Happy Valentines Day to me

Today, as proof of its love and affection, my laptop decided to have a near-death experience. There was a moment when it was literally telling me that it had no hard drive. How... sweet. I spent hours on the phone with tech help, and finally ended up unscrewing the damn creature (with the screwdriver meant for my glasses, no less), and putting it back together. And hooray - for a while, it worked! For a while. I got the same 'all your hard drive are belong to us' message later tonight. Luckily, this time all I had to do was leave it alone for an hour and a half.

But yeah. I have no idea how much longer it will be before the laptop draws its final dying breath. As it is, I'm taking no chances. I'll be burning everything onto CD like, well, burning, today and tomorrow, and hoping for the best, while preparing for the worst.

Argh%^&*()*&^%^!!!

Those of you who've read Good Omens - remember Newton Pulsifer? The guy who fucked up all things technological by looking at them in a positive light? Yeah. I think he was my second cousin twice removed. What other explanation is there?