As the move approaches, I have become increasingly fearful of that which we all dread: losing every single stinkin' bit of data on our computers.
Whether it's software deterioration or hardware self-mutilation, it's devastating to realize all the bullshit writing you labored over is gone. I personally have this persistent vision of every scrap of information and text, graphics and pictures, in my computer being of a very liquid state, and running out the side of the case in a small gooey puddle once Mr. Musclebound of Moving Yer Stuff Around gets done juggling it into the truck.
To that end, I have done something this morning I have never ever done before: I backed-up all the things I would die if I lost onto CD. Previously, my old computer had no CD write capabilities, so it was always clean slate time when things went tits-up.
I know you old hands are laughing at my late-to-the-game housekeeping, but it's quite a bit because of you guys that I've gone on this security-blanket protection frenzy. Before I entered the blog universe, I didn't figure I'd lost much if all my computer innards went poof. Now I have scribblings and babbles and lovely comments.... and while I know Blogger and Enetation will do what they can not to misplace my things, I feel a little better if I have a round hard thing to hold in my hand, safe in the knowledge that it's mine all mine to reinsert when I like.
Stop that. You know what I mean.
(previously posted on Blogspot)