My computer is dead. Dead, dead, dead.
I'm writing this from work. Thank goodness for internet access here BUT no access to Facebook and I'm beyond bummed I have no access to it. I'll have to head to the library on my days off and hope it doesn't take me all fucking day to get on (with school out there is bound to be more competition for the few internet computers they have) and that I can get everything done that I need to do in the hour we're allotted.
It started w/the wireless connection "acting" up last week and then day before last, it wouldn't even boot up.
I finally broke down today and stopped at Best Buy and talked to the Geek Squad desk and THEY say that it's probably the hard drive that needs replacing since it won't even boot up in "safe mode"...with all the costs associated w/that for them to do it I'm looking at about $250. So the guy recommended just looking at spending around $70 more than that and getting a new one since my "baby" was already about 5/6 years old.
So I spent a wee bit too much time here at work today looking at laptops and if I want one w/a CD Burner, guess what? I'd be looking at easily another $150+ above the $250 to get a new one. I could get a netbook for around $250 and while they're awfully cute, I think too "lightweight" and temporary for what I want.
A co-worker, who claims to know his stuff, says he'll tell me what hard drive to buy, and then after I buy it, he'll install it for me. Ha! We'll see if THAT actually would happen. (It doesn't help he's going out of town for 5 days tomorrow!)
Either way, nothing can happen 'til Friday when I get paid again. Maybe I should look into renting one for a little while? Hmmm.
Thank goodness I've got some new books from the library because having no computer at night when I get home from work is not pretty. I've already started and finished w/the latest Dresden wizard novel by Jim Butcher and am currently 1/2 way through Kim Harrison's latest. And with my days off coming up and no computer to distract me, I just may be forced to finally do laundry and clean my room. I've really been slacking off with getting shit done. So this will hopefully turn out to be a productive time for me.
You don't realize how much you miss something til it's gone do you? How much you take for granted the things you count on daily.
Anyhoo...so there's the latest drama from my little universe.
Aaaaack!
Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them