Stupid Windows; Social Life

Windows makes fast computers so dull and slow and stupid. I've been spending the majority of the last week replacing defective parts, trying to get windows to recognize everything correctly, and now I'm just reinstalling completely. And I'm doing all of this with my 120-day trial version of XP. But, now that I think about it, I'm going to probably (as much as I hate to say this...) upgrade to Vista when it comes out, so 120 days will be plenty for that.

And I've actually had something of a social life mixed in there, too. Last night, I went to a play put on by some Walsh students with Sarah and Mrs. Chiavaroli. (That is, not my sister Sarah, the other one. Or something.) It was a comedy, "Someone Save my Baby Ruth"... and it was all about a candy shop! (my kind of play...) They threw candy at the audience, but not nearly enough by my standards. Of course, if I had been in charge, they would be throwing five-pound bags at everyone, abundantly. But oh well.

And then tonight, Michelle and Brian and I went to see "Stranger than Fiction." Good funny movie, though at parts it seems like it's switching back and forth between comedy, drama, and, I don't know, horror or something. Or maybe that was just because there were so many preview for horror movies. I'll say this much... after seeing this movie, I'm once again reminded of how much can be different if your watch is a couple minutes off. (This was one of the themes of the movie). It's like, you leave to go somewhere 30 seconds later than you normally would, and as a result you aren't in the way of the car with no brakes, or something random like that. Gack, so mind-boggling. If I did everything 30 seconds earlier or later than I would otherwise, it's just crazy to think about what big things could potentially happen as a result of that difference. Or something. Oh well, I guess at times like this, I'll just trust that God knows what's going on.

Whee, XP install is done. Time to go to www.getfirefox.com - you know, can't have the new computer being contaminated with spyware and all that.