Not again...

Months in Chicago and my computer hasn't so much as burped. Six hours in Knoxville and suddenly the touchpad has stopped working. Horrifically glad this is now rather than in Chicago where finding a Staples to get it repaired at would be troublesome and finding a temporary replacement fix computer would be far harder, but the panic response is there anyway.

It's under warranty and I can use one of my parents' computers if it has to be sent to the shop, which is good, but I leave for Chicago on the 28th, which is less good since it usually takes about 10 business days for turnaround in my (unfortunately) long experience. Maybe Staples gives better service than CompUSA, or maybe it's something that can be repaired quickly or in-store.

Or maybe I will wake up tomorrow and it will be magically fixed by the machine spirits, who knows.

EDIT: Though apparently there's a Staples about three miles from my house in Chicago, so in theory I could just have them mail it there instead of back down to Knoxville if things get dire. This too will pass, it'll just be awkward until it does.

I need to do more of this.

Man, there's been a lot of complaining in this journal lately. That's not what people want to read when they come to my LJ. No, they want to read about rampant sexual tension amoung law enforcement agents.

Title: Paranoia
Fandom: Ace Attorney
Pairing/characters: Tyrell Badd, Shi-Long Lang, mentioned others
Rating: PG-13
Summary: An old cop and a young cop share a brief moment of loneliness in a crime-riddled world..
Warnings: References to sexual situations.
Author’s Note: This was half kink meme and half because I wanted to make myself write a Badd fic without a single reference to lollipops or Faradays. My next one is to write one where he's not angsting it up all the time, which may prove far more difficult.

( Because the best way to alleviate my angst is to project it onto fictional characters. )