Okay so like just so you guys know I'm not in fact dead (although that might be a slight upgrade):

I got a new 200 GB hard drive with a five year warranty and everything, got my puter running.  Yay!  But first thing: my backups were like from two years ago.  So in other words, I've lost all my camera pics, most of my fave wallpapers, and about half my music, and ALL my videos and TV shows.  My music library was about 12 gigs before the crash, now it's 5.  Revolting.  But I thought hey, I'll survive, I'll just go download them all back!

Wrong.  No internet.  Disconnected for non-payment.  Ironically whatever little money I had went into getting a new hard drive, so I can't reconnect it, and they'll probably fine me anyway, so I'm getting my ISP disconnected soon before they do that.  Meaning I have no internet and don't know when I'll get it.  It might not even be anytime this year.

Oh and I'm broke.  I mean really, really, really super broke.  Like, tempted to sell my cell phone, ass and kidney to eat kind of  broke. 

Meanwhile, dengue fever is running around in Delhi.  I thought it was overblown media hype until one of my team leaders came down with it and is in hospital with the rest of the dengue patients. 

Norte to self:  Must sell something and buy bug spray with it.

But at least my puter's running again.

Yeah, I probably won't be around online much anymore, looks like.

Off I go back to work.