Laptop revived. Muffins full of goodness. And... what?

[flexagon]

Picked my dead (revived) laptop from Microcenter last night, so I'm now out $200 and up a functioning laptop (presumably--there's no OS on it yet). If I were ever to start a biz it'd really be better to not be running off a company OS, but I so hate to pay $299 for a real copy of Windows XP when I could get Win2K for free at work. Ugh, ugh. At least HLM met me with the laptop case so we could walk there together. Then we went home and I cooked trout and couscous and corn, and extra-yummy muffins/cakes for the par-tay. And then I got email from kfb in which a far simpler, less cluttered life was proposed and examined... yeah, admittedly that would have its good points. I kind of like juggling a lot of things though--it's an art form of its own. Must remember not to feel threatened just because other people find different ways to live. (Speaking of lifestyles, I'm still sore from Sunday's lifting! Ow-wow.)

Here is some ebay weirdness. I sold the leather scraps I had left over from recent crafty stuff, and this guy won the auction (for $4, whee). Last night he sent me an auction payment. So I sent him mail, and he responded.
Me: Thanks Timothy! I'll send the leather out tomorrow morning.
Him: OOOHHHH! I like the sound of your voice when you said Timothy!! Thanks [soyfetus]!
I think he was being funny or cute or something. But I also think I'll play it straight, not reply, and just send the leather.

Comments

[webrat.livejournal.com]

WinXP Pro @ $159 (http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=M&Product_Code=210111&Category_Code=S4).

If that link doesn't work, goto monarchcomputer.com, click on assessories, software, look for winxp pro.

Formatted?

[hiddenbear.livejournal.com]

They lost all your data on your laptop?!? I didn't realize it was that dead before. Hope you didn't loss too much.

There's something about the mention of leather

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

that seems to make guys need to make laviscious comments.

Guess I'll answer everyone at once

[flexagon]

Weird. From no comments to three comments. Are you guys all synchronized or something?

webrat, thanks, you are awesome. Truly. I hadn't done a very thorough search, I guess. I'm taking the free Win2K for the moment, but the second I think I'm doing something profitable, I'm headed straight to Monarch.

horshack, no worries, I got lots of backups made during the "flaky but not dead" stage. Reinstalling programs will be irritating, but all writing is safe, website is safe. And that's good... I like safe.

rumgirl, yeah... i did say I had the leather left over from a project--Pente boards of course! But I don't think that's what Timothy intends to do with the rest. :)