Monday, August 6, 2007

My compy hates me!

Things of mine to see:

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I really think that my compy hates me. Last night, I moved it to be near the "piano", which required a little jostling around of hardware. All in all, it went well, but since there were some "technical issues" after the actual move, maybe not. Here's what happened.

My "piano" is MIDI capable. My parents bought me a MIDI to USB cable adapter thingy, and I never really got to using it. Now, since I have this computer that I can put up with the "piano", I was encouraged to do so. I installed the drivers and the little cable thing with little difficulty. So I shut the machine off to move it upstairs. When I turned it on last night, it refused to connect to the network. I gave up when it gave me a blue-screen-of-death.

This afternoon, I toyed with the settings some more, and even though all the settings were perfect and just as they had been, the computer would either BSOD or just not connect. I gave up and used the Linksys utilites, and now it works, but it's very tempermental.

I blame my computer. It's unlike any I've ever seen, this stupid box of worthless silicon, copper, and aluminum. I want to throw it out the second story window and take it back up six times to throw it again before beating it to dust with a sledge hammer. I HATE THIS COMPUTER!

That's why I want to build my own or get a laptop. I want a computer that doesn't randomly decide to stop working like this one does. I need something fast, something with lots of RAM and HDD space, something to call my own, and something running Windows XP Pro (Not Vista, if I can avoid it.).

But I won't be able to start buying parts until I have a job of some sort. A paper route just doesn't cut it anymore. I need more than $30 a month. My friends make that in a day or two.

I won't be able to get a job until I'm sure I can handle what school has in store for me either. I have to wait at least two weeks to tell if I could take a job and the homework. I probably can, but I need to be careful.

And I have other things I have to do. I still have to take the A+ cert, and I still need to use the last couple of days on my learner's permit so I can get my license or see if there is a way to have it extended.

Basically, I have too much to do and so little time to do it, because my permit expires the Ninth, if memory serves, and the A+ should be taken before school starts. Next Tuesday.

Stupid timing and all that and stupid me for not being good at driving.

Oh, I almost forgot: I have to take Driver's Ed too! GRR!!!!!

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