Sunday, March 25, 2012

I Totally Destroyed My Laptop Screen

I have an ASUS F3s, it looks like this:
Or something.
And it's a nice laptop for me, one that I've had for over 2 years now. Meaning the warranty? Yeah, not happening.
Let me give you the story.
I set my (running) laptop on the floor next to my bed and get up, accidentally push a chair with wheels over to my laptop and hear a quiet crack. I shrug and go drink some water. When I come back, I pick it up. Now please note that the chair was in no way ON my laptop, just touching it, you know? Like it nudged my precious little ASUS or something. Anyway, I suspect nothing until I pick it up, when suddenly, shock.
Major, major shock, because the happy little turtle who belongs in my background? One of his flippers and a good part of his shell are covered by freaky lines on my screen. I have a good inch of these vertical lines on the top of my screen. These are partially big turquoise blocks, partially scary neon green lines, and partially a black and white haze. Also, off to the side a little bit I have about a half inch of colorful lines running down my screen.
I freak out.
Majorly.
Hoping for some dumb reason that restarting my computer would fix this (I'm a Windows user, it's my default Troubleshooting Step 1), I try that. Of course, it doesn't work. The lines are still present, thank you very much. Everything else still works, though, and if I put forth a super lot of effort I can see through those lines, so I decide to Google. Of course, as soon as I've opened my browser I can't see any search bars or the like, because hey, lines! After blindly clicking the general region of the Minimize button, I find it (yay!) and then rescale the browser so it fits right into the large square where there are no lines. This happens to be the part of my screen featuring the happy little turtle.
After 10 minutes of hopeless searching, I come to the conclusion that this is unfixable. It's either the graphics card or the monitor, and I'm leaning towards the later. That means I actually have to replace it, something I lack the money and the skill to do. I'm sorry, I'm not one of those people who can buy a replacement off of Ebay and then get this shit done with only a screwdriver and an Youtube tutorial. I'm afraid I would break the entire thing.
And like I said, broken laptop monitors don't really fit into my budget. Since the things is still technically functional I'll have to keep using it for awhile. Oh God, why did this happen to me? Life is so unfair.

I have no idea what I'm supposed to do. Would one of you guys like to buy me a new screen? No? Okay, I guess. I'll suffer over here on my own.

No, seriously, tell me if you have any ideas. TELL ME! I'm desperate.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Saturday, March 17, 2012

The Star Trek Marshmallow Dispenser

Here it is, in all its glory. Mankind, beware. Also, womankind. Let's just go with everybody.

I'm sorry, but I just can't stop laughing. Look at it. Look at the awkward, oversized plastic fork and spoon combo. It's too funny.

New Fanfiction: Leah Oneshot

Hey guys!

I just finished my latest fanfic, A Year In Minutes. It's a short-ish oneshot, but definitely longer than a drabble, and basically shows Leah's life starting at an unknown point after Breaking Dawn up to Sam and Emily's wedding. Translated, that means about a year and a half summarized in 1,500 words.
Leah now lives in Seattle. It follows her as she makes friends, loses them, worries about money, gets a job, gets a boyfriend, breaks up, writes a book. Main theme is her being over Sam and Emily, which is stated at the beginning and evidenced at the end.
Enjoy.

NCIS Fanfiction Recommendations

Hey guys! I realize I'm doing this kind of late, but in light of NCIS' 200th episode, I thought I'd post some of my favorite NCIS fanfictions. Be warned that I am a Tiva person.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Versatile Chic

Actual Real Live Shoes For $30

There was a huge shoe sale at a department store I like, and I came away with two extremely reduced pairs of shoes ... that cost around $50 together. And they were quality shoes.

They are from Gabor, and I got them for just a little bit more than $30. *Blissful sigh here*
Like the caption will tell you, they were super mega reduced. Seriously, the original price was $130, and I got them for ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS less. And I mean, they're cute. And insanely comfortable. It would have been horrible not to buy them.

This is an awesome, versatile shoe. You should all totally get shoes like this.

Seriously, you can wear these (dark blue, gorgeous) pumps with anything. Think about what that means.
These pumps were marked down to $20, and since they're genuine leather pumps, I mean, come on. Don't try to tell me you don't love them. Don't try to tell me you wouldn't have bought them.

Don't you just adore sales? I mean, a few week ago we were all still moaning about those Guiseppe What's-His-Name shoes that were over one thousand dollars and now we have fantastic footwear for just around 50! This is what they call success, people.

Sunday, March 4, 2012

Win A Birchbox Gift Card! Free Givaway

This month there will be a GIVEAWAY!

The contest winner gets a BIRCHBOX GIFT CARD WORTH $15!!! And it's absolutely free!

If you look just under the title graphic, you'll see a tab that says WIN A BIRCHBOX GIFT CARD. Click on there to check out more!!!