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[channonyarrow]

Send...help...cannot...breathe...

Which is what it feels like when I take my laptop in for servicing because 2008 had a final present for me. WITH LUCK (note that I have no luck) it will be back in three days to the tune of about $300.00, not including the fact that I for some reason bought an external HD that I can't afford. WITHOUT LUCK, it's gonna have to go to Apple, for five to seven (!) for $600.00 In the SCREWED WITH YOUR PANTS ON department, that five to seven remains the case, but the cost jumps to $1200.00.

So I am using the craptop at home to do Photoshop stuff, and my parents' even worse computer for internet stuff and wishing that I'd done something with intermediate top, like figure out if it has wireless. Yes. I have three computers, and I shit myself with glee when I found out that John Williams did the arrangement of That One Song That A Bunch Of Famous Dudes Played. I am a geek, let's all get over that together. Here's a tiny bridge.

Actually, if it comes down to SCREWED WITH YOUR PANTS ON, I may actually just buy a crap HP laptop for a quarter of the price and call it a day.

I am actually a little bit in love with my Genius Bar rep. And not even because he went (as far as I can tell) WELL above and beyond what he should have done to help me out (repeating a hundred times "Well, if I had a job, I'd say start the register rolling now," apparently works). I am not that shallow. No, this is because we both geeked out about a) my flash drive being a WotC giveaway; b) my former job at WotC (I think it was namechecking Jefferson that worked, since he knows Jefferson too, and dude, you cannot tell me "that guy with the Superman tattoo on his arm" because I have dreamt of that man naked through no fault of my own, I KNOW who he is) and, c) my email address. AWESOME. MADE OF WIN AND PUPPIES.

And of course I watched the inauguration. I wish that everyone would shut up about how Obama's African-American, because I have these strange flashbacks to Nazi Germany; given that he's mixed-race, this seems overly compartmentalise-y. You know, "You are more than one-eighth African-American? TO THE CAMPS WITH YOU, SIEG HEIL!" I mean, I have no idea what box the dude checks on census forms, but constantly hearing that he's African-American is like "Wow, we really have to work on this "race" thing here."

Which I already knew.

Also, I realise that a lot of my flist disagrees, but I felt that Warren's speech was, all in all, far better than I had expected, and even a very reasonable speech overall. I also liked the minor religion-checking of Judaism (you cannot tell me that Hero Israel quote was not chosen with that in mind) and Islam (The compassionate and merciful? I don't even care if that IS in the Christiam Bible, I know it from al-Fatiha) and felt that as far as avoiding separation of Church and State goes, it was a fine prayer. I assume this is because of Rahm Emanuel. DO NOT FUCK WITH RAHM. HE WILL SEND YOU HOME IN A BOX.

God, it's been less than 18 hours since I turned in my computer, I've slept for some of that and watched an inaguration for a lot of it, and I WANT TO DIE. SEND HELP.

*criez*

EDIT: NO, STUPID COMPUTER, THE CD-ROM IS NOT NEW HARDWARE. Also, why the fuckkity fuck are you finding the flash drive FOUR FUCKING TIMES??? JESUS GOD I HATE PCS.

Comments

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

My point, however, is that, whatever individuals do, the media is not setting the example by being so self congratulatory for not lighting a cross on Obama's front lawn. I am not talking about what non-media individuals do; at no point in this post have I done so. For the media to keep saying "we've elected a black president! hooray! look at how race-blind we are!" just pretty much emphasises the fact that we're not. That needs to be recognised, and dealt with, but it's not handled at all by everyone in the media continually harping on the colour of Obama's skin. It doesn't fix three hundred + years of institutionalised racism; acting like it does doesn't fix that, either.

[tacky-tramp.livejournal.com]

Since when is it the job of reporters and pundits to set any kind of "example" for the rest of the country? It's their job to tell stories that inform and move us, not morally instruct us. Mind you, I don't think they do the whole informing-and-moving thing very well -- I'd like to see much less self-congratulation and rehashing where ANY subject is concerned -- but this IS a big fucking deal and I don't see anything wrong with spending some time looking at that. I just wish more people were taking Jay Smooth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYsRwHexkpE)'s tack on it. Acknowledge the moment, but take it as an opportunity to discuss what remains to be done.

[channonyarrow.livejournal.com]

We have yet to agree on any issue of race that has ever been raised by either of us. Obviously, this is not going to be that time either. I don't think you're hearing my point; I also accept that it's probable that I'm not saying it well. I prefer, personally, to see it as us electing the right person, regardless of race, for the job, and avoiding electing the wrong person, regardless of race, for the job. The media seems to want to spend a lot of time saying that we've elected a black person; I am pretty much expecting someone to say that it was amazing that he wasn't carrying a gun at the time, or something similar. I don't know what your specific wish to see this as is, but it seems to be neither of those, given that it seems to assume that a) the media is actually reporting something newsworthy (and that's another issue I have with it: I already know he's a POC, I've known that from day one. Continuing to say it doesn't shock me, so shut up, media.) and b) that I'm trying to dictate whether or not this is a momentous occasion on a personal level, for persons who never thought they'd see this day. So. We don't agree, and we're not going to.