{ taken to dividing my days by decimal points and rounding them off with parentheses. }

[delga]

Once or twice a year I go through through a bizarre laptop-associated OCD phase. Normally this just means making sure all the files are in the right place (icons, fic, school, family; icons by fandom, fic by fandom, school by subject/unit) &c. Sometimes it involves redoing my journal layout, re-naming my tags, flist-trimming and cutting myself from LJ communities - actions which are usually painful and result in more trauma rather than less. Luckily, though, they're easy fixes.

However, once every couple of years, I do something stupid and irreversible. And each and every time I do it, I'm fully aware of how much grief it's going to cause me but I go ahead with it anyway. I did it today and I'm suffering for it already because I'm that stupid. What do I do? I DELETE ALL MY PICTURES.

Other than my celeb-crushes, my personal photos and (most of) my own icons, there are no pictures left on my harddrive. I've deleted c.3GB of photographs and pictures and have about 1GB left - my icons, celeb crushes, Lindbergh editorials, duck cheer. Every thing else? GONE.

I hate myself.

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Watched Prison Break (2x03) with The Sister tonight. Watching it on the telly is so much easier than via other means. There are scheduled breaks to disperse the tension! And watching it with other people is always fun. That's one of the things I sort-of miss about being away from home - TV is no longer a social thing. I mean, I don't miss The Sister bouncing around and talking all the way through whatever it is that we're watching, but I do miss being able to say, "Damn!" and have someone in the room not only understand what I mean but agree.

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My newest celebrity crush carries on apace and makes me blush whenever I see a picture of them. *cringe*

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Am debating whether or not to go to school tomorrow and see WP & SK. I don't think I will. I'll just post the coffee to SK's house - that's where he takes it anyway - and chill out at home. I have to start reading Alice in Wonderland, anyway, and I have a ton of fandom to catch up on. So, yeah. That's what the next few days are going to be for. I'm going home on Monday; Friday we may indeed be going to see The Pursuit of Happyness. I'm freaking out internally. IT'S AWESOME.

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Dear Random Person,
Please. PLEASE. Leave me alone. It's all too much to have to deal with you at this my most Zen of times. YOU ARE KILLING MY ZEN. GO AWAY.
No love, Me.

Comments

[snowpenguin545.livejournal.com]

Wanna know something really strange? I went on my MUST CLEAN LAPTOP kick today as well. I have this folder that's kind of a catch-all on my desktop and it takes forever to sort through everything because it's all RANDOM SHIT.

I hopehopehope the last part isn't about me, I wasn't trying to bother you today, I was just bored and wasn't sure if you were getting my msn messages. Sorry about that.

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

Just wait until I start cleaning the hardware...lol.

NO! MSN is being a bitch. So I know you're there and I'm replying and then it's saying all messages not sent to all recipients, and I'm all DIE YOU STUPID PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY, and it decided to shut down on me. So. Heh.

[snowpenguin545.livejournal.com]

Oh god I know. This was just a folder on my desktop! I had to tell myself abazillion times that the unorganized fandom pictures would be okay until tomorrow.

WHEW. I died a little bit on the inside when I read that, but you've resuscitated it. I was like "oh god, i've been bothering her ALL DAY!"

[melliyna.livejournal.com]

I've only had my laptop five days and it already has a folder entitled "misc oddments" of all the lovely random things I tend to pick up.

Frankly msn is just being several different kinds of evil right now *glares at it as I am trying to talk to friends and I do not like being kicked off in the middle of a conversation* Also if I ever bother you, just tell me to sod off yes *smiles and goes off to proofread fic*

[delgaserasca.livejournal.com]

HA! Yes, mine was ompleely like that. And then that misc. file turned into my file and had five other files. And then those files spawned more...it's like the separation of amoeba, seriously.

Maybe I shoul have clarified that this Random Person is a figure of RL? But no, LJ people rarely bother me. In fact, if something is up, I encourage you to come and talk to me, or rant to me. Like I tll everyon one my flist - my inbox doesn't care if you rant at it!

MSN = wtf? I mean, seriously. OK, at uni, get it because there the university firewall is a bitch but at home?! Aie.

If you need a beta, you can send things my way :) The only reason I didn't offer last night is that I figured you had your own people and were more comfortable with their way of working. That said, I offer Beta Services. See? :)

[melliyna.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I think msn is just being evil, generally. And I think my random folder will eat my laptop (but I need it - I mean where else I am going to store all my random music, pictures and Anglo Saxon poetry).