A Tale of Argh
Jul. 29th, 2019 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rheasilviaUpdate: I still exist!
The short version is: The Dread Microsoft Update (Beware the Ides of May!!) murdered my OS slooowly. So slowly, in fact, that my broken OS had time to break most of my fancy full-system data backups, on both of my external harddrives! Someone really thought things through there. Another update then delivered the coup de grace, leading to nearly two weeks of data anxiety and lack of working capacity. In the end, I only lost a little bit of data and a lot of time, so… could be worse?
Also, my computer guy took pity on me and charged only two hours, which is laughable considering how much time he had to put in to puzzle out WTF was going on, and WTF to do about it. So that was super nice of him. In RPG terms, a Charisma save. ;-)
Now that my PC is working again, I myself am at suboptimal levels of operational fitness due to a Monster Flu, and possibly tonsillitis. I’ll find out in a few hours. (I really hope it *is* tonsillitis, because then antibiotics will help the throat. Ouch.)
I also have a funeral to go to on Wednesday. So there is that.
But all this shall pass!
I feel as though I dropped off the face of the earth. I did stop by DW once or twice, but not nearly often enough.
What did I miss???
One thing that I’ve noticed is that several of you are posting / have posted amazing stories that I can’t wait to read!! Although I will actually have to wait, because I’m writing a story that feels fragile in my mind, and am thus not reading Guardian fanfic at the moment. (Does anyone else do that, or is it just me?) Ack! Clearly, I must write faster!
More interesting posts soon. :-)
The short version is: The Dread Microsoft Update (Beware the Ides of May!!) murdered my OS slooowly. So slowly, in fact, that my broken OS had time to break most of my fancy full-system data backups, on both of my external harddrives! Someone really thought things through there. Another update then delivered the coup de grace, leading to nearly two weeks of data anxiety and lack of working capacity. In the end, I only lost a little bit of data and a lot of time, so… could be worse?
Also, my computer guy took pity on me and charged only two hours, which is laughable considering how much time he had to put in to puzzle out WTF was going on, and WTF to do about it. So that was super nice of him. In RPG terms, a Charisma save. ;-)
Now that my PC is working again, I myself am at suboptimal levels of operational fitness due to a Monster Flu, and possibly tonsillitis. I’ll find out in a few hours. (I really hope it *is* tonsillitis, because then antibiotics will help the throat. Ouch.)
I also have a funeral to go to on Wednesday. So there is that.
But all this shall pass!
I feel as though I dropped off the face of the earth. I did stop by DW once or twice, but not nearly often enough.
What did I miss???
One thing that I’ve noticed is that several of you are posting / have posted amazing stories that I can’t wait to read!! Although I will actually have to wait, because I’m writing a story that feels fragile in my mind, and am thus not reading Guardian fanfic at the moment. (Does anyone else do that, or is it just me?) Ack! Clearly, I must write faster!
More interesting posts soon. :-)
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Date: 2019-07-29 03:18 pm (UTC)everything that's being posted looks like it will be amazing and I want to check them out but I just... can't read right now
I knooow! I want to read it all!!