At least it's a short week

[corilannam]

I'm not sure what I did to get the bad computer karma, both at work and at home. Gaaaah.  I was having a pretty good weekend, which then turned into a lousy weekend when I spent all day yesterday trying to fix my big computer and ended up just making it worse.  I can't do anything with it now without it giving me error messages and then eventually the blue screen of death.  System restore just screwed it up more.  I tried to uninstall TMPGEncoder, which was the program that started malfunctioning at the beginning of all this, but it won't uninstall.

So, tonight I'm going to have to break down and call Dell.  I hate dealing with tech support of any kind, but it's way over my head now.  Sigh.

And note to self:  stop naming electronic equipment after fannish characters.  First Frodo the palm pilot's power slowly drained away, and now Starbuck is crashing and burning.  I thought that was a safe name, really, I did.

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This is going to be another week from hell with the report from hell at work, so I'm going to be preemptively positive and think about the good things about this week:

1) It's short.

2) I get to read Mary Renault on the bus, which leads to--

3) Alexander tomorrow!

4)  The Amazing Race tomorrow!

5) I'm not doing anything or going anywhere for Thanksgiving, which is just as well for my WW OP status, but I am going to make stuffing because it's just about my favorite thing in the world, and I only get to have it once a year.

6) Saturday, Philadelphia, which used to be a Thanksgiving tradition of sorts back in college. This time, it's for a day of museum hopping with chelseafrew, then to see her Broadway boyfriend in Big River in the evening, then wobbling back home at some ungodly hour, but that's okay because --

7) Sunday is for sleep.  I will not repeat this last Sunday's 16 hours of computer agony because by next Sunday Starbuck with either be: a) fixed, or b) in a heap of circuits on the sidewalk underneath my balcony.   So, lots to look forward to there.

But for now, back to work.  Or possibly the Dell tech support website.  Who can say?

Comments

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

6) Saturday, Philadelphia, which used to be a Thanksgiving tradition of sorts back in college. This time, it's for a day of museum hopping with chelseafrew, then to see her Broadway boyfriend in Big River in the evening, then wobbling back home at some ungodly hour, but that's okay because --

Hey, too bad you're booked up on Saturday, 'cause I'm hosting a philly_slash get-together at my place on Saturday.

But if you could swing by for even a quick drink & hello, that would be most cool!

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm not sure what our schedule is going to be like, but if we can make it over for a bit, we definitely will. Send me directions/times?

[sidewinder.livejournal.com]

Email sent...let me know if you did/didn't receive it.

[franzi1981.livejournal.com]

And please tell us everything about Alexander ;)

*has to wait til end of December / beginning of January*

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I'm very sorry for you. It's hard enough waiting until tomorrow! I will share as many details as I can manage. :-)

[mrshamill.livejournal.com]

Hmm. You're local to me, aincha? If I can help (I've come this close to being a Dell cert tech), lemme know. I hate dealing with their tech support too, esp when you get India. Argh.

[marzilla.livejournal.com]

Yup, I'm in Gaithersburg, so mostly local. *g* I would so deeply appreciate any help you can give me -- right now I'm just trying to avoid having to reinstall XP, but I'm running out of other options!

And I always end up with India. *g*

(btw, adore the icon)

[noelql.livejournal.com]

Wish you could come have a WW OP Thanksgiving with us!! We're having turkey breast, dressing, green beans, and pumpkin pie. Yum!

Did I mention that I'm incredibly jealous of you getting to see Alexander? *sigh*