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I might try a dual-boot setup. That way, if I need Windows for something, it's not far away.

Sometimes it's a good skillset to have. I have a paper due tomorrow, and because of this fiasco I lost two whole weeks and couldn't start it until yesterday. Had I not been able to fix the drive I would have forever lost my presentation that had a lot of info for the paper, as well as half of my notes for the test tomorrow night, not to mention a folder that holds a lot of sentimental value to me. I should note that this whole thing proved beneficial to me. I upgraded to a much larger hard drive and upgraded my memory as well, but I also used it as an excuse to download OpenOffice. I tried to get Office 2003 again, but it just wasn't happening, so I went to OpenOffice.org and downloaded their open source software. Now I'm thinking about finding an open source operating system to use permanently on this system... it's just going to be hard to find one that has drivers for all of my equipment and can install all of my games and other such programs.

If I ever have a big job like that, I know who to call. For now, I think I'll watch out for UPS sales. My computers each have only one connection to the outside world, the plug for the power strip/surge protector. All communications for my laptop, desktop, PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Xbox 360 are wireless. The game consoles are all hardwired to a wireless adapter.

If they weren't so expensive I would get an uninterruptable battery thingamajig. My old roommate has one that he got on sale during the last "Black Friday" sale. I'm also going to wait for some sort of super-duper sale to crop up so I can get one of those lol.

HELL NO I'M NOT USING WINDOWS ME! I've been using Win2k for the last 6 or 7 years!

I have no idea if anyone else in my family is gay. It's just not a topic of discussion. Not that it couldn't ever be a topic, it just never has been. That said, there are a lot of things about my family that I don't know. It seems that I learn one or two new things about my extended family every year lol. I learned at my great uncle Billy's funeral that he was a big man in the military during WWII. He was one stripe away from having the most stripes anyone could ever get... I think in the air force... could be navy, not sure. Before then I only knew that he existed, and now my sister and I are pissed because we could have heard a lot of interesting stories from him and he lived only ~30 minutes away from us in Clark (oddly enough the place where our first family reunion, or "Cousin's Party" was last summer lol).

You have definitely lost your mind... why on earth would you want an iPhone?? I'm waiting for the LG Voyager to come down in price more... right now it's $200 with a new contract and I could probably get it for $150 when my contract ends, but that won't be until next July. By then they might have a new version out, ditching the old one and I'd have to wait for THAT one to come down in price... oy vey. Sorry, I just can't justify spending several hundred dollars on a phone... I spent $100 on my LG enV last September, and I think even that was outrageous.

No, I just like that phrase.

New wireless adapter is in place, drivers installed, network connected. All is well! Now for the tedious task of reinstalling all of my software and updating the drivers for my hardware... oy vey.

This was the first time that Windows ever came through for me lol. The new wireless adapter is supposedly out for delivery... went out at 4:50 am. For some reason it takes UPS more than 12 hours to get from Bound Brook to here, always (20 minute drive).

As some of you may already know (John and Drew definitely know, and some others from chat may know), my big workhorse desktop computer has been on an IV drip since last Sunday morning (the past week and a half). What happen was at around 10:20am on that day, we lost power. I was surfing the internet, and then all of a sudden the screen went blank, the computer went dark, the ceiling fan turned off, and mom went "What happened??" from the other room. Yeah, with bright blue skies and no wind, the power went out for ten minutes. When it came back on I rebooted my desktop, intending on getting back to work. Apparently the big bad Power Company had other ideas, as Windows failed to boot, giving me a derivative of the blue screen of death (first time I saw that since my days with Windows ME). The hard drive was toast! Shit! I have so much important and irreplaceable data on that! I have notes for a class that I'll need for a test on next Monday, notes for a paper due that same day, pictures, videos, story information, other schoolwork, the list goes on! I even have a folder that is very important to me and someone special to me. The first thing I tried to do was repair the installation of Windows 2000 that was on the drive, figuring it got corrupted from the surge (even though everything is connected to a surge protector). Found that my copies of 2000 do not include the repair module, so I had get a new copy. Did that and came to find that the program I used to make bootable CDs was installed on the near-dead drive. Crap. I installed the old hard drive from my old Compaq desktop, intending to use that to access the near-dead drive as a slave... turns out the system didn't like having both drives connected at all and gave me the same blue screen. Installed another installation of 2000 in the Compaq drive, and it only worked if only one drive was connected at a time. At the advice of my sister I went onto Tigerdirect.com and ordered a new hard drive (500 GB Western Digital to replace the 5 year old 80 GB Western Digital that was in its death throws), a hard drive enclosure for the old Western Digital drive, and 2 GB of memory (that was my gift to myself, may as well upgrade to 4 gigs lol). The parts came, I formatted the new drive, and installed 2000 on it. Installed the old WD into the enclosure and connected it via USB... nothing! Windows knew it was there and said the device failed to start, and it did not appear in My Computer. At the advice of my old roommate, I downloaded the CD version of Knoppix and burned the ISO image to a CD via Alcohol 120% and booted the desktop from it. Knoppix found the drive, but failed to mount it. Knoppix one-upped Windows, though, and told me how to fix it... boot into Windows, run chkdsk /f, and reboot twice. On the second reboot Windows picked up the hammer and set work fixing the drive. After a few minutes of deleting corrupted files, fixing the master boot record, etc. Windows booted. I checked it out... IT LIVES!!!!!!!!11!111!one! Robbie -1, Power Company - 1 They get one point because in all this, I also tried to update my motherboard BIOS... and found that my wireless network adapter was fried as well. The new one is in Parsippanny, probably en route to Bound Brook now, and will be at my door tomorrow evening.

