Just Thought I Should Share

Redneck Pagan by Larry Kirby

Well I'm a red-neck pagan, now that's just what I am
For the Christian Coalition, I do not care a damn
I draw myself a circle out underneath the moon
And celebrate the Sabbats with rabbits and raccoons

Now, all the other pagans, they think I'm kinda dumb
Cause when I call the quarters, I always say "y'all come"
I offer up my howdies, to the Lady and the Lord
From an altar that's an engine block from a 67 Ford

My chalice is a hubcap from Daddy's Chevrolet
My wand's a busted pool cue, my sword says CSA
My familiar is a possum, my robe's a burlap sack
I dyed that sucker cami; my truck's got a staff rack

My athame's a buck knife, a pop-top is my ring
My cauldron is a washtub, won't need it till the spring
My Sacred Feast's a Moon Pie, and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer
When I dismiss the quarters, I say "Y'all come back now, hear?"

Now back in the dark ages, they burned us by the score
And out there there's some Christians, who'd like to burn some more
The thing 'bout redneck pagans, you'd best cut us some slack
Cause unlike Salem's witches, us good ol' boys shoot back


*draws hearts ALL OVER this song*

(PS: The Pegasus Awards this year are so awesome)

Computer Fail Strikes Back

AND THEN MY COMPUTER REFUSED TO TURN ON.

*HEADDESKS*

I...don't even know what to do about this. Technically Max is turning on, I guess - all the lights flash, the fans start, and I can hear the harddrive engage. I can even charge my mp3 player through the USB port. But after a few seconds the lights go off (except the on-light) and the screen stays totally black. It never starts to boot and nothing else happens until I turn it off. Two hours on google has turned up nothing much, aside from some vague murmurings of 'faulty battery' and 'motherboard failure'. My warranty expired last year, so Dell's not much help.

At this point I'm wondering if it would just be less trouble to try and talk my dad into buying me a mini to get me through the next year and a half (I've already been planning on saving up for a new laptop for when I graduate), and paying him back in installments. It would certainly be less stressful than having to deal with some new failure every week. But I don't know if he has the money, and I hate asking.

At least I did a back-up earlier in the quarter so I won't lose any of my files (minus one or two downloaded tv episodes I hadn't watched yet and maybe a couple pictures). I even have a word doc with a list of every program I have installed so I can redownload them. It's not much help now, since the computer cluster Macs don't have anywhere to plug in my external drive, but in the eventuality of a new computer/reinstalling my harddrive/whatever, I won't lose much.

Although: colourofsaying , when you get up, could you please please please email me the paragraphs of the fairy story I sent you last night? I have the rest of it backed up in my email, but I didn't get those. Thank you!

I <3 Comic Books

Just when I think that all is gloom and despair, I remember that Blue Beetle still exists.
( one page from Booster Gold #25 (Blue Beetle co-feature) under the cut )

Well I Did It

Bit the bullet and bought a refurbished Dell Inspiron 15 for about $400 (Anyone who tells me OMG DELL SUCKS YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT X COMPUTER will get a metaphorical baseball bat to the face. I went with what I am familiar with and can afford and I am OKAY with that). It has twice as much RAM and 4 times as much hard drive space as Max, and I'll be able to upgrade to Windows 7. And it's black. So that's cool. My dad and I agreed that as my Christmas present he'll pay for half of it.

I'm getting it shipped directly to my dorm, so hopefully no problems with the post office this time, and I should have it at the beginning of next week with all luck. In the mean time, back to the computer cluster I go. I'm starting to think I should just move in  - god knows I spend enough time here. At the very least I should get a sticker saying that this computer (I always use the same one) belongs to me, so you little freshmen can keep your hands off.