{"id":3643,"date":"2010-03-25T22:20:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T02:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=3643"},"modified":"2010-03-25T22:20:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-26T02:20:39","slug":"a-tale-of-moronitude-viruses-computer-and-otherwise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/a-tale-of-moronitude-viruses-computer-and-otherwise\/","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Moronitude: Viruses, computer and otherwise"},"content":{"rendered":"

first:\u00a0 in the past few days my computer has been acting a little suspicious – notices popping up saying there was an alert, you know, that kind of stuff that pops up sometimes…and then, yesterday, i was reading something online and all of a sudden the computer froze.\u00a0 i re-started it, my opening screen came up, but then it wouldn’t connect to the internet – the maddening little spinning circle just kept spinning.<\/p>\n

i shut it down again, and this time it was stuck on the welcome page.<\/p>\n

kevin was gone most of the day, and i was busy doing other things but would intermittently try to start it again, to no avail.<\/p>\n

it was a warm day and i was sitting down on the dock talking to randy on the phone and told him about my computer annoyance.\u00a0 “yeah,” he said, “a bunch of people got a message on facebook from Lori Ann that was really a virus.\u00a0 It messed up some people’s computers…”\u00a0 I GOT THAT E-MAIL, i said.\u00a0 I OPENED IT!<\/p>\n

“oh.\u00a0 You didn’t click on the link, did you?”<\/p>\n

YES I DID.\u00a0 IT WAS A VIDEO.\u00a0 I THOUGHT IT’D BE SOMETHING FUNNY, MAYBE.\u00a0 IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE THE TOOTH PULLING, I WANTED A LAUGH.<\/p>\n

virus.\u00a0 VIRUS.<\/p>\n

not only did i open the e-mail and click on the damn link, i also clicked on the second copy of the e-mail i’d gotten, AND THE THIRD.\u00a0 i figured that lori ann had tried to send it but got the wrong address or something.<\/p>\n

MORON.<\/p>\n

yes i got three identical e-mails FULL OF DEADLY COMPUTER VIRUSES.\u00a0 AND I BLITHELY OPENED THEM ALL.<\/p>\n

moron.\u00a0 complete moron.<\/p>\n

randy said “after kevin fixed my computer when it had the virus, i don’t open up anything suspicious anymore.\u00a0 i deleted that e-mail right away without opening it.”<\/p>\n

DAMN.<\/p>\n

i called kevin who was on his way home.\u00a0 we went to the APL (Animal Protective League, fyi) benefit, then we came home and he stayed up till 11:30, restoring the computer and then doing a scan.\u00a0 he didn’t really find anything.<\/p>\n

in the middle of the night i woke up, my scalp itching.\u00a0 must be the hair color, i thought, not a big thing.<\/p>\n

i was up for a couple house so i slept later this morning.\u00a0 kevin had been sitting at my computer since seven.\u00a0 he sat there for about five hours, watching it do a huge scan.<\/p>\n

oh, but meanwhile?\u00a0 when i looked in the mirror this morning my eyelids were swollen.\u00a0 i had a few red blotches on my neck, and my scalp was now really itchy.<\/p>\n

i sat on the couch as kevin looked at my computer, and i felt worse and worse.\u00a0 i was pretty sure i had a temperature, i felt lightheaded, and the eyelids got more puffy.\u00a0 i finally called the doctor, who said i must have an allergic reaction to something, to take benadryl, and if it didn’t work i should come in.<\/p>\n

i took the benadryl, i napped, it was no better.\u00a0 i now have a bump on the bottom of my foot that’s swollen so it feels like i’m walking on a big puffy thing on my foot.\u00a0 blotches on my back, my chest, my stomach, my arms, my neck, itchiness…yeah, i probably should have gone to the doctor.\u00a0 it was a miserable, cold, windy day and i didn’t want to go to the doctor.\u00a0 it would probably get better.<\/p>\n

it’s not better.<\/p>\n

and neither is my computer.<\/p>\n

randy said that pam brown had told people different things to do to fix their computers – her son is some computer whiz guy.\u00a0 i e-mailed her this morning and she told me something to download to check for viruses.\u00a0 after kevin’s big scan was complete, the program found a virus and deleted it, but the computer still seems bad.\u00a0 i downloaded the thing pam told me about and it’s running now and will probably take all night.<\/p>\n

i finally broke down and took two more benadryl about 15 minutes ago, so soon i’ll be getting verrryyyy sleeeepppy….<\/p>\n

maybe in the morning the swelling will be gone and the computer will be fixed.<\/p>\n

i took a picture of my messed up eyes but i couldn’t make the memory card fit into kevin’s computer.\u00a0 i kept trying it and it clearly wasn’t working and right now it feels like my nerves are all on edge as well as having this overall itchy, prickly feeling.<\/p>\n

jangly, very jangly.<\/p>\n

so instead of this picture of me looking a lot like quasimodo, here are some cute pictures of winnie that i took a couple of days ago.\u00a0 he was thoroughly enjoying sitting on the table on the deck outside.<\/p>\n

\"m30\"<\/p>\n

my favorite picture – he could be the Chesire Cat, couldn’t he?<\/p>\n

\"m31\"<\/p>\n

kevin bought him some new, fancy bells, so the birds will have fair warning.<\/p>\n

\"m32\"<\/p>\n

\"m33\"<\/p>\n

\"m34\"<\/p>\n

i must rest now before i explode.\u00a0 tomorrow will be a better day, tomorrow will be a better day…<\/p>\n

ok then,<\/p>\n

optimistic jangly hillbilly grace with deformed-looking eyelids, red splotches, but really great-looking hair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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