I mixed one drink, he's in memoriam

[sovay]

I aten't dead. The same cannot be said of my laptop; it went suddenly paralytic on Monday and by Tuesday could be neither revived nor shut down hard, which left me not at all pleased that this crash had occurred while I was in the middle of a new story and two extensive livejournal replies. (I have since recovered almost all relevant data, but it is currently consigned to the limbo of an external hard drive; I have at present nowhere to transfer any of it to. I find this immensely frustrating. Compared to a complete loss of mail, music, stories, etc., however, I'll take what I can get.) This is the machine I bought in January to replace the casualty of the unfortunate backpack incident—used, I knew, but I was still expecting more than eight months in its company. I am beginning to think I emit a kind of radiation fatal to the average Macintosh. Perhaps I should just go back to the typewriter under my desk. My mother wrote her dissertation on it; that should be worth something on the karma market.

I have also come to the conclusion that it is never a good sign to realize that you have just said something reminiscent of Sydney Carton in a context unrelated to self-sacrifice, Dickens, or eighteenth-century English law.

At least I have a pineapple.

Comments

[rax.livejournal.com]

I can also conjure computers if you need one (though the fact that you posted this suggests to me that you are probably OK). I could probably even get you a Mac laptop though it might take me a day or three.

[sovay]

I can also conjure computers if you need one (though the fact that you posted this suggests to me that you are probably OK).

The thought is appreciated. I am in fact using my mother's desktop; it is slow as death and many operating systems behind my laptop, but it allows me to check my e-mail and post, so I can tell people I'm not dead, only very annoyed. I am looking into a new computer today. But thank you, seriously.