Well...

I've said this months ago, and now it appears that it's finally happened. My computer has apparently had a stroke and died. I know a stroke is not a laughing matter, but that's pretty much what it looked like when it finally went down. Now everytime I attempt to turn it on, it'll get so far before it comes to a white screen saying it'll need to be restarted. No matter how many times you try, it'll always go back to that same screen. Before that, though, the monitor would go crazy and the screen would apparently freeze in place. The keyboard and mouse would then go dead. If the screen would apparently freeze, then how would I know that they were dead in the first place? Easy. The scroll wheel on my mouse lights up when it's getting power. After the screen froze, the mouse would lose it's little green light, everytime. They both still work on other computers. With that reaction on my computer, however, it just reaffirms that my computer can no longer function. It's had a great run, though it appears I can't get anymore out of it. A few months ago, I mentioned that my entries would get further apart with those minor computer problems. Well, they didn't. Now that my computer is seemingly dead, that statement has come true. I have less ready access to a computer, so my entries will probably get further spaced apart than this one and the one before.

My tax return came in yesterday, though it's nowhere near enough to get a new computer. So now I'll have to get a job and save up big time if I'm going to get a new one. When I say "new one" I mean it. The one I have (or had, I suppose) was second hand. It was a gift from an old teacher of mine, but it was still a computer. I had all of my important files backed up, so I'm not worried about that. The computers that I'm looking at are well over $900. I don't need much in a computer ('net access, music playback and CD burning, maybe some DVD action), though what I'm looking at is still a ways up there. Something I wanted on my old computer that I was thinking about getting for a new one is Adobe Photoshop. That, however, is quite expensive. Effectively doubling, or even tripling, the cost. No matter what I end up doing, it'll be a few months before I'm posting regularly again.

Obviously, I'll be finding ways to post in the meantime. It'll be some time, though. Until then, a temporary farewell and good luck to all.