I'm BACK!!!

So do you remember my last post about my dead computer? Well, it really was dead, and it was devastating. I made an appointment at the Genius Bar, or as I called it, "the drinkless bar that needs drinks", and the "drinkless bartender" did nothing to really help me but to say that it could be the hard drive that was giving me the trouble or my logic board, and either way, it was going to be a heavy penny to get either repaired. It was ridiculous. And so I use just about every computer I could get into reach of to check my email, and of course keep up on the little things like twitter.

I've never expressed my obsession with twitter here, but it's clearly evident that I have a small issue.

I AM ADDICTED TO THE INTERNET.

it's a really big issue because I have over 20 different web accounts to social websites all over the place, and even more, talk to my friends more often than I should through AIM. Naturally, the break between my world from the internet from myself was pretty harsh, but at the same time I became a tad bit productive in different ways such as going out to see movies and have ice cream with a friend. It may seem like nothing, but it was pretty nice and lucky to go and hang out in the "real world".

So let me explain that twitter is a micro-blogging website that's nice for mini updates of what's going on. I love it because it is so quick, I can carry a short conversation with anyone in the community, and I am able to access it with my phone without charges. I use twitter to text updates, and receive direct messages while I also have a number that I can call to record a message update for twitter through "twitterfone". All of it has been amazing because I still have been able to keep in contact with some people that I really enjoy.

But now on to the real story. My computer is fixed. How? A family friend was amazing enough to offer his time to check out what was wrong with my computer, and then kind enough to replace my hard drive, which was the root of the problem, without any cost towards me. I know I'll find a way to repay him, but until then, we're making plans to repair my optical drive because it doesn't like to read DVD's or CD's, let alone burn one. It's wonderful.

I love personalizing a computer. I'm a little upset my computer's little tweaks in bookmarks and files is gone, but I can live with it. I'm just happy my photos and music were safe from the small explosion of the hard drive (not literally of course).

Well, It's really late right now, and this desk is starting to hurt my shoulders when I type, so I'm off to bed with happy dreams because I have my computer back and better than ever.

:D

Why Now?

So I've had an awesome schedule of getting up, making my coffee, driving to work, and then coming home to hang out on my computer to just relax. I really enjoyed my computer time after work.

Let me build up the story by adding the background information that my Macbook is a doll, but has always given me one issue once in a while. At first, when I first got my laptop, it wouldn't turn on. You cannot imagine the amount of frustration and sorrow that comes over you when you buy your first laptop all to yourself to find that it won't even turn on. It was horrible. I sat on my bed all alone in the house crying as I would turn on my computer over and over again to see a grey screen that wouldn't even start up. Luckily, when my mom came home, she had the magic touch to make it work.

Although, as the weeks went by, my computer continued to scare me with it's stubborn reactions to me trying to turn it on. This resulted in my sending it off after two weeks of having it to only have it gone for another two weeks. When it came back, it was love all over again with a machine just for me. It's hard to understand the bond that I have with my computer, but once you get one for yourself for the very first time, you do.

So time goes by, the and the whiteness of my laptop turns to a brownish grey tint. It's hard to notice how disgusting it is, but once you put some toothpaste on your computer, you'll see what I mean. I also highly recommend Mr. Clean's Magic Eraser. Ya know...for the special moments.

Anyways, I came to the point in time when I needed to replace my battery, okay that's about $120. Might I also mention that my little white plastic lining along my cpmputer started to break off. "oh well. i'll live," as I always repeat to myself. Well, then I wanted to upgrade my RAM because I only had 512 MB of memory and it didn't seem enough to do anything. So what do I do? I spurged on a good 2 GB for myself because I decided that it would be better for my college investment. That was two weeks ago.

Last night, the worst happened. I clicked on a couple links from twitter and Safari freezes. Mind you, it was right after I opened my computer after I had it asleep. So I can understand. I figure, why not force quit it? So I tried to force quit myself out of Safari, but Finder has forzen so it won't do anything. I figure, why not close out of Adium? Yeah, BAD IDEA. So now my entire computer is frozen for some reason so I force a shut down on my computer. Go to restart, and now my computer turns on with a flashing folder with a question mark in it. Translation: my hard drive isn't being found.

I go through numerous key tricks to make it work, but nothing changes. That darn folder with a question mark continues to blink on my plain white screen. So today I called the Apple Support to see if they could help me. And the guy was awesome listening to my horrible cries of "someone is out to spite me because I told myself I shouldn't buy a new computer for my first year of college...I should wait!" I should have said what was on my mind: "The Apple Gods were punishing me."

After a good half hour, or an hour on the phone with this poor guy, I finally got my computer to recognize the Mac OS X CD and actually start the installations, but sadly it wasn't able to even recognize my Hard Drive. So what is the result? I need to make a date with a Genius at the Genius Bar and rut my head to find out what's wrong with my hard drive. I REALLY don't want to have to replace it, but if I do, I'm going for a larger size. It's going to be better.

I really hate to think about what was on my computer, but I am so good about having stuff on my external hard drives that all I lost were a couple of graduation pictures that I didn't upload to Flickr. Thank GOD for Flickr. If I didn't use it, I would have lost my favorite pictures. OMG. I think I actually, wait, no. I put all of my Prom pics on a flash drive for a friend. What a save. At least I think...

So I really am not going to get a new laptop. I'd rather get a new hard drive and buy the new laptop when it's something KICKASS later.

I won't be on a computer for a long time. So if you want to keep in contact, email me and I'll read it when I can.

I miss my love!