Wow, like really, wow. I haven't updated this journal in a long time. Of course, I'm not as active on this site as I used to be, but November was a long time ago.
So, worst thing ever: my computer had a logic board failure and when I took it into the apple store to get it fixed, the genius guy neglected to tell me that shipping out the computer for repairs almost always results in data erasures. So please, imagine how angry I was when I got my computer back and everything I had ever put on it was gone. I had thousands of pictures. Gone. School work that I still needed to turn in so that I could get credit for classes and therefore GRADUATE. Gone. All my art and all my stories. Gone. And honestly, the thing I'm most stressed out about was a family cookbook that I was making for my dad and his sisters. I've been slaving over that thing since November, trying to find old recipes from things they ate when they were kids and hunting down old pictures of their parents and stuff.
I almost demanded that the genius guy who took my computer be fired, since it's apple's policy to make sure that customers understand that when sending the computer away, it's wise to back up all information. And if I had had any sway at that store, I would have seen it through.
I managed to get some of the data recovered, but nothing that I really need. All of the stories that came back were old ones that I was thinking about deleting anyway. None of my new art, which I think, has been getting better in terms of how I use photoshop, came back. And I managed to get back work from classes that I had put in my trash and deleted a year ago, but God forbid I could get the stuff I still need to turn in.
URG! I swear, warning to everyone. Go out and buy an external hard drive and frequently backup your information. Those things can be a little pricey, but I'd buy ten of them to not have gone through this mess.
So much time, so little to do:
Club You Should Totally Join
People Who Should Be Loved And Fed Cookies Of Awesomeness
People I Worship/Stalk From Afar