Wow, been a while.

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To those it may concern:

Well, first of all, thanks for reading this. As you know, I haven't published anything since the tail end of January. I know, I had a good turn going. Well, as things do on occasion, everything came to a screeching halt. I haven't touched ChangeDay: Advent since then, nor my more acclaimed Dream Come True. Of course, this is not because I didn't want to or that writer's block caught me.

You see, due to dire economic circumstances, I have a shared living environment. I don't have my own computer and, until just recently, didn't even have my own room. At the time, everything was at the whim of my roommate. She can be somewhat accommodating, but she is VERY possessive of her things. She had something of an emotional breakdown. And, though I tried to console her, I was kicked out onto the couch in the living room... for about a week. During this time, she had possession of one of those airsoft guns (the ones that kinda look real but shoot plastic pellets). In a fit of rage and drunk off "I Don't Care" mode, she shot her monitor with said airsoft gun. I think the muzzle velocity is somewhere close to that of paintball guns, so you can imagine the effect it had on the poor, defenseless LCD monitor. Yea, she pretty much destroyed it. Being too broke to pay attention, neither one of us have the capital to replace the monitor.

Yep, you guessed it. All my files are on the computer with no monitor. I can't even see enough of the screen to transfer the files to a jump drive so that I can continue working on them. So, I've been pretty bummed about the whole situation and trying not to think about the fact that it's been a month, now, since there's been an update from me at all. If you're disappointed that there was a good trend going with Dream Come True and you're upset that there's been no updates in SO long, believe me when I say that you're not even half as disappointed as I am.

Until a replacement monitor can be found, the files stay where they are on a dormant computer. I'm very sorry, but that's just the way the cookie has crumbled. Many, many apologies to my readers. Believe me, I really wish there could be more installments to both CD:A and DCT, but my hands are tied.

My sincerest condolences,

Danielle

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Been there...

Yea, hit Craig's List first thing. Couldn't get anything worth the investment. And... that was when I actually had two pennies to rub together. This month is really tight... electric bill came in and it's been pretty cold. I'm guessing one doesn't have to be well-versed in calculus to compute that?

Ah, yes...

Or "Sith Happens" depending on how geeky or P-C you want to be. xD

Wow, been a while.

Or as Linus Van Pelt of Peanuts says AUGH!

    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine
    Stanman
May Your Light Forever Shine

Aye.

My sentiments, precisely. >.<

*grabs blankie and begins to suck thumb*

Thrift Shops

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There's lots of old picture-tube style monitors cluttering up the Salvation Army and other thrift shops, I got one for four bucks; Donated it back after I got a decent monitor. They're not pretty but they get the job done...
~~hugs, Laika

Yep, it's that bad.

You know, we can't even afford that?! I hate being too poor to pay attention... >.<

Free stuff...

I have a few 17" tubes, plus at least one (old - 500 MHz) computer that I would be happy to give away for free. If you're close enough to Cadillac, Michigan, come get it. It would be rather expensive to ship -- probably more expensive than just getting something used from a second-hand shop.

Forgot to add...

If you want to grab your files, just pull the drive and temporarily put it into another machine.

Hmm... tempting...

At least, it would be if I wasn't 3/4 of the country away from you in the Pacific Northwest. Thanks for the gesture, though.

Sad thing is that there isn't another machine in the house and with a shut-in roommate getting out to fix the problem is another problem entirely.

Gawd... why does this have to be so complicated?! *headdesk*