A Part of Me is Gone

After 6 years, 2 deaths, and 2 re-incarnations my IBM Thinkpad laptop is dead. For the past few months I have had to slam my fist above where the hard drive is located to get it to start working again after pausing like some person who just woke up from a seizure. Tonight my method of slamming my fist on the computer didn't work, so I just applied a constant downward pressure with my fist until felt a vibration followed by what sounded like a card on bicycle spokes, then silence followed by heat on my fist. I'm assuming something got rubbed together and fried. It felt good. The only thing I will miss is my pictures. I need to find out if there is a way for them to be recovered. If not, all my pictures (about 3 years worth) are gone. I don't care about the music or the documents...but I want the pictures. Jay thinks they are gone forever. If I try to turn the laptop on I get a screen that says "0200: Disk System Failure". I'm assuming that's like the oil warning light in your car - you're screwed.

You're probably thinking "What were you doing David, when you're computer died?". Well, I was about 45 minutes into preparing my tax return on Turbo Tax. That's a good time for a computer to lock up and be killed, isn't it? You might also ask "If your computer is dead, how are you writing this?". I have an iMac G3 I bought for $60 that works, so I can have internet access. It sat in my closet and I brought it back out just now so I can use a computer.

Well, my Civic fund is going to be short about $1000 now for a new laptop. Laptop is dead, now the Saturn needs to go (not die, just go away) so I can get rid of the two things that pester and mock me.

I remember an episoe of Sex and The City when Carrie's laptop just died, and she lost all her columns, about 4 years worth. That's what it feels like. I had about 6 years worth of things on my laptop and I'm assuming they're gone forever. All my baby pictures of Walter, all my vacation pictures, and all my pictures from Clemson will be missed.