Max: Back To The Dark Ages

The DVD drive on my computer is dead. I wish I could convey how much this sucks. I've never had the bleeding edge, super-shiny technology I dream of. But I've managed to at least stay within a few parsecs of that lovely bleeding edge. Now, my main -- only, really -- computer has no optical drive. It functions other than that -- for now. At the moment I can arguably live without accessing CD's and DVD's on my computer. But the next time I find myself in need of a clean install, I'll be fucked.

Given that I'm too broke to afford penny candy, it's going to be a while, if ever, before I can afford a replacement. Assuming everything else on the computer holds up, it may have a year or so of decent performance, followed by a steady slide toward brickdom. Unless my financial situation improves, once my lappy is bricked I will be a geek without a computer.

Edit: Yes I am being excessively dramatic.