HAPPY 8 DAY!!! :]

3.5.08 Wednesday


Today is a magic day!!!

3 + 5 = 8

3/5/08

YAY!!!


So... it just dawned on me that this will be kind of like my journal... sans all the really personal stuffs.

o.0


What?!

You can't expect me to dish on everything!!

I still need to maintain a healthy dose of mystery in my life. :P


Alright, let's get to my day.


My computer had about 20 million viruses on it last month.
Erica called IT... they re-did my computer that very same day. But it took them 3 weeks to hook my printer back up.

o.0

YAY for proficiency!!

Anyways, so since last week my computer has been running smoothly.

No more horrific pop-ups advertising adult sites.
No more junk

Nothing

We are clean
Life is good.


Or so it was up until this morning o.0

I pushed the pretty grey Zeus button... 20 minutes later my computer kicked on.

Red flag #1

*Note, I call its a 'Zeus button' because Zac Power used to sign his name as a circle with a vertical line sticking out of the top. Zac's nickname was Zeus and everytime I see that symbol, methinks of him.
...Also Lucky Charms. :] *


After that it took another 10 for Outlook to open.

Red flag #2

Then the McAfee virus scan thing popped up and started listing 50 million more viruses that it had found on my computer and deleted.

Red flag #3

So, I pick up my phone and call IT.
Luckily a new person answered the phone.

Well... I don't know if she was 'new' par say... but it was a lady person & I had spoken to pretty much every male IT had to offer.

I'm sure they're sick of me.

:]

So I tell the lady the scoop; what's going on with my computer along w/ a brief yet detailed explanation as to why it is not I who is guilty of perusing through the adult sites.

She files a 'Trouble Ticket' and tells me she will send a guy down to fix my computer.

that was at 8:30 this morning.

[It is 7:34 as I type this from the luxury of my dad's la-z boy and a Geek Squad representative has yet to pike around my office and make the world right.]


So, I log onto Melissa's 2nd computer (yes, she has 2... two offices, two computers... idn't she sumthin'??) so that I can atleast have Outlook open incase someone decides to email me.

I check my mail.

Create this blog page.

Melissa enters the scene.


M- Why are you on my computer? Is yours not working?
E- It died again.
M- Died? o.0
E- As in... 5 billion viruses have reinhabited my computer.
M- Again?!
E- Don't worry, I've called IT and they're sending a guy down to fix it *this was a little after 9, mind you*
M- Erica...you know that our department has bee cited because of excessive viruses, righ? AND that the department is now having to pay to get this cleaned up?
E- Huh? Because of some doof who plays on that computer?
M- Erica, you can tell me... do you go to any 'Adult sites'?
E- What?! NO!!!
M- Do you use any mesenger programs...like MSN?
E- No. *Fact: I HAD msn but ~ 2 months ago I took it off. Ask anyone... I'm rarely on anymore... unless it's 11 o'clock at night. Phill, Sam, and Alex can vouch for that*
M- Well... the guy who fixed the computer last says that the only way those kinds of viruses could get on is if someone visited certain sites. Do you go to any bad sites?
E- No. I just go to Office Max, Facebook, Blogger, and Yahoo to check my mail.
M- Sure *walks out*
E- makes mental note to self *Do NOT do anything but go to Office Max and Hosp. Admin. for check requests!*


So apparantly... according to Melissa... I am an internet whore who likes to destroy computers and make people pay massive amounts of $$ out the nose just for kicks.

Yeah... way to make someone feel great about themselves.

=)