AUURGGHH

Congratulations to Jared for hedging his bets with TWO definitions. :) And actually if you are driving and you are blindsided, well, that's just it. You were blindsided. So that is the word for that. No, ramsided is when you are hit, or rammed in the side, but you saw it coming. You just didn't have time to react.

In reference to the scream that is the title. I love computers. I really, really do, but the past 3 or so days make me want to be Amish (almost....OK, not really). First on Friday night, I'm thinking, "You know, maybe I ought to back up some of our data, its been awhile, oh well, maybe tomorrow". Saturday morning, the computer wont turn on. At all. So I figure it is the power source, go to micro center in Columbus, find an awesome deal on a power source for 5 bucks. I bring it home, plug it in... Nothing. Apparently the mother board didn't make it to mothers day. So today, after realizing that we just aren't complete without our electronic symbiont, Kris and I purchased a new computer. There are just a few problems. It has Vista, which although I don't like the look of it, hasn't been too horrible yet. I just have to do some searching to find things that I could find almost automatically in XP, and the PC, Mac commercials are somewhat true. ("MAC has issued a salutation, Allow or Deny?)
Secondly, I wanted to install the hard drive from my old computer so I could get the data off of it. After a long painful process, that I don't want to go through the pains of telling(I don't want to get tears on the new keyboard) I come to the conclusion, that I can't without an adapter of some sort, which Jeff told me was the case, but the sales guy at Best buy assured me that I would not need. I also wanted to reinstall our version of Microsoft Office 2003. I call Jeff to get the software key, since it was part of a package that our Church had purchased. I enter it, It tells me that it is not a valid Key. I call Jeff back, we confirm that I wrote down exactly what he said, he then gives me another key. No dice with that one either. Apparently I am going to have to call them tomorrow, and hopefully convince them with the old key, that I am not trying to steal the software, but really own a valid copy. *Beats head against WALL*

But really... I love computers.