- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Hey guys, I'm really sorry about the disappearing act, and i'm sure you're all wondering what the hell is going on.
I'd do a recap of the events but I've hijacked Konoka's pc at the moment and I don't really have any time at the moment.
Basically I can sum up the situation in a couple words...
Hard Drive Failure
See, my laptop was not the smart cool laptops with all those neat features where if its dropped or struck, the hard drive is instantly protected. Despite the fact I only bought the damned thing a year and a half ago.
Basically it comes down to this. My hard drive was literally wiped clean after this stupid stupid stupid escapade during Thanksgiving weekend. All of it. I don't know what the hell happened that caused this disgusting thing to just collapse in on itself and stop functioning, all I know is everything is gone.
When was my last backup?
Seven freaking months ago.
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When I got the call the other day from the repair shop (took it to CompuSmart by the way, where I know a guy on the Tech Staff), and was informed of the problem, I will not lie.
I nearly wept. Hold your thumb and forefinger as close together as possible without touching, and there you go. That's how close I was.
I've never felt so completely and utterly useless in my life. I lost so many things, I just can't even begin to catalogue it all.
Suffix to say, basically go back in time to March. That's where I am right now.
Luckily for you guys I had already sent Chapter 22 to my e-mail account, so it's still alive, and using an old clunker pc at my buddies place I sent it along to Konoka, so whenever I get off of here she can go ahead and check it over for me.
Basically she goes over the chapter, fixes the easy spelling and grammer mistakes, but a bigger role is telling me what scenes fit where and how. Should I rework this scene? Maybe move it back a page? Stuff like that.
Once she's done editing I'll try and find some kind of computer that'll let me take her considerations into observation and implement them. The only other pc in my house right now has a corrupted Microsoft Word, so all I have available is WordPad, and I seriously can't write using that thing.
Probably be Monday when I throw it up.
As for me, I'm already shopping for a new laptop, and as Konoka pointed out, I'm looking at an Apple iBook. If anyone has any suggestions I'd appreciate the. I don't do desktops though.
Ever since Friday I've been listeing to "Mad World". If you've ever seen Donnie Darko you've probably heard it.
Final little thing before I leave, have you guys ever wondered just how much stress someone can absorb before killing themselves? Well, I'm sure I'll find out with the way things are going right now.