Please just shoot me now.

[rj_anderson]

Happy birthday to me, and all that, she said in Eeyore-like tones of utter despondency.

Tonight I let the kids play games on the computer for half an hour or so, and one of them shut the computer off mid-game by poking it randomly with his toe. I scolded him and turned the computer back on, only to have the other kid cancel Scandisk on me halfway through the scan. Then I saw the oh-so-comforting message on the screen:

Windows Protection Fault
You will need to reboot your computer.

Press any key to continue...

Needless to say, pressing any key did not continue; it never does. So I rebooted again, and this time the computer would only start in Safe Mode. I ran through various troubleshooting scenarios, all of which yielded nothing. Finally I resigned myself to reinstalling Windows from the CD, only to discover that the CD drive is inaccessible.

All together, now: Arrrrrrggggggh.

So, needless to say, I am not spending the evening as I had hoped, watching The Amazing Race with my husband and then settling in for a productive couple of hours of editing. I have been forced to squander it on a fruitless attempt to fix my computer, and now here I am downstairs on my parents' machine typing this message to let you all know that it may, once more, be a couple of days before you hear from me again.

Like I said, hooray and happy birthday to me. *gloom*

Comments

[kerravonsen]

Gah! I would be devising punishments for said children...

[bookaholicgirl.livejournal.com]

Despite the computer madness, happy birthday!

[drmm.livejournal.com]

Happy b-day, even though you had all the computer problems. (And I did join RUSS-L, although I'm web only until I finish Justice Hall and the Game (may be taking a break though -- I think I'm Russelled out).

[jadekitten01.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! Sorry about the computer, my computer used to do that a lot and I finally gave up and managed to save just about everything and then reformatted it. Hope it doesn't come to that.

[crunkette.livejournal.com]

Birthday!?

*sends Kalan in the mail, wrapped in ribbon and topped off with his green St. Paddy's Day bow*

[story645.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday. Take the troubles as a sign that it'll be all that'll happen for the year. It's only great birthdays that really seem to end in bad years. ;)

Sorry about the computer, sympathise cause my laptop is currently not reading it's disk drive, I'll have to reformat soon.

[telepwen.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

Your computer is just grumbling that it's older in its own special way. It's the Computer Way of saying happy birthday. Really.

[/pure and utter bullshit]

(But the happy birthday still stands.)

[sannalim.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! I hope you get things working again and don't lose all of the work you've done recently on Knife.

(Is it really your birthday?)

[persephone-kore.livejournal.com]

Ugh!

Have you ever made any bootable floppies? Sometimes those do include CD drivers.

[marinarusalka.livejournal.com]

Eek! Happy birthday, and I hope the computer gremlins go away.

[yahtzee63.livejournal.com]

The cat says, this too shall pass. And happy birthday. :)

[cesario.livejournal.com]

oooh dear. i'm so sorry. ^_^ what a craptacular birthday. prezzies are on the way though! :-)

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday!

The best present I could think of for you has sadly been delayed by the supplier. They say it should arrive here by 7pm on Saturday 26th, but with shipping delays it may take a while to reach you over there... =:o{ / =;o}

[shellebelle93.livejournal.com]

Bummer. Good luck in repairing your computer!

[ljrags.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! May the rest of your Birth-month be cheery and the computer goblins disappear!