Mystery problem continues ….
On the phone with Dell all day doing remote diagnostics. Nobody can figure out what this is.
Until next time …
WOW!!!
When you have a $3500.00 liquid-cooled machine and it crashes – IT REALLY CRASHES.
It began about a month ago – intermittent crashes at start-up. I first thought it was my Kapersky Labs anti-virus upgrade – so I experimented with uninstalling it and trying start-up – then turning-off auto updates and starting-up – the crashes stopped for a few days and then started again – worse and worse – until yesterday when I could not get the computer to run for longer than 5 or 10 minutes without crashing.
I had to reinstall Windows 7 – lost ALL my programs. Luckily I had a file back-up from March on my external terabyte drive so was able to restore those but lost everything else.
Had Dell run a remote diagnostic and found that my video driver was not up to date. Could this have been the cause of my problem? I don’t know, the computer seems to working again for now … but that is so misleading as I have discovered. Time will tell.
138 Windows 7 updates were required before I could run diagnostics – it took 4 hours and another 4 hours just to reinstall Windows.
Helpful Hints – ALWAYS keep your passwords written-down or on a removable USB Drive – even with that I had to contact my bank, Facebook and Web Hosting company to regain access … what a fucking nightmare.
But – and this is a BIG BUT …
It’s nice to start all over again – fresh. New. Clean. No baggage.
Until next time …
Sam died peacefully in my arms at 6:30 this evening. He had never fully recovered from his hospitalization 2 weeks ago.
My phone’s unplugged and I’m not taking any calls at this time.
Sam fought a gallant fight with leukemia over the past 4 years. But in the end his body began to fail him – organs shutting down. I could not allow him to suffer any more.
So first Sarah and now Sam.
I really don’t know what to say anymore.
Until next time …
-Cathy
I thought this weekend was going to be hard for me – but it turned-out to be fabulous.
I attended a wonderful Rezz Day party at Hypatia Pickens place last night – what a night of dancing and laughing!
And it turns out that LaPiscean Liberty shares this Birthday with me – so Happy Birthday Lap! Let’s party like it’s on sale for $19.99 – put some gears on it and call it Steampunk!
I have so many truly wonderful friends both online and off – who have supported me through a real tough time recently and it is their love and support I cherish and celebrate today.
Let’s Party!
Until next time …
Chimayo
Gone
Shortly after Sarah died I began wandering aimlessly through virtual space photographing things. I’m calling the collection The Chromatic Diaries. I travel to barren and desolate spaces where I find interesting visual objects. These landscapes capture and reflect how I am feeling. Alone. I have lost my soul mate.
If I pull-back from you or seem distant I hope you will understand this is just where I need to go now. I need to wander alone for a time.
Until next time …
My best friend and soul mate passed away at 3:21 this morning. She had suffered horribly with cancer over the past 4 years.
Until next time …
Starting my satirical series on “Real Men” for Facebook and what they do – for instance – REAL MEN RIDE MOTORCYCLES IN THEIR BARE FEET.
Real Men ride scooters too …
And of course … REAL MEN FLY BIPLANES!
LOL
I crack myself-up with this stuff. Having a lot of fun with “Island Time” as I so lovingly call it. My get-a-way. My escape.
I hope this Sunday finds you having as much fun as I am.
Until next time…
It’s been a long week – and it’s not over.
I needed some serious Island Time.
Bought a Biplane and flew it into a neighbors house. LOL
But I really just love sitting here at the fire pit. Listening to Groove Salad and relaxing.
This is really all I ever needed. The right body, the right gender and an Island … and toys like a boat and a biplane!
In my RL (real life) I am so miserable! But I come here and EVERYTHING is so freaking perfect – I’m content and happy. And not to mention – damn good looking.
There are people who would argue that this isn’t real. But I say – let them work 12 hours a day and be in constant stress and misery and then tell me what is real. I come to my Island and I sit here – and at my computer – every muscle in my body relaxes. There is more to this virtual experience than the superficial. It affects me in real life.
And if it’s making me happy – at a time in my life where there is nothing but disaster – who are you to judge?
Until next time …
The day started with my working on Gender Change Adapters. Something that I thought was so funny – given my recent explorations in Second Life as a male avatar – I had to Skype my friend about it as I was in tears with laughter and thought my head would explode if I didn’t share it with someone.
Next there was this discussion between my co-workers – mind you – they were clueless as to what they were saying and why I had to put my head down on my desk hilariously laughing my ass off …
Jim: No matter how hard I screw this thing my nuts are still loose.
Bill: Maybe you’re screwing too hard.
Andy: That happened to me last week. Try holding the nuts from the bottom.
Manager walks in – to Jim: How are your nuts coming along?
Later that day -
Dan: Why are my parts in heat?
Joe – The hoses are hot who has them?
Andy – I have the little hose, Cathy has the big hose.
Engineer: The balls won’t fit in the slot – is it an alignment problem?
Seriously – it went on like this ALL DAY.
It has been recently speculated that I need to get laid. Frankly after yesterday I think my whole department needs to get laid.
During this time in my life – it is good to laugh and I want to thank all the people who make that happen.
Sarah has been moved to a hospice facility as her condition continues to decline. It happened Monday and was hard news for me to take. So I’m looking for distractions everywhere I can find them to keep myself sane.
Until next time …
I took this weekend off. It’s the first weekend off I’ve had in months. I want to quit my job. I am so tired of being treated like shit. I’m especially tired of well-meaning people telling me that “You’re lucky to have a job in this economy.” Really? Well if I’m so goddamned lucky why do I feel so fucking miserable? And I particularly like how this advice mainly comes from people who DON’T work.
Stop telling me how goddamned lucky I am.
And why are people always doing something in my driveway? There must 500,000 driveways in Redwood City – why you gotta do shit my driveway? Get the fuck out of my driveway.
Yeah, it’s Sunday Morning.
Everybody has a story – the more I peruse the interwebs the more bizarre the stories become. I can’t even begin to tell you what happened this morning. Just too bizarre. It’s making it hard to be an agoraphobic. I’m thinking it’s safer to be out in the world than in here.
So there you have it – Sunday Morning. Get the fuck out of my driveway.
Until next time …
Mystery problem continues ….
