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Free ZoneAlarm Anti-Spyware. Today only.

ZoneAlarm is giving out free software for spyware cleaning and basic firewall, along with a year of free update. ♥ I happened to like ZoneAlarm when I tried it, so this is pretty good. Especially since Norton keeps telling me that I need to buy another subscription soon. >_>;;

*wails and gnashes teeth and beats the wireless with a shovel*

LET ME FINISH THAT GODDAMN QUEST AT LEAST. I HAVE ALL THE JUICES.

I knew that my wireless connection hated me. So what if I leech it? I'm kind. I try not to go on during peak times to minimize the stress. In fact, I try to keep my Trickster-ing to the dead of the night, just so I know the neighbors are asleep and to hog the connection.

*throttles wireless*

I've been trying to do the Siremaid monster quest and I keep lagging and losing connection in the middle of it. *whine* I have to kill 50 of the bitches in 30 minutes and I COULD TOTALLY DO IT IF THE CONNECTION STAYED.

T__T

I'm so close to leveling up again, too.

Stupid wireless.


EDIT...

So the connection held for over the full 30 minutes, but I still failed the quest because THERE WAS SOME BITCH THERE KILLING ALL MY SIREMAIDS BEFORE I COULD GET THEM. RAAAAAAAAAAWR. They don't spawn very fast and the map is HUGE. I was 10 Siremaid deaths away from completing the quest when the time ran out. T__T!! All because the map was busy and BITCHES WERE TAKING MY MONSTERS.

But I leveled up. And finished an items quest. I guess that's a good thing.

So, but Shukaku (my laptop) and the home comp have Norton on them. The free trial period for Norton on the home comp just ran out and it's bothering me to subscribe. I'm planning on doing so, but I want to know if the subscription I get for the home comp will ALSO be transferrable to my laptop, or if I'd have to pay for the subscription twice. That doesn't seem very fair somehow, though very capitalist.

And is there a way to find out just WHEN your subscription runs out? I'm sure the one on Shukaku will run out sooner or later but I want to know before it actually happens.

WHY SONY?! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO HURT ME SO?!

T____T *weeps bitter tears of wanting* And I thought the TX series was cool. This... this is just... *whines and whimpers to self* A full computer in the palm of your hand! Sony ownz me so hard.

*dies*

Blargh.

Had some tea and ingested a slice of pizza. Lemon tea and pepperoni pizza do NOT taste good together, btw. Now I'm on the home comp, because I like to get the updates weekly and such, and make sure everything is running smooth, since I'm the only one in the house who does these things. XP

I suppose I shall hang about on AIM, and poke about (slowly) online. And write.

LJ is still doing that stupid switching the date/time thing. It's annoying. =__=;;

Was distracted from my drabble-writing. .___.;; It wasn't my fault. Really. I downloaded the new IE 7.0 because IE 6.0 has been acting rather bitchy to me lately, and giving me errors whenever I try to go to the Microsoft Updates website. That is very Not Good, even if I have Automatic Updates running, because I like to go to the site physically and look at the optional updates too.

IE 7.0... *sporfle* They totally ripped off Firefox, what with the tabbled browsing and stuff. It kinda threw me for a loop, because I expect IE to look drastically different from Firefox, but suddenly there's TABS, but they're IE tabs, and I got confused. So I had to fiddle with it some before I was happy. And then I got the damn updates I wanted to get to.

Also, the wireless has gotten over its hiccuping. I think. I tempt not Teh Internet Godz.

I'm de-fragging my laptop. I think Shukaku is well-past the time for it. Though, I'm probably just gonna have to tweak everything again once I actually get off my ass and burn off all the stuffs on my harddrive. ^^;; So looks like I'm on the home comp and dial-up for today, until Shukaku finishes.

*pops in OK Go CD*
*drinks Mountain Dew*

... there was something else I wanted to say, but I forgot. Maybe I'll remember later.

... well, maybe not fiddling while Rome burns, but that's something entirely different.

The home comp has been BSoD-ing (twice that I've witnessed) because of some device driver problem. XP The only device I've hooked up to the home comp (that wasn't part of the set-up) is the printer. So I just went to find the new drivers for the printer. If that doesn't work, I'm going to assume it's a Windows XP thing, and check the Microsoft Updates I need. I remember my laptop doing the device driver error thing, and I needed something from Microsoft, I think. *tries to remember*

Either way, it's pain and blood and tears because this driver file is 29.6MB, and I'm on the dial-up. I might sign off and try to connect again at a higher speed. It was giving me 46k when I first signed on (before the BSoD). But now... 28.8. *weep*

Finally, after many years of pleading, my mom consented to get a new home desktop computer. YAY! Seriously, our home comp was bought in 1996, was loaded with viruses, and abominably slow. It was running Windows 95, IE 5.0, and AOL 5.0, which should tell you how bad it was. I should take it out back and shoot the thing.

Anyway, we went computer shopping yesterday and I just finished taking out the old computer (so many wires and cables x.x) and setting up the new computer. I still have to strip out all the unnecessary programs and crap that always come pre-installed, but we're pretty much good to go! :3

It's an HP with 2 GB RAM, AMD Athalon processor, 250GB of HD space, plus a 17 inch flat panel LCD. X33!! *makes a little happy noise* Mom also bought herself a new digital camera, because it came with a photo printer and free memory card. Circuit City always makes me happy.

Of course, the thing that's annoying me right now is that we still have only AOL dial-up, and it's being a bitch and a half right now. I keep getting kicked offline, and it SUCKS because I'm trying to download the Norton antivirus updates I need.

