get it fixed. He was going to check the power cable, to see if the battery and power cord had been the only things that shorted out, but he could'nt find his equipment to check it with. I'll probably go back later on, when he's found it, just to make sure, but I'm pretty certain that I'll have to ship it off to be repaired!!
In a way, this is kind of mixed curse/blessing in disguise (I'm really reaching for a brightside here). My comp only had a Radeon 7800 Mobility video card, and that isn't nearly enough for some of the games I've been wanting to play, and My DVD/CD-RW drive has been dead for awhile now, so this gives me an excuse to get those replaced, and have other stuff on my laptop upgraded as well, whilst it's off being repaired. The downside is, as always, COST. I have no idea how much all of this is going to run. My finances are already in kind of a bind, especially after Christmas (I'm not in trouble or anything, I've just got to be really careful how I spend. I have trouble with spending before I see if I can really afford something). If it's going to cost more than I'm willing to spend, SCREW IT, I'll just go ahead and get a new one....perhaps an Alienware Laptop this time. I've heard they're one of the best out there. But the problem will be getting the information I have on the old harddrive onto a new one.
This whole damn situation is giving me stress that I really don't need right now. I usually get to relax a little after the holidays. Not now!
I'll get through this. I'm not jumping-up-and-down-screaming-and-hollering-mad (not anymore anyway), but I am thoroughly depressed about this. The only silver lining (other than the chance to upgrade) has been my brother letting me use his computer. It has a 256MB Video card, and a slew of other stuff mine did'nt have, so that I can at last play "City of Heroes". I originally beta-tested for it with my old comp, even though the video card did'nt meet specs, I was still able to play with reduced graphics. After launch, I could'nt play. But now, I can!
Well, in other news, it's going to be a little while longer before I can get some pics of myself up. The ones I had on CD are too big, and I know nothing about photo-editing. But, now that my brother is letting me use his computer, I can finally d/l the software for my little digital camera that I have...we'll see.
"Thank you little-brother, for your help in my time of crisis!"
Just thought of it. Another bad part about this whole thing, is that it puts my plans of a motorcycle off for even longer. SHIT!! SHIT!! SHIT!!
But all of this has only made me realize more, that I need to handle adversity with more....shit, I dunno. What the hell is the word I'm looking for? Well, to boil it down, I just need to be more grown-up about things, and handle them better....I guess that's it. :shrug:
I won't be on here as much, as now I have to share a computer with someone. I'll still be here, just not as often. Belive me, I'll be here plenty enough to annoy the living shit out of everybody!!
LOL!!!
Later.
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sky:
happy new year! xxx
tez:
I hope this set doesn't get rejected. I will truly cry and probably give up on being an SG.