You might (not) be wondering why I haven't posted lately.
It's because my iBook broke. It can't connect to the HD. Looks like I might lose all my data (iTunes, iPhoto, BurnoutMenu 2.0, important data, password DB, etc etc etc). If I'm lucky it's just a connection problem. If I'm not, the HD is totally busted. Sent it to the repair shop at 9:00 AM this morning (not on warranty anymore, so it's 75$ initially and 85$ per hour after.). They say they could retrieve the data if the HD is not too damaged. This is probably going to cost me around 400$ (the insurance company will pay anything that exceeds 400$). Like I needed that.
Well I'm a bit to blame on this one. My friend was the host of a big party he had planned to throw a very long time ago. We needed music. I decided to use my iBook coupled with my speakers. I hid it in a locked room. Screensaver password, turned on authentication on login, etc etc etc. Party Mix via iTunes. I was in heaven and we were up for a good time.
But things started to go bad when friends of friends of friends invited people we did not know (e.g. thugs) and when idiots auto-invited themselves. I donno what they did with my iBook, all I know is that they somehow got inside the locked room, pickpocketed some handbags, and broke my computer. It won't boot now. What are those brutes going to tell their children when they grow up and marry themselves? "When I was a kid, I stole stuff at parties I wasn't even invited to." How sad is that. Anyway, **** them, I learned my lesson.
It's so untimely: BurnoutMenu 2 is being actively tested and I lose my computer. I could also definitively lose BM2 too. It made me realize how my life is completely dependant on my iBook. I do nothing all day without it. I work on my iBook, I listen to iTunes all day, I manage my photos, I code I chat I write. Without it, I'm like bored to death and I do nothing but sleep and see my friends when their job is over. Anyway. The shop is supposed to call me in about 3 days. Let's hope it's nothing overly serious.
Anyway. It just won't stop there. This morning I decide to go buy Mario VS Donkey Kong for GBA and put an end to my boredom. So like I ride my bike and I get hit by a ****er who didn't do his stop. I could have died on the spot if I had not braked like a madman. Anyway. My front weel, brakes, 250$ Rock Shox suspension fork are good for trash. Not THAT bad, since it's 100% the guy's fault and he acknowledged it. Cool. So I tell him WTF, he gets out of his car. I ask him his phone number. (BTW, it happened when he was trying to get out a gas station mistake #1, his license plate on video tape). He has no pen, he goes inside the convenience store and asks for a pen. Mistake #2, his ugly mug is on video tape. He's pretty kind so I begin to feel confident. I look at his car and notice it's a 1995 white Neon for safety's sake. He gives me his name and his phone number and says I can call him tonight. So far so good. Except when I call at the number he gave me, an old lady answers and says she does not know him. I cover my legal ass and tell her if she knows him, it's a crime to deny it since he's been involved in an accident. At that exact moment, I I see the poor lad's face in my memory and say: "d'ju just ****ed d'yourself mang" � la Tony Montana. I call the cops and they're supposed to come over to my house real soon now. That guy is going to pay the repairs and face the consequences of hitting and running. How can someone be as clueless? I don't know, but I do feel some kind of pity for his ignorant brain.
So here I am, typing those lines on my mom's iBook. I dislike it when I'm obliged to use others' computers. Argh.
Good news is I got a job at the supermarket. 7:00 AM tomorrow morning for my training.
Sup?
It's because my iBook broke. It can't connect to the HD. Looks like I might lose all my data (iTunes, iPhoto, BurnoutMenu 2.0, important data, password DB, etc etc etc). If I'm lucky it's just a connection problem. If I'm not, the HD is totally busted. Sent it to the repair shop at 9:00 AM this morning (not on warranty anymore, so it's 75$ initially and 85$ per hour after.). They say they could retrieve the data if the HD is not too damaged. This is probably going to cost me around 400$ (the insurance company will pay anything that exceeds 400$). Like I needed that.
Well I'm a bit to blame on this one. My friend was the host of a big party he had planned to throw a very long time ago. We needed music. I decided to use my iBook coupled with my speakers. I hid it in a locked room. Screensaver password, turned on authentication on login, etc etc etc. Party Mix via iTunes. I was in heaven and we were up for a good time.
But things started to go bad when friends of friends of friends invited people we did not know (e.g. thugs) and when idiots auto-invited themselves. I donno what they did with my iBook, all I know is that they somehow got inside the locked room, pickpocketed some handbags, and broke my computer. It won't boot now. What are those brutes going to tell their children when they grow up and marry themselves? "When I was a kid, I stole stuff at parties I wasn't even invited to." How sad is that. Anyway, **** them, I learned my lesson.
It's so untimely: BurnoutMenu 2 is being actively tested and I lose my computer. I could also definitively lose BM2 too. It made me realize how my life is completely dependant on my iBook. I do nothing all day without it. I work on my iBook, I listen to iTunes all day, I manage my photos, I code I chat I write. Without it, I'm like bored to death and I do nothing but sleep and see my friends when their job is over. Anyway. The shop is supposed to call me in about 3 days. Let's hope it's nothing overly serious.
Anyway. It just won't stop there. This morning I decide to go buy Mario VS Donkey Kong for GBA and put an end to my boredom. So like I ride my bike and I get hit by a ****er who didn't do his stop. I could have died on the spot if I had not braked like a madman. Anyway. My front weel, brakes, 250$ Rock Shox suspension fork are good for trash. Not THAT bad, since it's 100% the guy's fault and he acknowledged it. Cool. So I tell him WTF, he gets out of his car. I ask him his phone number. (BTW, it happened when he was trying to get out a gas station mistake #1, his license plate on video tape). He has no pen, he goes inside the convenience store and asks for a pen. Mistake #2, his ugly mug is on video tape. He's pretty kind so I begin to feel confident. I look at his car and notice it's a 1995 white Neon for safety's sake. He gives me his name and his phone number and says I can call him tonight. So far so good. Except when I call at the number he gave me, an old lady answers and says she does not know him. I cover my legal ass and tell her if she knows him, it's a crime to deny it since he's been involved in an accident. At that exact moment, I I see the poor lad's face in my memory and say: "d'ju just ****ed d'yourself mang" � la Tony Montana. I call the cops and they're supposed to come over to my house real soon now. That guy is going to pay the repairs and face the consequences of hitting and running. How can someone be as clueless? I don't know, but I do feel some kind of pity for his ignorant brain.
So here I am, typing those lines on my mom's iBook. I dislike it when I'm obliged to use others' computers. Argh.
Good news is I got a job at the supermarket. 7:00 AM tomorrow morning for my training.
Sup?
(Spare parts)
- I think I'll leave my amusing comments on the quote at that, but remember it for the future!