Technology Fail Day

[crossover_chick]

As in, the moment I go to boot up my computer, I start running into problems. First my attempt to log in got basically stuck (I was sitting there waiting for about six minutes), and then when I restarted, I couldn't access the internal network drives (where we keep pretty much all of our files for work). And then when I restarted AGAIN, the drives had completely disappeared from my file explorer. Turns out there was a server problem, and they were up again fairly quickly, but I had to restart my computer YET AGAIN to actually get the drives to show back up, which ended up being ANOTHER wait as my computer "scanned and repaired drive C:" (no, I don't know either). And when I was finally back on and capable of doing my work...

The main printer stopped working. *sigh* Apparently the fuser's gone bad. We should have another one coming in tomorrow, but cripes. Like everything I touched broke today. >.< I even grazed a curb on the drive home -- and I'm close on one side of the driveway, so I'll have to fix that too before leaving tomorrow.

Okay, somewhat more positive things that happened today:

-->Wrote some more on "Fixing You," mainly the attack of the Puppet-Hand Spider. Changed my original idea of the design for that too -- it was a lot more like Alice's Nightmare Spiders from AMA before. I decided I wanted something more original, came up with something I consider a whole lot freakier. Who doesn't like creepy stitched-together hands? Already planning next move, and what'll go down in the church.

-->Got the second of the reviews I wanted up, so yay there.

-->Got another part of the Rabbit Hunt saga up on the website. Victor Luvs Alice queue now set until Friday, w00t.

-->Had a rather amusing convo with Nebby about potential "Beauty and the Beast" Valice AU shenanigans (she saw the remake and wants to do something, much like how she did CinderVictor a while back). Alice would be the Beast in this version, and Bumby Gaston, adding a whole new layer of creepy to his interactions with Belle/Victor.

So not a total washout of a day at least. Still, hoping Thursday is better. Just gotta grit my teeth and get on with things... G'night!

Comments

[gigs_83]

For a split second I thought you meant your home computer.

Speaking of (kind of...) in Sims 4, is following your Sim to work in the base game or was it added with an expansion pack?

[crossover_chick]

Fortunately not. I'd be having a panic attack if that happened on my home computer.

Expansion pack -- you're looking for Get To Work. It only applies to three careers though -- Doctor, Police Officer/Detective, and Scientist. They're called "active" careers. I believe either Get Together or City Living added some careers with extra stuff you can do at home, but those are the only three where you visit the actual workplace. (BTW, saw your post -- congrats on the new computer! Awesome feeling, isn't it? :D)

[gigs_83]

Especially since I got it for free. My mom had an abundance of points from her American Express card because we use it for everything and she's never used the points. Her computer is ancient (older than mine) and was giving her problems so she decided to get a new one for herself and asked if I wanted one, too. XD I named it SHINY because it is, and I'm finding myself being distracted by thinking about moving everything over to it.

Gotcha. I'm not sure I can spend $40 on it yet...unless the base game requires the disc to run, then I can justify getting the EP digitally so it no longer needs a disc. Shiny doesn't have a disc drive, you see. We have a portable one but for some reason it takes a minute to connect.

[crossover_chick]

Ooooh! Free is always awesome. :D And LOL, I'm sure it's shiny as all hell. :) Good luck with getting all the files on it!

I -- have no idea, honestly. My version of Sims 4 was bought entirely online, so I've never used a disc. ^^; My laptop Lenny doesn't come with an internal disc drive either. My parents bought the version that came with a disc player/burner as an optional extra (connects via USB cord) so I could play stuff like Alice and the enhanced version of BTTF: The Game. (Personally, I'd wait for a sale, and/or get a bundle, which comes with an Expansion Pack, Game Pack, and Stuff pack all in one.)