Computer problems

Friday was a bit of a sucky day for me. First there were woman troubles, then my computer decided it didn't want to work anymore, then the sunny skies turned to rain and I got soaked. Sucky start to a three day weekend.

My computer has a history of screen problems. For most of last year, there was some sort of loose connection which made the colors go all wonky, but I could still SEE things on the screen. I could read and send emails, write papers, surf the internet, etc. Now all I have is a black screen of doom! And the computer isn't dead, just a black screen. When I turned it on Friday morning, it made the normal starting up and log in page sounds, but there was no log in screen showing up. I typed in my password anyway. After hitting enter it made the now-showing-your-desktop sound, but still nothing but a black screen.

So, my three day weekend (Monday was respect for the aged day, a national holiday here in Japan) was spent curled up on the couch or my bed, reading. Which, as most of you know, I love. But after 4.5 books in 3 days, even I'm a little weary of it. An internet surfing break is good every once in a while, not to mention the youtube videos I could have watched. *sigh*

I did make it to school on Saturday afternoon (through more rain) to meet up with my speaking partner. She spent the last week in Korea so we had a fun time talking about our favorite k-pop bands. And on Monday evening, my host family and I went to one of the huge department stores near us and spent a few hours looking around and getting groceries. So I didn't spend the entire weekend inside, but I didn't mind the enforced insideness as much as the zero chance to interat with the outside world. Heck, to interact with people besides myself! My host mom and dad had to work for part of both Saturday and Sunday.

Now that you're all caught up, I have to get to class. See ya!