Slow dial-up + getting kicked + huge updates = cranky Sera

But I shall prevail! Eventually. I just really wish LiveUpdate would SAVE the updates it's already finished, instead of me having to download the same 16 files over and over again after I get kicked and reconnect. x___X;; Too bad there's no wireless on this comp, or I'd try to piggyback off the neighbors, but then again, I think that's on the other side of the house. XP

Okay, back to tweaking things.

You know, I really shouldn't exploit whichever one of my neighbors who has an open wireless broadband connection. One that I can connect to from the comforts of my room. *looks at the 70+KB/sec speed* Right, well, I'm not hurting anything. And I just paid for a month's worth of direct downloads at NarutoFan.com. *rubs hands together* Finally! I can see episode 134!

... maybe I should make sukino send me stuff, too. Like the rest of Loveless that I salivate for.

In other news, it is snack time. Or rather, I should have some sort of lunch before going back to the grind. *chomps popcorn* I remembered to take a steak out for dinner, so it's defrosting in the fridge. Maybe I'll make potatoes too... or maybe just rice. I dunno yet. Bleh, need to do the dishes and shower, too. And fold laundry. *sighs*

*watches Naruto download*

Solo is dead.

After getting the Blue Screen of Death WAY too many times for me to feel happy, I went ahead and uninstalled AOHELL 9.Fuckyouuptheasswithoutlube in hopes that would save Solo. It didn't. I kept getting the Blue Screen of Death while doing other things (most notably: starting up, shutting down, and running Disk Cleanup). I broke down and went to Circuit City this morning, to see if I could get Solo fixed by a professional since my own dabblings weren't doing CRAP.

So I went, and talked to a tech guy... hahaha... only highlight of the day is that I didn't have to pay for the consultation. Once I told him I had a laptop and was getting the Blue Screen of Death (yes, I said Blue Screen of Death, he's a tech guy, he should know what it means), the tech guys VISIBLY FLINCHED. I saw him flinch. I also told him exactly what the BSoD said, since I wrote it down. He read, flinched again, and told me the only thing there was to do was to reformat the harddrive. *cries* That means I lose EVERYTHING on Solo and bring him back to factory specs. I talked to the guy more to see if there was anything else possible, but he said no, since this is a harddrive problem and can't be fixed without reformatting. He also told me I could do it myself since I have the disks for it.

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.

Now I am using Mama Lin's computer to get online. I need to call my parents, too, and tell them about what happened. I might get a new laptop, but that's iffy. The problem is that like fucking ALL MY NOTES AND WORK is on Solo. So is a whole lot of vital information that I, you know, NEED FOR THE BAR.

I'm going to see if I can't burn off what I can from Solo, since he DOES start up and work for a bit before the BSoD. I'm so fucking glad that I burned off all that anime already. Getting off my personal files shouldn't be so hard and the programs I can always get again. I also burned back-up CDs already of stuff, but I'll fucking DO IT AGAIN, since there's new stuff I have since then, and God apparently hates me THAT much. I don't want to lose the papers I've bled and written.

Don't expect to see me about online. I just want to say that I'm not dead.

And if you have technical knowledge *pokes the Techie* this is EXACTLY what my BSoD says, in case there's something else that can be done. But I doubt it. Even last time, when I went to the Best Buy tech people, they said that Solo had a harddrive problem that they couldn't fix, and would have to ship Solo off to the Sony people. *cries some more*

( This is for Techie types )

FINALLY.

I got kicked offline by the Blue Screen of Death about 9pm, and have spent the time since them trying to fix things. Restarted after I was first kicked, signed on, promptly got another Blue Screen of Death. At which point, I unconnected my modem and started to fiddle. I've burned off all the anime on my harddrive to CD, which freed up quite a bit of space. Then I ran Disk Cleanup and Disk Defrag of both my C AND D drives. Also got yet another Blue Screen of Death.

T__T I fear that Solo has come up against his warranty, as it has been 3 years since I bought him, and he's been through alot of abuse. I don't know if it would be worth it to take Solo in to a computer place to get looked at. If I was back in Mo Val, I would ask the Techie Boy for help, but alas, I am not. I can only hope Solo lives and stays online until August.

*weeps*

Now I shall exploit the internets as much as I can, before things die again.

BUT!

I WAS able to watch TV while I was offline. I am going to pimp out one of MTV's new reality TV shows, called: "MTV's 70's House." Basically, a bunch of people are put into one house... but the house is totally 70's. They have to stay in-character as if it is still the 70's; that means dress, language, and attitude. *giggles* It's soooo funny. There's no cellphones, computers, CD players... but there IS a record player, 8-track player, they have Pong! And fondue parties!

And, every time a certain bell rings, they ALL have to drop what they're doing (on the phone, sleeping, hanging out, whatever) and DO THE HUSTLE. The music plays, too. I LAUGHED AND LAUGHED when the bell went off and one guy jumped out of the SHOWER, wrapped a towel around his waist, and joined everyone in the living room to disco.

Watch it just for the funny. It's great.


EDIT...

Kicked while trying to post this. How ironic. x___X

*STABS AOL*

Fine. Tomorrow I'm going to be burning off everything on my harddrive, running Scan Disk and Disk Defrag, and then I'm running every single one of my spyware/virus programs (and getting updates if needed). Fucking hell, it's like I can't stay online for longer than 15 minutes!

Now I'm pissy.

I'm going to bed.

~____~;;