Revenge of Grumpy Bear

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Here's my plan though. Get her and JT jobs in the DC area, which would last longer. Then when you come back we ALL win.

[Archon]

So, for the last two days, I have been putting my new computer together. I recently got a new video card, motherboard, processor, and two SATA drives, so that I could build myself a reallly nice computer for college. Anyway, yesterday, I got my drives in, installed my motherboard, and then went to put in my video card. I noticed that it was hard to seat, and so I fumbled with it, but I thought I finally got it. The only problem is that when I booted my computer, I couldn't get the BIOS screen to come up. My dad got home today from a business trip, and he and I are trying to figure out what's going on, if I fried the card, or if something's wrong with the motherboard, etc. We finally discover that the card isn't seated right. It isn't seated right because it isn't compatible with my motherboard. Great.

[FirstMateJack]

I did that on a bit of RAM once. I couldn't see what I was doing, and tried to put a DDR upside down... When I booted, I fried the RAM.    

If you aren't getting a bios. that is bad. I am sure you have done this, but I would suggest yanking the video card out and seeing if you get a bios.. if you don't.. Well. Hope for the best!

Good luck on that.

[Spriggan]

At least you didn't fry your motherboard like I did a few months ago.

[Shrain]

Guys are so freakin' ridiculous sometimes.  Cancel a group date because your friend can't make it without even offering a follow up date or even a rain check?!  

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Im sorry...

[Shrain]

Thanks, Jeffe. It got me disappointed. Where's the basic courtesy, I wondered. I mean, I get that he's shy (heck, I used to be devastatingly shy myself) and maybe he was counting on having other people there to "insulate" things, but.... hrm.

So you know what I up and did when he was just going to say "bye" without making other plans? Well, typical me, I just decided to take matters into my own hands (the outcome of which is still up in the air). I asked tentatively if he'd care to come watch a DVD that he hasn't seen. He seemed excited, so that's cool. Yet I wonder if I should've even bothered if he can't step up to the plate for pete's sake! *sigh* I don't know yet I hope tomorrow is fun.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Just keep asking that sort of stuff and don't get hung up on who is supposed to ask who.

[Shrain]

Uh huh, yeah. Really, I don't have this belief that guys need to do all the asking; it's only that I don't want to get in this pattern with any fellow where I'm always the one who has to do all the planning, if that makes any sense. But... who knows if we'll continue to hit it off and all that and since he's so shy I don't mind terribly much that I had to take the reins again.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

right'o I totally get that... In that case get out the whip and make him escort you around Boston.

[Shrain]

lol.

/me goes shopping for a suitable whip.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

I could make sooooo many jokes at the expense of decency

[Shrain]

oh, you coasties! (I admit I walked right into that one). *ahem* Just you nevermind about my shopping list. You've got a butcher's bill to fill, if you recall correctly.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

killing people always makes me grumpy... or was that late night burger runs?

[Shrain]

The former of course. The latter is what you do to silence the hunger pangs you've worked up with all that butchery.