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i feel like a boob

Recall two months or so ago my PC became infected with malware, Trojans, and this weird green thing that Nic seems to have become infected with *shivers*

Around that time my computer started shutting down spontaneously. Cam and I sat down one day and we did some diagnostics, but everything seemed fine. Then I couldn’t turn my PC on. To be specific: power was going to the motherboard, fans and the like, but nothing would boot. I couldn’t even get into BIOS.

Assuming the worst, I bought new hardware: mobo, RAM, SATA (btw, I LOOOOVE new Windows installs. Very sexy). Same problem was happening, but then it went away.

This weekend I had another shutdown, and I decided to swap out the PCU. Maybe there was a power issue.

So there I am, in bed, reading my sexy kindle, when the cat runs under the bed and my computer powers down.

That’s when I realized what’s going on. I have an extension cord running from an outlet from behind my bed to my desk, where I have all the power strips plugged in. The extension cord sometimes gets loose in the outlet from the beds movement (e.g. when I change the sheets). Because it’s blocked by the bed, I don’t see it, so I didn’t even think that that would be the initial cause of my problem. Viruses can do nasty things, so I, and my friends, assumed it was virus related.

*CRIES*

I SPENT HUNDREDS OF MY MOM’S DOLLARS FIXING MY COMPUTER WHEN I JUST NEEDED TO MAKE SURE AN EXTENSION CORD WAS PLUGGED IN!!!

I mean, I’m happy with my more powerful computer, but that could have been medication money or money to help pay off my medical bills or something 