Old People Writing for Teens, IV

Smiley0501 · May 21, 2012

Thanks, Dorothy

and Netz what a steal on those Maggie books. I'm dragging myself to the library tomorrow. I'm going on a book withdrawal. I read 5 books within 1 week and now I'm reading NOTHING, so I'm sitting here ~~unpacking from college~~ I mean ~~twiddling my thumbs~~ . :tongue

parumpdragon · May 21, 2012

I had a fight with my computer.

It has been shocking me for a week - so I took it in to get it checked out. They gave me a whole new computer.

Smiley0501 · May 21, 2012

Oh gods...I hate having fights with my computer. I'm glad it got all straightened out.

Also - does anyone else name their electronics?

:ROFL:

I named my laptop ''Narcissa'' after Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's mom in Harry Potter, cause my computer is so narcissistic.

parumpdragon · May 21, 2012

I don't really name min - I just call it 'the beast' because it can start a lot of trouble.

justbishop · May 21, 2012

parumpdragon said:
I had a fight with my computer.

It has been shocking me for a week - so I took it in to get it checked out. They gave me a whole new computer.

parumpdragon · May 21, 2012

Yeah - it was shocking other devices too!

Smiley0501 · May 21, 2012

Scary. *shudders*

parumpdragon · May 21, 2012

very - it's evil - lemon-ness is gone

justbishop · May 22, 2012

Wth! Scary stuff. That's awesome that hey gave you a new machine, though!

Smiley0501 · May 22, 2012

parumpdragon · May 22, 2012

justbishop said:
Wth! Scary stuff. That's awesome that hey gave you a new machine, though!

Yeah, and the shocking thing wasn't the only thing that was wrong with it - but he wasn't even going to mess with it after that. He just took it and brought out a new box.

So, now I have technically had a new computer for just 2 weeks - and then gotten a new one again

. So strange. But very nice.

wampuscat · May 22, 2012

parumpdragon said:
Yeah, and the shocking thing wasn't the only thing that was wrong with it - but he wasn't even going to mess with it after that.

Creepy. I'm not sure I'd even want the same model of that computer again.

Sage · May 22, 2012

The shocking thing would freak me out. Glad they replaced your comp for free. I couldn't even get them to give me a replacement power cord without a fight.

Smiley0501 said:
Also - does anyone else name their electronics?

I named my laptop ''Narcissa'' after Narcissa Malfoy, Draco Malfoy's mom in Harry Potter, cause my computer is so narcissistic.

I named my last one Dean after a cyborg character. Since I dropped that one and Dean is smooth, I named this one Mailee (who's a klutz) to counteract karma or something. But I never call it Mailee, even though I always called Dean Dean. Dean was easier to remember because my wifi named itself after the computer and we're still using "Dean Wireless"

My car is Koneko, and still call her that, though.

justbishop · May 22, 2012

I should name my vehicle. I recently became a minivan Mom after years of swearing I would never do such a thing, and the poor thing has been nameless for almost 3 months now.

It was never official, but I always thought of our last car as Ellie the [Honda] Element.

Sage · May 22, 2012

Koneko's an Echo

justbishop · May 22, 2012

Ooh, I love Echos. That was on our short list for a second car (my Husband's commuter), but he was in love with the Honda Fit. We also liked the idea of sticking with what we knew (Honda Element, then we bought the Odyssey, so...yeah).

He named his Fit R2, but calls it "Chu" (as in Piikachu) every so often as well. He's an odd bird, lol.

Sage · May 22, 2012

I love the Fit. If I get a new car, it will probably be one of those.

parumpdragon · May 22, 2012

Sage said:
The shocking thing would freak me out. Glad they replaced your comp for free. I couldn't even get them to give me a replacement power cord without a fight.

Oh, sorry - they gave me a new one of those too. The old one started shocking the new computer - and it wasn't even plugged in to a power source.

Sooo odd. :/ But over - thankfully.

justbishop · May 22, 2012

parumpdragon said:
Oh, sorry - they gave me a new one of those too. The old one started shocking the new computer - and it wasn't even plugged it.

Sooo odd. :/ But over - thankfully.

You don't seem to have very good luck with electronics. Are any of your kitchen appliances also possessed?

parumpdragon · May 22, 2012

Nope - the microwave is just fine.

Sage · May 22, 2012

I had bad luck with computers until my last one... which was the best computer I ever owned until I dropped it and the corner opened and the hinges broke. This one is the same model, but it's not really the same. It definitely overheats, whereas the other one didn't, but so far it hasn't freaked out on me because of it, just got uncomfortable to keep on my lap (yes, I use my laptop on my lap). Dean was a perfect computer, and I really should have just gotten him fixed instead of replaced, but it was like half the price of a new netbook and at least two weeks with no compy at all, so I just went with the new one. Now when I turn him on, he's super slow, which I suspect is what happens when your electronics are exposed to dust for a year :tongue

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parumpdragon · May 22, 2012

Smiley0501 · May 22, 2012

Sage, is your computer named Dean from the Winchester brothers? just out of curiosity...

Sage · May 22, 2012

No, he's named after a character from my books, DownLoad and Nano Kid.

And usually I would assume that I named Dean after a tv character (interestingly, it would have been the Supernatural actor who doesn't play Dean there, but did play a Dean on Gilmore Girls, haha), but I remember the naming conventions of DownLoad very well. All the cyborgs were named after their model, a series of two letters, and Dean was DN.

Smiley0501 · May 22, 2012

Ah, that's so cute

(And yes....'Sam' from Supernatural is way hotter. Though I am a Jess fangirl from Gilmore Girls :tongue

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