Posts Tagged ‘computers’

Good news and bad news

Bad news: Computer still broken. I picked it up, supposedly fixed, this afternoon…brought it home, danced a jig o’glee, plugged it in, turned it on, and…nothing. Zip. Zilch. Nada. Working the exact same as when I brought it in for repairs. I called the shop, who claimed it was working fine when they fixed it that morning (the battery/adaptor needed to be replaced), and that I was welcome to bring it in to get a look-see: except the power had blown in the strip mall where the store is, as well as in the street, so even if I brought it in there would be no way to check to see if the power was working.

Yay.

I dropped it off, along with the two powercords used to (usually) power it, again and am apparently going to get it worked on first thing in the morning. I want to personally SEE the damn thing charging before I bring it home again.

Sigh. The good news?

I’ve been accepted into grad school!

What’s worse than having a broken computer?

Having TWO broken computers!

Gah. The adapters on both of my laptops went kaput in the same week. Supposedly the primary computer should be fixed by tomorrow (I can’t get the backup fixed yet, due to that pesky “I have no money” thing). This is, as imagined, incredibly frustrating. I somehow don’t really like having to work on my mom’s computer, as I am right now.

The plus side is that I’m getting pretty productive on the inking side of things– plus, I’m getting to color on my Dad’s laptop (and if you flip it over, you find the kid’s menu!) and have become a WACOM tablet convert. Those things are awesome! I’ve cut at least 3 hours off my usual coloring time with it. I had one in high school but I really disliked it…it does take a little practice, but it’s very natural now.

I’m working on a piece that’s technically for the February Dr. Sketchy’s poster, but I love the design so much I’m goign to submit it to Threadless T’s when I’m done. I could totally see it on a shirt. It’s a little different than my usual style, but I like it. I’d post a preview but for that pesky “I have no computer” thing.

Speaking of Dr. Sketchy’s, the next session is this Sunday, Dec 7th. I’m really excited for this one– it’s tiki themed (so of course I love it) and it’s showing up in several of the local newspapers’/magazines’ calendar sections, so I’m pretty happy my rudimentary mad networkin’ skillz seem to be working.