(this is meant in jest, playing fun on the recent posts i've been reading)

Is it just me, or am I the only person getting tired of recieving "status"
and "hard drive crash" "updates" from people?  The funny thing is they
seem to think it qualifies as news that people want to hear..(p.s. I've
had my hard drives (as in four) for five years, no problems...maybe you
guys just have bad luck?? backups are a good thing.)

So, without further ado: updates we can expect to see in the future.

"Hi, I'm writing to say that since aliens from the planet Vulcan have
reduced my hard drive to a free floating purple haze, fic <name> will be
late."

"Um, I was caught trafficking kiddy porn, and the FBI demagnetized my hard
drive, so my Ranma-<insert series name here> hentai crossover will be
delayed."

"Hi, this is <prominent fic author>.  Due to the misalignment of <planet>
on <date>, my entire life's work, <fic name>, was truncated to zero bytes
along with all the backups.  After that, my house was raided by the FBI,
bombed by NATO forces, demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass, and
buried under 10 tons of peat.  PS i'm leaving the list in esoteric protest
of <controversial topic>, because you all <derogatory word>." 

"Greetings.  Due to the fact that my hard drive is currently being belt
sanded to improve peak performance, my Ranma-Quake-Starcraft-Doom-Sailor
Moon-Wolfenstein 3D-Evangelion-Hexen-Debbie Does Dallas-The Crow-Lodoss
Wars-Escaflowne-Half Life-Tenchi Muyo-Child's Toy-Three Stooges-Dilbert
hentai crossover fusion fission spam lemon lime grape orange cola fic
won't be out until <date>."

"my hard drive exploded and killed my family.  sorry about that, mom.  my
technician said i shouldn't load it up with all that child's toy hentai,
but i couldn't help myself...sana is so kawaii...."


p.s. someone better not write the crossover described above, because if
they do i'll drop out of college and start a cult dedicated to their
worship.

-Justin

(whose hard drives were just stolen by the aliens who killed JFK and
started the Rosicrucian conspiracy)


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Justin D. Baugh - CompSci@RPI (2001)
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