if you want anything done at all
you’ve gotta do it yourself. As expected, the computer repair company kept my system for almost a week and were unable to do anything. They claimed the fan I needed wasn’t being produced anymore; considering it’s only a 2 year old motherboard, I found that somewhat surprising. 3 minutes on the phone with the manufacturer later, one was being shipped out to me - free of charge as the board is still covered under warrenty. Fucking stupid ass shitholes at the “Computer Experts” (on Lincoln in Santa Monica, avoid at all cost). Picked up the system and told them to stuff themselves and their “diagnostic fee”.
So, armed with the new knowledge I was hoping to avoid (the exact motherboard specs, processor, etc) it was a simple matter to find a quiet heatsink and fan, so I ordered that as well. Two days from now, both fans should be at my door, and I’ve decided to install them myself since I can obviously no longer ever rely on a repair place. Booyah!
Schwab managed to unbunghole my tax/ira accounts, so that went well today. Now I need to find a car in the next two weeks as my lease is up. Can’t wait to rant about the ass-reaming I’ll be getting from the associated bank. “Return charges” my ass. Last time I ever lease. And oh, the appointment at the DMV next week, what a joy and pleasure that’s sure to be. Also ordered the wedding present for Saturday’s joyous occasion. Sigh.
On the plus side, my parents have left on vacation so I won’t have to perform any over the phone VCR / answering machine / computer / anything that uses electricity debugging this week.
Unfortunately, this has been my life recently. I will start writing more interesting entries tomorrow. If need be, I will just start drinking all day, which should make for more interesting entries.
August 16th, 2002 at 3:29 am
I love shit like this. It reminds me of how miserable I was when I was drinking.