3 dead apples

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So first, a month or two ago, I broke Cam's laptop (I spilled water on it in just the right way so that it looked like none had gotten into it but it was actually totally screwed). I felt REALLY bad about it, and thus reacted as I do to feeling really bad about something eg by talking and thinking about it as little as possible.

Cam got himself a new cheap small Eee PC laptop and an iPhone (he needed a new phone anyway)

And then Cam lost his iPhone. Which (unlike the laptop) was covered by insurance but he's still waiting on the replacement.

And just now? MY laptop has broken. It's been slowly dying for a while but it's gone from "a bit flakey" to "refusing to start for hours on end" so during a brief up-time I transfered across any files I wanted to keep and am now on my desktop machine in a rather unstable position on two chairs (Kira is not impressed. When I'm on the couch she gets a lap! My icon is no longer accurate :( )

ARGH. And of course with me not working any more our finances are WAY tighter than they were, so we can't just go out and buy a new one. Current plan is to buy a large-screen windows laptop (Cam sometimes gets sick of the teeny screen and processing on his Eee, and if I look at a small screen for more than about a minute I get a headache) and share it. But not for a while :(

Oh, and I had insomnia last night so feel all wierd AND a pigeon crapped on my bedsocks. Which I had been watching dryig on the line for a day or two with cold toesies. Luckily I manged to find two clean ones even if they don't match.

Anyway, as previously mentioned, I don't actually want to talk or think about it, I just needed to vent. Supportive comments will probably make me feel worse rather than better because I am odd like that, but if you really want to say something cheering give me a link to something happyfying.

To start you off: Dude watching with the Brontes.

Comments

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

I shouldn't have gone back to softcore before starting my HCO loop. I don't want to leave my shinies again. D:

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

I quite like HC, but HCO. Difficult!

They've recently allowed you to use your soft core skills after a HC quest success, did you know?

At least I seem to remember something announced about it at the time.

Who's your character?

I am Falafniral and Oblongata.

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Well yeah but I'm not interested in aftercore just yet - I usually ascend the same day I beat the NS. And after doing two low-skill HC runs and then a black cat run it's just: omg llama lama, omg imp, omg pilgrim shield, omg +adv equipment, omg summoning skills, etc. I want some more skills before I start doing The Sea.

My char's Enna.

(Ok, Titles aren't that hard)

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

I like to collect the level 30 trophies, so the sea is good for that for me.

It requires a bit of patience though.

Actually quite a lot of patience.

But I'm getting there.

Re: (Ok, Titles aren't that hard)

[penchaft.livejournal.com]

Wait until Crimbo's scaling monsters? One trophy a year!

Re: (Ok, Titles aren't that hard)

[leecetheartist.livejournal.com]

Most trophies I get are by accident, but I am rather enamoured of that shiny, shiny level 30 one.

And of course being big and strong is of great use in Hobopolis and the Slime Tube, so it's all good.

The last two Crimbos have been a lot of fun.