File Under: Lesson Learned

So, I finally got around to dropping my computer off to be fixed.  I've been putting this off for quite some time now, because I knew that it was going to be pretty pricey and I'm also more than a little terrified that they're going to try to recover my deceased hard drive (harddrive?...  hardrive?...how the hell do you spell that?) but not be able to get anything off of it.

Also, I procrastinate about everything so why stop now?  I can just stop later...

Question # 7 on the Geek Squad computer service questionairre:  Should we add capes to our Geek Squad uniform?

Anyway.  I'll admit that I fell more than a little bit in love with the Geek Squad member who came to my rescue.  I was worried that the whole "Geek Squad" persona was just for advertisement and when I got to the store I would be terribly let down.  But no!  My Geek was beyond satisfactorily geeky, and seemed to work magic on my computer that I simply can't explain.  I won't know if they've been able to recover any data until tomorrow, but he made the computer load from the recovery disk which neither me or my dad could manage to do.  And if you know my dad, you know that he can do ANYTHING, so this was quite a feat of great proportions in my eyes.

Geek Squad Guy:  30ish word documents??  ::laughs::

Me:  Well!  I don't know!  I don't go home and count my word documents every day.

GSG:  Well you should have!

Me:  Yes, well, I should also have backed up my drive, but let's try not to live in the past, shall we?

I was right to be afraid of the price though.  Don't you love how every time you say, "Really, I'm going to start saving money now!" something comes up and just throws a dart right through that pretty bubble?  Well, that dart came in the form of a $228 charge to my credit card which will be followed up by the stinger of an external backup drive for my computer, so that hopefully this won't have to happen again in the future.  Apparently, if you don't backup your files, they go away when your hard drive crashes!  Huh!  Who knew??

GSG: That'll be $228 dollars, Angela.

Me:  Man... I could have bought some really cute shoes with that much money...

Comments

[Culotte]

Or maybe? You could have bought me my camera that I really really want? But that's okay. I still like you.

And, that Geek Squad business is some funny shit. "My Geek was beyond satisfactorily geeky..."

[Sarah]

Hey girl! I've been catching up...good luck on your forceshaping package! Let us know how it goes...

As for the shoes! I just buy Nike shoes since that's what I wore in college, but Adidas and New Balance are great too. It just depends what feels good on your foot! Don't spend over $70...no need. The ones I usually get are $45-60...so in terms of shoes, I guess it's "reasonable." :)

[E]

My 'puter is giving me nasty messages at the moment about not having enough space blah blah blah. Sigh...."external hard drive" is gonna appear on my credit card bill soon. D'oh! And I was saving too!

Everyone should have a reliable 'beyond satisfactorily geeky' friend. It helps when you pour mineral water in your laptop....which isn't advisable!

[RisibleGirl]

OK, being the nerd here... it's hard drive. Two words. ;)

[shani]

unless nike comes out with some black patent leather pointy-toe 4 inch heels, i don't think angel's going to be visiting the athletic shoe section of the shoe store anytime soon!

[wordnerd]

God that sucks. But, hey, your new site colors look great! (C'mon, it's something...)

[Grins]

Don't you just hate unexpected expenses? My last one was an emergency room vet bill in the tune of $600+. Fun, yippppeee, exciting way to spend my cash. Shoes? Why would I want new shoes instead of an ER vet bill? And darn it to hell, the vet wasn't even cute. ::sigh:::

[anne]

Yep, that's a painfully expensive lesson. I never mind the lesson so much, as long as they don't break the bank. Now... you just have to remember to back up.... (don't you hate IT people? lol)

hugs,
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