So i woke up at about 730am Mountain Time in Albuquerque NM, which meant it was 930 back home. I sat up and grabbed my dear laptop who slept next to me (and yes, i put it in sleep mode). I opened her up and nothing happened. So i hit the power button, like maybe it shut itself off for some reason... and while it did shut itself off, it also Bricked. AKA Deadsies. AKA I miss my Laptop already. Apparently that series of HP laptops was crap (this is according to some tech help site that i posted for help on this morning) and i was lucky to get the almost two years i got from it. However, I wish i could have got four or five years from it. The power button turns on some lights and one of my hard drives squeaks a bit, but i don't think its the master drive, and oddly my CD tray will still pop out. My best case scenario is that the two harddrives are still usable. I was also told to try and plug it into another monitor just to see what happens, and i'm pretty sure it won't do anything, but worth a shot i guess. I'll probably wind up tearing the bitch apart in pieces and try to see if there isn't a visible hardware issue.

Anyway, Val was mostly cranky and unreasonable today, and more than anything bitched about the stuff in the backseat. ANd when i was in the backseat i mostly just bitched that she ALWAYS HAD HER WINDOW ALL THE WAY DOWN, which mostly made my life hell because i would literally have to use both hands to hold different things down around the car. Like the blanket, and the monitor of my laptop (RIP) that would flap in the heavy highway winds.

The lightning last night was awesome, even though val said it wasn't impressive, but she just can't find the awesomeness in manly things like Lightning. Lightning is one of the coolest and manliest things in Nature. Also on that list are Volcanoes, Tornadoes, and Meteorites. Speaking of Meteorites we visited some huge crater Val was telling you about. Everyone was pretty hardcore and serious about the awesomeness around them, however the three of us were total assholes and laughed the whole way through. It was pretty awesome, but i'm pretty sure i was the only one who REALLY wanted to see a big ass hole in the ground. And i was impressed. Then i got back in the car and kept on keepin on and made our way to the outlets which were at the very least hilarious, i almost bought douchebag shorts just to fit in when we get to San Diego (and apparently everywhere else in the world.)

I didn't have much entertainment in the car since my laptop died in our sleep last night so i took a crap ton of pictures and most of them are probably unfocused since i took them from a moving car. I should get them on facebook in the next hour or so, either that or i'll get them up in the morning since we're a full day ahead of schedule and can actually sleep in tomorrow.

I'll get to see my new nephew tomorrow (Nicholas Parker Matterson) and when i see him, much like when you call shotgun at the sight of the car, i will call Godfather. My mother, who is also at my sisters house, says that he's awesome, but i'm sure he'll only get awesomer in time.

Well, Til Tomorrow
-Ryan


RIP HP Laptop Dv9000 series (September 2007 - July 2009)