May. 4th, 2007

joreth: (Nude Drawing)
So, where do I sign up to be a test subject?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14002908/
joreth: (Silent Bob Headbang)
That's right, I'm going to California ... wheeee!

I fly into SJ on the 23rd and I fly out on the 30th and the whole trip is devoted to Baycon and visiting [profile] corpsefairyand her circle of friends ... no family!  Although I should probably at least tell them I'll be there.

Oh, and I'm working on a new costume that will hopefully be unveiled at Baycon this year!  As a side note, the weapons in the original concept did NOT work out at all, but I came up with a nifty alternative  *bounce bounce*.

So, anyone wanting to get together while I'm in town, please let me know so we can coordinate.  I'll be dependent on other people for transportation and lodging, so I'm not quite as free with my time as I usually am when I travel, and probably the *best* time to guarantee seeing me will be at Baycon (although I will be taking some time out of that Saturday to watch [profile] corpsefairy graduate *yay*!).

Coming Out

May. 4th, 2007 01:18 pm
joreth: (Purple Mobius)

I've written on this before, in fact I have a whole section on my website about coming out.

But as usual,

[personal profile] tacit has written a beautifully-written post that speaks my thoughts more clearly and more elgantly than I have been able to.

joreth: (Bad Computer!)
godamn vista can fucking go to motherfucking hell with the goddamn jolly green giant thrusting it's humongous fucking green fist right up its ASS into it's colon, ripping it all the way up and a whole tank full of pirranahs sucking it's fucking cock and tearing it to shreds!

MICROSOFT ... YOU SUCK!!!!!

So, I bought this little doohickey that transfers analog audio sources and converts them to MP3

It came with Nero software.

I already had Nero installed because I use a dvd-burning software that utilizes Nero.  But I installed the one that came with the hardware because it was a more recent version.

The installation process crashed twice because "Nero has known compatibility issues with Windows Vista", according to its error message.  Yeah, along with EVERY OTHER FUCKING PIECE OF SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE KNOWN TO MAN.

Then it installed, but it refused to let me access any of its programs, telling me I had an unlicensed copy of Nero.  Heh, my first legitimate OS telling me that my first legitimate piece of software is not legitimate.

So I uninstalled it because my unlicenced version installed better and I can't burn DVDs without it.

But when I tried to install the previous version, I got as far as the screen where I put in the serial #, and the "next" button refused to un-grey itself.  First, it had the legit serial already in place, telling me that it detected another version already installed (remember the one I just uninstalled?).  It didn't allow me to use that number, so I put in the number that was previously associated with this installation disc.  No dice.

Nero is not showing up on my Programs list so I can't uninstall it anymore, and there is no uninstall option listed in the Start Menu folders, and I can't start up any of the Nero programs to try and fix it that way because it just tells me that it's an unlicensed copy and I should go to the website to get a licensed version.

So now I have bits and pieces of Nero floating around my system that I can't get out and no way to burn my DVDs.

Bill Gates, you can fucking suck my huge purple dick and I hope you choke on it.

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