Friday, April 21, 2006
Yess!
Apple fixed my computer, free of charge. Freaking awesome. My faith has been restored. I can't wait to have it back!
Writing for the sake of writing...
Because I'm bored, and it's Friday, and I have nothing to do, as always. Nothing too exciting has gone on in my life recently. My ankle is coming along well. I've started physical therapy, which is good. Up through today it's mostly just light stuff, stretching and icing and massage and getting electrocuted, but starting Monday I'm going to be doing some more high-intensity stuff, to make sure I can actually survive without this bone they removed. I bought a pair of sneakers to get me through. And who doesn't love new sneakers? I mean, they're not my typical awesome Pumas, but they're cute NB's and I'm okay with that. Sean and I went out for dinner last night, had some mediocre Mexican and then got some ice cream wandered while we finished our cones. I was able to actually handle the wandering, even though my left foot randomly started spasming after I got home. The scars on my ankle are pretty much healed, and vary in color from day to day anywhere from bright red to a lovely lavender. I wonder if those scar creams would actually do anything in this case? It's funny though, when I touch the biggest scar, I can't feel it, but underneath that it's still pretty sore and tender and icky. This is obviously why PT is essential.
In other fun news, my harddrive in my powerbook died. Shoutout to Sean & Dmo for teaming up to help me get the data off (who knew holding the thing at an 80 degree angle could make it work? Love it.) Anyway, the thing is at the Apple factory type place, where they're assessing the damage. I spoke to Apple on the phone this morning, and hte guy was SO much nicer than the shmuck with a chip on his shoulder in SoHo who told me that there was very little chance that hte thing would cost less than $900 to fix. So much for Apple Care. But the guy on the phone was much more encouraging. So it seems like there's actually a possiblity that the MacBook of my dreams may just stay that way for a little while longer. Which is fine, I don't really need to be owning a new $2000 dollar computer at this point. The plan is to keep this one for at least another year. And anyway, if it turns out that Apple can't fix it for free, I'm going to take it to TekServe and see what they can do. Because while Apple won't give me a bigger Harddrive, TekServe will. So I am not without hope. I have all my data, the computer isn't necessarily a goner, and I have pretty pink and gray sneakers to admire while I'm unable to use the internet at home. Life is good.
In other fun news, my harddrive in my powerbook died. Shoutout to Sean & Dmo for teaming up to help me get the data off (who knew holding the thing at an 80 degree angle could make it work? Love it.) Anyway, the thing is at the Apple factory type place, where they're assessing the damage. I spoke to Apple on the phone this morning, and hte guy was SO much nicer than the shmuck with a chip on his shoulder in SoHo who told me that there was very little chance that hte thing would cost less than $900 to fix. So much for Apple Care. But the guy on the phone was much more encouraging. So it seems like there's actually a possiblity that the MacBook of my dreams may just stay that way for a little while longer. Which is fine, I don't really need to be owning a new $2000 dollar computer at this point. The plan is to keep this one for at least another year. And anyway, if it turns out that Apple can't fix it for free, I'm going to take it to TekServe and see what they can do. Because while Apple won't give me a bigger Harddrive, TekServe will. So I am not without hope. I have all my data, the computer isn't necessarily a goner, and I have pretty pink and gray sneakers to admire while I'm unable to use the internet at home. Life is good.
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