Bearshorty's musings

I worked on my WWI lecture in the morning and I marked their Response Papers. But since it is Easter break in Local College starting tomorrow, many students went on vacation already so this lecture will have the least impact. I let them go early too – many were just mentally not there and it was tiring.

And since I knew no one would come to office hours, I hung out with Abena a bit outside in the sunshine. A little socializing is very nice and being outside is doubly good.

The computers are conspiring against me. I guess I shouldn’t name my computer prematurely after characters that die early (since I got a Toshiba this time, I wanted to name my computer Tosh, after Toshiko Sato of Torchwood. She is a computer genius and I thought it would be appropriate.) But I went to set it up, pressed the power button and the screen didn’t work. Half white with lines all over. Seriously! There is a computer conspiracy! So I went to Amazon website and ordered a replacement and then went to UPS story to send this one back. At least Amazon makes this process easy. New model should get here on Monday hopefully. I really, really hope it works this time.

I had to put together the Colonialism Powerpoint in school because my laptop doesn’t want to work for longer than one hour before flickering. The LCD screen is really going. My Dad will ask around how much repair shops would charge but I think I will be buying a new laptop this weekend to my chargin. Sony definitely will not fix it for less than $500. I will not buy a Sony laptop again, that’s for sure, because three years is not long enough for this breakdown.

In much more fun news, well for me, today at Black Circle DJ Fest, my Harry Potter fic went up. It is my first story from Sirius’ perspective.

After school, we also drove to the mall so I could order Bear’s ring. There was a sale at Macy’s today that the salesperson told up last weekend about. So that is done.

Crap! I need a new computer. It is only 3 years old and I love my Vaio – but my screen is acting up. I need to actively hold it for it to work and it would be cheaper to get a new laptop than to fix it. I hate this. I really, really do. But I can’t work on it one handed.

So I’m very frustrated and cranky today, especially as I got a Sony run around and they raised my hopes up before dashing them again. There is a small possibility that they can replace the LCD screen but I’m not sure. There was a known problem with my model involving an LCD screen and there is a warranty extension of five years to fix that. The chat person online told me my problem would be covered. But when I went to the Sony store in NJ they sent me too, the technician was not sure since that problem involves a horizontal line on the screen and not the screen freezing a whiting out. At least I know for sure it is LCD screen not the video card since the technician connect me to external monitor to check it. This whole day has been running around and trying to figure it out.

And I don’t really want to spend $600 to buy a new laptop when my hard drive works just fine. And I am really emotionally attached to my computer too, as silly as it sounds. Just a frustrating day.

I watched “Angel” and “Buffy” in the evening to make myself feel better.