Ngggh and Other Eloquent Statements

I'd intended to start Part IX of Sprache today, but the weather intervened, and there was a tremendous thunderstorm. I usually leave the computer on but disconnect the Internet, but the power kept threatening to fail. WORRRRNG, and the lights would dim. WORRRRNG. WORRRRRNG WORRRRNG. So, I managed to turn off the computer without killing the hard drive with the power fluctuation, and sat in the dark until the lightning subsided and the power stabilized, and then I watched the first disc of OZ S1. By the time it was over, I was too tired and headachy from the rain and stress to write.

I'm lucky that this simpering bitch of a power grid didn't obliterate my hard drive because if it had, I would have had to raid my Rammstein fund to replace the computer. Yes, my writing and Internet addictions are that strong. Of course, if Rammstein would quit dicking around and either admit they're not coming to the U.S. or announce U.S. dates, then I wouldn't have to agonize that my conduit to the outside world might be severed like a necrotic umbilicus every time the lights flicker. As it is, I've half a mind to raid the fund anyway to purchase an uninterruptible power supply. The hard drive cannot sustain this constant ebb and surge, ebb and surge.

Can anyone recommend a decent desktop for under $600? I've had Compaq Presarios for seventeen years because they're reliable work horses; my old ones still boot, as a matter of fact. They just can't run many programs or surf the Internet. Please don't recommend an HP. I've heard nothing but horror stories, and my mother's perpetually-collapsing laptop has done nothing to improve my impression.

I've been eyeing an eMachine, but they've received decidedly mixed reviews.

My head is throbbing. I'm going to stop ruining my already subpar eyesight by staring at this screen, take an Aleve, and wait for the ache to pass.



Dear Richard,

I love you, but never say, 'Don't believe the hype,' again. That was embarrassing.

Love,

La Guera