jeez! i'm back. i hardly skipped a beat. i did stress, freak out, but did not cry when i got a nasty virus on my laptop. GRRR... which i wont dignify with a name. it slipped past avg and i clicked it. i know. it looked amazingly like a windows security alert.
so i wrestled sleep all night after talking to dell and reading that this was a nasty bastard. i made 2 calls to techs i know in memphis; no joy. made more calls locally and eventually just pulled out the book. its fixed. i did have to restore to factory settings. but hey. ni did it myself and i know there was no other option. the virus had disabled the start menu. basically it was fucked and i start over. im sure there will be things i cringe about losing (scene photos) but then... i'm all about starting over, completely.
and i didnt have to pay geek squad 2 bills. my dick is so big right now!
