Ok, I just have to complain again. I don't mind if people ask me to help them with their computers. In fact, I quite enjoy it. But I always give them this warning: I taught myself everything I know so there are still A LOT of things that I don't know. My big solution when I have a major computer problem is to just reformat the damn thing and start all over. Sure most people can't do this, but if you want professional tech support, you have to pay big money for it. Buy a computer from Dell or something.

This is my favourite one: "Hey Oliver, something is wrong with my comp. Can you take a look at it?"
"Yeah sure. What's it doing?"
"Its slow and I get all these error messages."
"What do the error messages say?"
"I don't know, I don't read them."
FYI: error messages will often tell you what the problem is. please read them before asking me for help.

Here's another one:
"Hey Oliver, I can't seem to get my email."
"Here, I'll take a look at it. Punch in your password for me."
"Password? I don't know what it is."
"What password did you use when you created your email account?"
"I don't remember."
FYI: how the hell can I help you with your email if you don't even know your password? The whole point of a password is so that no one else can get into it.

Viruses and worms are another favourite of mine. Now this one is my fault: I was helping my mom with her computer so I took it home to back up some of her files on my harddrive (because I was going to reformat hers) but when I connected her comp to my network, I got a worm. The W32.Mimail.I@mm worm decided to creep in and make a home in my comp. It took me 2 and a half hours to clean my system. BTW, if you get an email about your PayPal account expiring, just delete it.

If you haven't already seen Finding Nemo, go watch it! Its hilarious!

As much as I'd like to have the Apple G5 or even just an iMac, they're just too damn expensive. And to buy accessories and peripherals cost more too. Damn that Steve Jobs...

I was talking to my friend Dinah (so much for anonymity) and she told me to make my blog more interesting. Maybe talk about my first time, my first period, or my first boyfriend or something like that. I thought about just making it up, but if someone came around and read this over your shoulder s/he might get the wrong idea. So I scrapped that idea. Sorry Dinah, you'll just have to listen to me complain about stuff.

Y'know when I want to watch a movie, I don't bother renting it. I've discovered that its totally worth it for me to just buy it. I mean, $5 to rent it, $7 for the late fee, and then the bother of having to go to blockbuster twice... well, I might as well buy the damn thing and keep it on my shelf like all the other late blockbuster movies that are sitting there. And unless its a movie I don't ever plan to buy, those filipino ripped versions just don't cut it. Especially when its a video camera that's been set up at the theater and you can see the audience's heads at the bottom of the screen. If its a decent version of something like, say, Love Actually, well okay. I'll watch that. But Steve had this version of Matrix Reloaded... man, I thought I saw my uncle sitting in the front row.

Lately I've been thinking about going back to school and maybe specializing in something. Sometimes I think I need to do something different because my current job is getting stale. Then I'll have a good day where my patients don't bug the crap outta me and I'll think, "Hey, I still enjoy this." Damn I'm a compassionate guy. Do you think it would be a waste of money to take some computer classes just for the hell of it? I want to learn about stuff, but I would never change my career like that. I still like my job, remember? Personal development is always good, right?

oops, forgot to do my shout-outs:

thanks to Randy and the rest of KP for such a great time. Pamana was so much fun to be a part of.

thanks to Blogger for making blog so easy to use

thanks to a certain someone for making the past couple of weeks so great

thanks to the hip-hop world for such great phrases like "shout-outs", "fo sho!", and "what's the dilly-o?". Oh where would we be without such creative ebonics?

and thanks to the person that invented sarcasm. What would I do without you?

Ok, now I'm pissed. This is the second time I'm writing this. I just lost all my "original" thoughts because I don't know what I'm doing here. How lame.

So this is my first (actually second) blog thingy. Apparently blog beats out handwritten diaries in 4 out of 5 27+ year old individuals. I have actual literature to support this claim. If you don't believe me, email me at don't-be-such-an-idiot@yahoo.ca. No, don't email me. That email doesn't exist. I'm trying to make a point here.

Well with Christmas just around the corner I decided to start my shopping early. Pet peeves about the Christmas season: can't go snowboarding because all my money is being spent on gifts, use of the word 'xmas', malls are super busy, can't go to Wal-Mart to buy simple things like detergent and toilet paper without waiting in line for 3hrs, and when I have to work Christmas Day and Boxing Day. I don't care how much money I make on those two days, I'd rather have them off to spend with my friends and family. BTW, I don't make that much money on those days.