How many toenails do you have? Somewhere between nine and eleven. I think it varies.

What's your lucky number? 8.

What's a word you're fond of? At the moment? Paragon. And travesty.

Fly or swim? Fly.

Sink or swim? Swim.

Does pineapple belong on a pizza? On Ham and Pineapple (Hawaiian), yes. Any other pizza, only if it makes it tasty and delicious.

Do you sing when you're alone? Or even not alone? Sometimes in company, rarely alone..

What's a book that's within sight right now? Moya Simmons': The Boy who would Live Forever.

What's the last colour your toenails were painted? I once had a toenail painted black..

Ever sleepwalked? Sometimes when I'm really stressed or angry when I go to bed. I've also slept with my eyes open more than once.

Are you going to the work Christmas Party? Hah. You're funny.. 

 

And last but not least;

 

Are you excited about voting tomorrow? I'm going to copy Lani's answer here: "I'm interested to see how other people vote tomorrow."

Am I being sarcastic in my Blog title? Not really, no.

 

So I took the computer back to Dick Smith's like I said I would, and the bastardly traitor of a computer loaded five times in a row, perfectly, for the customer service woman. I think she thought I was either a liar or a lunatic. Nevermind.

 

The computer continued to play along for a further six days, to the point where I actually started to trust it, and put some programs back on it. No sooner, however, had I installed Office than...

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BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

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Yeah. Unhappy. And it was past 5pm, so Acer support line was closed for the night. I tried again, today, and this time got on to a very helpful young man whose name started with a K, I think. Anyway, he told me to try a system restore.

 

"But", says I, "that's what the repair centre people did. It didn't work."

 

Just try it, says he. And so I do, and (of course) lose all my programs etc again. So, because I'm getting angry at this point, I don't even waste the time before putting all the programs back on it.

 

Before anyone says anything, it's not the programs causing the problem. Trust me - I've ruled that out. But hey presto, BSoD as I'm reinstalling FireFox.

 

Oh Acer!?

 

Yeah, so turns out the protocol is, if they can't fix it after three attempts, they replace it. Which is nice - I didn't even have to mention replacement; the guy told me of his own accord. And I'm perfectly happy to keep going on Old Faithful (the desktop) for a while, so it's no big deal that they're going to take away my computer Again.

 

Win-win scenario, methinks. Either they actually fix the damned thing, or I get a new computer. Yay me.

So... I've officially had the worst time ever with my computer.

 

First it broke. Wouldn't load Windwos, or when it did, it gave me the blue-followed-by-black-followed-by-blue-again screen of Death at a random and unspecified time. Sometimes when I wasn't even so much as touching the computer! This is a Bad Thing in a less than 12 month old computer.

 

So. I sent it away to get fixed (down to Flemington) and brought Old Faithful out of the closet. Lucky for me I didn't sell the old computer last year, methinks. And, just today, my laptop comes back to me.

 

First impression: Crap. The hard drive has been wiped, and it's a very, very lucky thing I backed up most of my files, because they're all gone. But that's okay. All I need do is download a few programs, re-install Office and I'll be functionally back on my feet. That's not a problem. Admittedly, AVG took way too long to download, but that's okay. It's not a problem. Oh, and I have a new keyboard? What's with that? Maybe they were being generous.

 

 

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BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH!

 

Yeah, so they didn't fix my computer. It's still got the same problem, only slightly more frequently than before. It kills itself at random moments. They did nothing.

 

I'm going back to Dick Smith's tomorrow to get the computer replaced. I know it's not their fault, but I'm desparate, I'm a uni student and I cannot function without a computer (with apologies to my desktop, who has been very good to me in this difficult period).

 

I feel like crap.

There is a girl wandering around town lately, who sometimes dresses as Vincent Valentine.

Good. God.

 

 

(New comic coming soon - watch this Space)