I have had to go to my happy place. My computer at home crashed two days ago but not before giving me a screen that "apologized" for the inconvenience and that Microsoft XP has encountered blah blah and that DLL something something was corrupted. The screen went black and then came back up in an electric blue color where it remains today, stuck on the blue screen of death.

I sat there for awhile, not really believing that good ole Dell-y was dead. But alas. Three techie friends have tried and failed to revive it, Dell tech support couldn't save it and the clerk at Best Buy could just nod his head in empathy at my story while gently telling me they didn't have the rebooting CDs that I needed. I'm pretty sure the staff at Best Buy train for these def-con customer meltdowns because oddly enough, I left the store feeling better.

So in the meantime, I'm shopping around for a laptop but I'm shocked and awed by current pricing. I'm going to have to suck it up, though, because I can only log on to Xomba at lunch time at the library and that's just not enough! Wish me luck!