Progress? Or a Tangent?

I'm finally getting some work done on "Temporalnauts," but I seem to be going on a slight tangent regarding Napoleon trivia. Darn you, Fred. :p
-D: What about?-
Well, Marty making the comment that Fred's too tall to be related to Napoleon. However, it appears that Napoleon was actually of relatively average height -- he just had huge bodyguards.
-M: Didn't he REALIZE that would make him look like a shrimp?-
*shrug* Maybe he figured, better a shrimp than dead.
-VD: Fair enough point, yes. Glad to see you writing.-
-TD: Yeah, after sleeping in all day.-
Hey, I was NOT getting up at 8:30! Fuck that shit. Though I probably should have gotten up when my watches went off. Ah well.
Things I have done today:
-->Made my monthly backup of my stories and such. Didn't want to put it off any longer, especially since my stupid computer froze up when I tried to log off last night. I hate this stupid thing.
-->Played Alice.
I BEAT HER! I BEAT THE DUCHESS! I BEAT THAT PEPPER-SPRAYING, TELEPORTING BITCH!
-HD: Yay! *pours lots of tea for everyone* How'd you manage?-
Honestly? No clue. I set her on fire with a jackbomb, then started running and sending croquet balls her way. More of them must have connected than I thought -- the cutscene of her sneezing actually took me by surprise. Now I just have to get through the water level. So far, I keep drowning, but I'm getting my "sea legs," as it were.
-WRM: Hey, you're past the first boss. That's still quite the accomplishment.-
Indeed. I LOVE that mallet. :D
-->Fiddled with Sims a bit. I tried deleting groups.cache, but the game didn't play. It got partway through the loading screen, then crashed. hmph. I recopied it from my old Sims folder, which is still on my desktop. I'm getting twitchy.
-RPD: So am I. Are you going to try uninstalling/reinstalling next?-
Probably. Though I'm just glad the monitor didn't start flashing again. That's always a plus.
-->Got annoyed with Trend Micro. For some reason, the shortcut on my desktop has changed itself to -- Alice. The text is the same, and clicking on it brings up Trend Micro, but WTF?
-OD: *Albert* That sounds a bit worrisome.-
Yeah, I know. I hope it doesn't interfere with me playing Alice. Come on, I just beat the Duchess. (And that reminds me -- I need to find out where the save files for that is. If I have to move computers again, I do NOT want to lose my progress!)
-VD2: Ahh, thinking of trading up again?-
The thought does pop up in these situations. Though I don't want Vista. Vista sounds vaguely evil. And all my friends are doing it -- with laptops, granted. Am I the only one who uses a desktop among you lot?
-TD: What would you want if you had your choice?-
Oh, I don't know. Be fun to get a black one and paint "ELB" on the side. :p Need a top-line video card, though. I'm SICK of having to upgrade those things.
-DW: *patpat* Well, there'll probably be time for that later. Right now, you should try and keep to your writing groove.-
Yes yes! Quick note, though: Portal Sim stuff! *wants a companion cube*
-RPD: It's amazing how many games she loves that she's never played.-
Yeah. Note to self, look for Psychonauts somewhere!