Look who's back!

That would be me. Who is back. In case you were confused or thought that your eyes were deceiving you or something. Nope, it's really true! For today, at least. Nope, forever!

Clearly, having a working computer in my own apartment has made me a little crackers. I'll get over it soon enough.

So on Sunday night it was a little cold, so I decided to turn on my heater.

Remember some months ago when my printer just stopped working for no reason, it wouldn't even turn on? Well trust me, it did. Then, when my laptop went down and I tried to use my desktop, my monitor also would not turn on. I never connected these two events, and why should I, because the lamp and computer plugged into that same powerstrip worked just fine.

Well, on Sunday I turned on my little foot heater. And suddenly the printer and monitor turned on. Huh? Then, after a few minutes, they shut off again. At that point, I decided to intelligently make sure that all of the plugs were plugged in solidly into the powerstrip, and the cord and plug for my heater were hot.

Are electrical cords supposed to me hot? I am pretty certain that they shouldn't be, so I turned everything off and flipped off the strip, then unplugged the heater. Well. Both the cord and the outlet on the strip were half melted away.

Then I remembered when I would use the heater and smell sort of a burny smell, but there was never anything against the heater and it seemed to work well, and I have almost no sense of smell anyway. So basically, I was begging for a big giant fire in my apartment, I was trying my darndest to burn the house down and I never knew.

Lessons learned, always use a powerstrip, baby, because if it had been plugged into the wall outlet I have no doubt that there would have been a fire, and also that part of a powerstrip can short out, and it's a good thing that I was both too lazy and too poor to buy either a new monitor or a printer. Also, for crying out loud, if something stops working, try plugging it in somewhere else before giving up on it!

So anyway, I took my other powerstrip out of my kitchen, replaced the one with the giant charred and melty spot, plugged everything into it, and I had a working computer!

Except for the fact that the mouse didn't work. Sigh. So close and yet so far. I had bought a new optical mouse at the Gateway going out of business sale, but it has a USB plug and this computer hasn't got a USB port. Argh!

I had to wait for today to get the car to go out to get a new mouse and all is good and well and fine and I am so back. Brace yourselves.

Today's horoscope:
You're about to receive a holiday bonus early. Prepare yourself to enjoy the best of everything -- especially when it comes to companions. Oh, stop worrying about work. Relax and enjoy it.

One year ago today:
Once there was a girl who thought that her heart was dead. She thought that she was living her life the way that it would be lived forever, that she would never find anyone to share her life with.

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