Crab-Apple

My G5 arrived! I had techno-joy! I plugged everything in! I turned it on! My beautiful 23" display came alive! Just like Frampton!

And then, I tried to install software.

Now, you're thinking, oh no, conflicts and file corruption on a brand-new machine?

But no. Not even close. Because?

The SuperDrive won't open.

That's right, folks, the drive is just a teeeeeeny bit off, and when I hit the eject key, I hear the "clunk!" of enthusiasm as the drive tries to eject, the "whack" of surprise as the drive tray runs into the computer casing just a centimeter out of the gate, and then the "ca-thunk" of despair, as the thwarted tray returns to its home, defeated and alone, never having made it into the light to receive a disk.

I opened up the computer (wow, pretty) and re-seated the drive (wow, easy) - and now it opens -- halfway. The tray gets halfway out and then... stops.

If I *wanted* to, I could sliiiiiide a cd-rom into it and install software, but since I get the feeling that some, if not all, of this computer is going to be replaced, I think I'll wait.

I called Apple and they're on the case, and I have AppleCare, which means tech support, parts, and labor are 100% covered for 3 years. I also have Zippy, my small back-up laptop computer, and wireless internet, but still. Grrrr.

( TMI about my relationship with Zippy )

L'Shanah Tovah and the Annual Stupid Joke <tm>

Happy New Year to them as celebrate -

5763: current year on the Jewish calendar
4701: current year on the Chinese calendar
1062: number of years Jews had to go without Chinese food

(icon is the Apple - will look for honey...)

West Wing Spoiler

If you want to know.

( spoiler behind the tag )

If you watched Boomtown tonight on my say-so --

-- don't kill me.

The season premiere of Boomtown aired tonight - and if you watched it because I talked up what a magnificent show it is was this summer, I offer you my sincerest apologies. Absolutely everything that made this show entertaining, engaging, unique, creative, and pimp-worthy in its first season (varying p.o.v., jigsaw storytelling, loop-stitch timelines, sharp dialog that doesn't pander) is GONE, replaced by the most monotonous, mealy-mouthed exposition, sub-par direction, and Vanessa Williams. And why? Because focus groups told the network to get rid of the "confusing" concept of seeing a crime from multiple viewpoints, cut down on the number of stories being told, and for God's sake make sure the characters over-explain things to the point that apes in comas will go "Christ, we *get* it already!"

I don't know how I'll make it up to you. I feel like I need a t-shirt - "My fandoms went in for pre-frontal lobotomies over the summer, and all I got were these lousy episodes."

ETA: at the same moment I posted this, jackiekjono posted similar sentiments.