Hiatus Update

My desktop is officially dead. I’ve run all of the diganostics that I possibly could and after all of my work the only possible things wrong with it are either the video card or the mother board are some how corrupt. Instead of spending the money there, I’m just going to buy an external HD case and plug my hard drive into it so I can get my files. Then I’ll basically be scrapping my desktop for parts because eventually when I get the rest of the $1800 offers to go through, I’ll just buy myself a new desktop. I configured one at HP.com that’s only going to cost me about $550. I don’t need a monitor, or anything special I just need the desktop. Hell…I don’t even need the hard drive but unfortunately you have to get that too.

My desktop was basically a bastard since day one. Joe spent a lot of time and effort getting it to run properly and now I find it a bit weird that literally 3 months after his death the computer is dead. The only thing original on the desktop (from when I had it built 4 years ago) is the RAM and the DVD Player. Everything else on this thing was new. The mother board, the graphics card, the processor, the hard drive, and cd/rw, the case, there’s about 10 fans in there…it’s just unfortunate.

I’m positive the hard drive still works because not only is it only a year old but it’s also loading up as a slave drive to the computer in the living room. Unfortunately there’s not enough ram on this computer in order for me to actually do anything. That mixed with the fact that this is the first time I’ve been able to get online since Friday afternoon, thanks to no one being home breathing down my neck.

My laptop just reached the HP service center and the estimated return date is the 20th, which I doubt will actually be the case because it shouldn’t take that long to pop out the screen and then clean off the blot. So hopefully I’ll have it on Friday instead of the 20th, that’s really what I’m shooting for right now.

I’ve been bored out of my god forsaken mind for the last three days. It’s got nothing to do with my lack of ‘internet’ because I really could care less about that. It’s my lack of ability to do any WORK because when I’m not working I’m usually itching for things to do. I’ve read three books, watched a few DVD’s that I’ve seen a thousand times before and I’ve hand-written enough private journal entries to the point that my hands are cramped up like no tomorrow. It’s really annoying. I’m considering sleeping later than 7am but then when I do have my computer back I won’t be able to wake up in time to punch in, so there goes that idea.

Thanks to WordPress, I’ve basically pre-posted the next month’s worth of The Mobile Meme so that posted early this morning. I’m working on setting up a mailing list that’s connected to WordPress so that particpants are emailed (optional of course) whenever the new article is posted. So if you do happen to be a Mobile Meme member, head on over there and fill out this weeks meme.

In any event, people are starting to come home and I really don’t want to deal with any of them so I’m going to head back in my room. I will return any and all comments as soon as I can get out here for more than 10 minutes. I’m going to say sometime tomorrow because Dad and my sister will be at work and I’ll be able to sit here and concentrate.

Later gators.