More Computer Troubles

[vovat]

My computer was having too many problems starting up, so I reformatted my hard drive today. Maybe I'm crazy, but I find something oddly refreshing about starting over and reloading everything. The only problem is that something almost always goes wrong. This time, there was some problem with the graphics drivers, and it ended up giving me 16-color VGA (that's what my dad's computer had ten years ago, and it was outdated even then). I didn't have this problem when the guy at the repair shop reinstalled Windows for me, but maybe he had access to some drivers that didn't come with the system. I don't know, but what I did find a disc that had the proper drivers. I have to wonder if it was actually my sister's (we have the same kind of computer, but mine is slightly newer), since it doesn't look exactly like it did before, but at least it's usable. I'm seriously considering getting a new computer, though. This one just crashes too often. I looked at some computers at Best Buy today, and it looks like I can get an eMachine for as little as $400. I don't know anything about RAM or processor speed or any of that, but in most respects, it looks like it's the equal or superior of my current one, which cost three times that much. I don't really want to rush into buying a new computer, especially since I just recently got a new hard drive put into this one, but this one is pretty annoying.

I also volunteered at Longwood Gardens today, and bought a copy of that album with all of the members of the Talking Heads except David Byrne for 99 cents. I've heard that Andy Partridge of XTC collaborated on one of the songs.

The other day, when I was playing video games at Kmart, someone asked me if I worked there. The same thing happened to me at Sears today. That's happened to me at other stores in the past, too. I wasn't wearing a name tag or vest or anything, so why would anyone think that? My age? My appearance? My mannerisms? Does that happen to anyone else?

Comments

[revme.livejournal.com]

Oh jeez, you got "No Talking Just Heads"? At least it's only 99 cents. The Andy song's not really that great. I think his demo version's on one of the Fuzzy Warbles discs, but I'm not certain. But... yeah. I listened to some of that at the radio station where I worked. I suppose that 99 cents isn't too bad of a price, though. I wouldn't pay more, though.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't think I ever would have gotten it if it had cost more than that. I haven't listened to it yet. "Papersnow" isn't on any of the four Fuzzy Warbles discs that I have, and I think that's all that's out so far, but maybe it'll be on one of the two that come out this year.

[revme.livejournal.com]

Ah, OK... I've got a bunch of various XTC/Andy boots anyway, so I tend to get confused between what I've got in bootleg and what I've got in Official Bootleg..8)

[3x1minus1.livejournal.com]

i've gotten the "do you work here?" or even worse, people assuming i do and asking questions... in various stores. it's baffling. what would make someone do that? walking up to a random un-uniformed person?? although, okay, wearing a red shirt in target, that was my bad, i guess.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Maybe some people just ask everybody they see, hoping they'll be lucky at some point.