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Things I am going to hell for:

* Singing Spike Jones's "Der Führer" under my breath while watching a documentary in Western Civ on Hitler's rise to power. (Okay, so this is only one thing. But it can't be good.)

Look, the documentary was awful. I mean, if a documentary uses the phrase "dark, demonic personality," can you really trust it? It's probably a bit much to demand a neutral presentation of facts when it comes to Hitler's reign, but must it be sensationalized? Isn't it shocking enough all by itself?

I Googled the doc in question and found that it was made in 1956, which explains a lot. Including my professor's use of it. I've written about this guy before, and how much I enjoy the effects of his seeming inability to move beyond a grounding point sometime in the seventies, but sometimes it is a bit questionable. There's got to be a billion documentaries on this subject that are better than The Twisted Cross. (See? Even the title is ridiculous!)

. . . anyway. I have been a bit MIA journalwise because I have been having issues with my internet, but this will hopefully be resolved shortly. In the meantime, I have a couple of stories in the works, one of which is finished and needs typing - it's written entirely by hand, on paper; it's been years since I did that! - and one of which is getting there and will need to be presented for inspection by the flist before I unleash it on fandom in general.

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Um. I seem to have a really interesting situation with my laptop.

I explained about the virus that required me to reinstall Windows in order to keep my CD-ROM working, 'cos my aintvirus software apparently bound it to my CD-ROM driver, right? Right.

So. Um. I reinstalled Windows, and my CD-ROM is working fine, but here is where the interesting thing comes in: I have poked around a bit on my hard drive, and apparently I did not so much wipe away my old version as I did, uh, layer over it. I have discovered that it is still there, complete with all the files I had on it.

So, my question: Is it at all safe to access any of those files to back them up, or do I risk unleashing that virus again? Alternately, in order to free up space on my harddrive once more, should I reinstall Windows yet again, following a different method than I used before? Or should I just say FUCK IT ALL, borrow more more from my financial aid, and replace my currently defunct Mac?