Friday night JakeD decided to replace my old DVD player with the DVD burner he bought me for my birthday. I don't know what I need the burner for, but I figured I'd ask for it just in case something popped up. He put it in without a glitch and then pressed the power button. Nothing happened. He pressed it again. Zilch. He looked over at me playing on his computer with an 'oh shit' expression. After messing with it for over an hour I called it in. My computer was DOA at 8:15PM. I let out the usual "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" before going into despair. I did the only rational thing a person with a boyfriend, DVDs, a television (to watch them on) and music to listen to would do: I went to bed. The next morning we met our friends for breakfast and then made a B-Line to Best Buy's Geek Squad. I will never make fun of them again. Don, the guy who helped us, was really nice. After filling out the paperwork and telling me what they'd do I was turning away when he said, "We'll call you in a few days". I almost had a heart attack. "A fe... Fe... huh? DAYS?!" We started the rapid apologies about not asking/telling the time frame before filling everything out and he asked me to hold on. After going into the back he returned saying they could do a quick check of the power supply (which is what I thought it was) and let me know. Relieved I left. He called me within twenty minutes to say it was the power supply. I also had a bad CPU fan. He said they didn't have the kind I had on it and to just 'put a regular fan in front of the computer' in the meantime. I called :Bane: who balked and said any kind would do. I redialed Best Buy and Don said they'd do it. By 3PM Saturday I was back online. I know there is going to be a time when I need to disconnect from my computer addiction... but I want it to be on MY terms. Perhaps a trial separation, then custody battle followed by great make-up se... errr... nevermind.

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