I want to have a temper tantrum right about now

[silverflight8]

This has really not been a good day.

First, the street was barricaded by a giant parade that was not crossable anywhere for about five or six city blocks east-west, and extended south on both sides (they were making for a |-|_ shape). And I had a meeting, on the other side of the parade. WALKING IS A SIMPLE THING, it's not like public transit and its inconsistencies. It became manifestly unsimple.

I finally got to the library and tried to scan a few pages, but had to do it FOUR TIMES. Each time I would apparently successfully save it to the USB, walk downstairs, only to find that it was a "corrupted file" when I tried to open it on my computer. (I was eventually successful.)

Then I got home and went to library two to get something else scanned (periodicals do not circulate). I tried multiple times at two separate scanners. Nope. Don't recognize the USB key at all. But...the green light lit up! That means you see my USB! It works just fine on my computer! This was my second visit to that particular library today.

AND then I got home, opened up my Nanowrimo project...and the program shut down on me. And I opened it up and nearly panicked because my novel was NOWHERE AND IT SAID ZERO WORDS and I opened a different project and that was there and then I opened up my Nanowrimo project helpfully named "NANOWRIMO2012" and oh god, it was there. That was awful. (I backed up.)

And then I finished up some edits and additions to a project - a group project - which was very fiddly because we are hard up against the page limit and so I had to do a lot of cutting and pruning and then word did something and NOW I HAVE A "COPY" OF MY OLD, ORIGINAL FILE. It says, "original title - copy". WHY?! I didn't do anything! I saved the stupid thing! I don't understand! I mean, my stupidity is my stupidity, but I didn't do anything! :(

It just has not been a very good day.

Comments

[pipisafoat]

temper tantrums are for winners! today I decided that I should become a rock star so I can smash things on stage and people will think it's badass instead of pointlessly destructive. (or, y'know, both, I'm not picky on that count.) except I would probably end up following in the tradition of all my favorite live-show bands and end up smashing myself onstage, like breaking my skull open or something, which would also be badass but a little more lingering-effects than I'm really after here. well, I can't be a rock star anyway; rock stars have to have functional limbic systems. especially if there's fire involved.

(tangent.) (random icon is appropriate here.) (i am sure you are amused by my tangents anyway so ENJOY IT. let it improve your night.)

ps if i were to start mailing you stuff, whereabouts live you now? (aka, i accidentally deleted some addresses and now i'm lost and really, i need to put them in like an actual address book but then i'd be able to find them! like, any time i wanted to! and where's the fun in that!) (also i got adorable cards and you need one. NEED IT I SAY.)

[silverflight8]

I SENT IT OFF (the group project thing I mean) (hm, I guess I am dragging out all the GRATUITOUS CAPSLOCK TONIGHT) so I feel better. Smashing oneself sounds....um, like a bad idea :P I think you are right to not pursue this avenue! Chase down, run down this avenue, actually, that sounds better'n 'pursue'. I wonder how pursue got into it.

Erm, I am in something that -- I thought about making obfuscating sentences and blah but then again I have no idea how effective it is and this is a totally public entry and I will PM you, okay?

Oh! and I signed up for candyswap on yuletide and so I will be INVESTIGATING some of the apparent 'best candy stores in town' so would you like me to send you something? It'd have to be something small (MAILING fjdkslj) but I mean, I'm already going there and I haven't answered your letters and idk, do you have allergies/preferences? Chocolate or candy? Nuts, liquorice, alcoholic-thingies, marshmallow, caramel, maple, ....?

[pipisafoat]

omg yes! I love candy! Um, I cannot eat chocolate and I mostly don't like nuts in my candy. Maple is The Best Thing Ever, followed closely by caramel. (also I can't ever find maple down here! worst. you would for real be my hero if you sent me some male something.) Licorice is awesome but I can get that here, alcoholic things are weird, marshmallow is weird. Mostly I desire maple, you're the king of candy if you can find that for me. *starry eyes*

pm success, i also love that icon, am running so so late this morning so all replies in one place! (i also love this icon.)

[silverflight8]

I FOUND MAPLE THINGS!

being not a very big fan of maple syrup (heh) I have no idea if they're good and even if I ate one I think I would be biased anyway, but they're hard candies and the man at the counter of the candy store pointed them out as the maple candies and (no worries I didn't get the ones that are loose and in a bin, they're wrapped) so I will pop them into the mail something like Friday? I think I need your address. PLZ PM ME.

[lullabymoon]

Ugh. Computers are all fine and dandy when they work properly, otherwise you just want to throw them somewhere. At least you managed to get it sorted in the end.

I know the computers at my work tend to flash there reading the USB, but then you have to go a convoluted method to my computer to actually open the folder. Banes of our lives because you can spend half a shift opening it for people.

[silverflight8]

Scanners are wonderful things when they work. Fortunately I went in with a different USB key and it magically worked, so my grudge against scanners has mostly evaporated.

(I'm not very good at holding grudges actually. One good thing, and poof! there goes my frothy rage.)

Ack, I'm so glad I mostly end up doing circulation rather than troubleshooting! That sounds so irritating.