I'm sorry EMoe. I know what it's like to lose someone important to you -- I lost the only grandparent that I ever knew on the second day of my college career... needless to say it was the work two weeks of my life, leaving home, starting a new life, losing my grandmother, burying her, etc. I don't want to scare you but the next week or so is going to be very tough for you, so I wish you the best of luck now when you need it the most.

Compared to the two-week vacation I have coming up to Florida, it is. lol

Fine, I'll have to look for Eric now...

It's the same video, but one is faster and uses a remix of the original song. The original song 19-2000 by the Gorillaz. The remix is done by Soul Child. Original: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzDiFEqAoUk...feature=related Remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM5BxEXQFoI I like the remix better than the original because the video is fast-paced and high-octane, just like the remix. I like it also because it just suits me, particularly the part where the driver has a choice between the boring, but safe path of life (the church), or the interesting yet dangerous path. Naturally I would choose the dangerous path because there's no way I would want to die and be buried in a neat package -- I wanna slide sideways into the grave and be able to say at the pearly gates, "Whew! What a ride!"

I can name a few guys here who could fit quite well into thongs...

Most of my posts are short, but if I'm passionate about the subject, it shows in the post. I have a rule of thumb for reading posts, though. if the persons signature is not visible when the their screen name is at the top of the browser window, I'll skip through most of the post. This gives a lot a of lee way because my laptop screen isa widescreen 17" with a resolution of 1920x1200 pixels and my desktop screen is a widescreen 19" with a resolution of 1440x900. If you're post is bigger than that, then I'm afraid that you're a *dum dum dummmmmm* typoholic!

Wasn't that the night that we had a sexy party?

I voted no because I think it is entirely possibly for Dan or Steve or anyone really to beat CJ out. ... and John made me do it!

You think if you keep telling yourself that that it will come true?

*pants* Your pants are in the way...

Normally I spend the 4th shooting off fireworks. This year I will be working and making time and half ($12.60/hr) since my fireworks buddy is stuck in VA handling a huge speeding ticket and also handling his now wrecked car.

Helen's fate can go either way, really... Jon, Barbra, and some of the bikers remained behind, as well as the air force investigator, so they might have been able to do something for her or get her to a hospital or something, but at the same time a lot of time has passed since she was shot, and she could very well have even been out of time even before they all left the house to go after Chase and Dimitri...

To each his own, Kevvers. You and I would never get along lol, but John and I are doing great! As for the rings... the only reason I mentioned them is to have something symbolic and sentimental so that if we're ever apart (business trip or whatnot) I can just look at the ring, remember him, and smile. It doesn't haven't to be a ring, though. It could be anything -- bracelet, necklace, locket, an object to hold, whatever. Rings are also the international symbol for "I'M MARRIED LADIES, BACK OFF!!", which is important because I don't want some skanks moving in on my man rawr!

Another thing I thought about regarding the advantages of a private, quiet ceremony is that it is easy to recreate that magic year after year, keeping the torch blazing forever. Whereas many couples who have a big shindig wind up in the gutter knowing they can't repeat that... some lucky few can recreate the magic at each anniversary, but I think most are incapable of that.