The Continued Adventures of Failface
Mar. 21st, 2011 01:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
potato_headOMFG I just encountered a tangle of total fail with my computer. It was so frustrating but IT'S ALL WORKED OUT NOW YAY
But basically McAfee expired, and...had somehow wrapped itself around Microsoft Forefront like a parasitic ivy, and forced Forefront to not work somehow because of its expiring. And the school network security wouldn't let me log in unless I had an 'acceptable antivirus' working. It even gave me a little button to click to 'repair the problem', which kept giving me an error message, and I didn't know if this was a 'keep trying/restart and try again until it works' error message, or a 'lol actually you can't really do anything from here, you have to go bring it to tech support, the button was just a psych-out, it's probably not even your antivirus that's the problem' error message, which the school network security is notorious for.
Seriously, when your school password expires, there is no message to tell you that...the security client just refuses altogether to come up. And when you try to re-install it, it just craps out in the middle with some ambiguous error (after letting you feed the download site your username and password WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM OR ANY SORT OF INDICATION THAT YOUR PASSWORD HAS EXPIRED.) And basically they just rely on most people remembering from last year that this weird passive-aggressive dance actually means 'go down to the library and use one of those computers to reset your password' to keep the poor tech support desk from being flooded by EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL one day a year.
Anyways I basically fixed the problem by fucking buying Mcafee because I was too frustrated to work out how to pry its death-grip off of Forefront. I am equally irritated with Mcafee and my school.
But IN BETTER NEWS it turns out there was no problem with my housing sign-up for next year, I am just very dumb, and now the head of the reslife department knows it.
...Actually I think I am not incredibly stupid, the page is just incredibly CONFUSING, because it lists 'start time for females' which indicates when SELECTION starts for female students, and then it lists 'your start time' which is apparently WHEN I START LIVING IN THE HOUSING I SELECT, not when I get to select my housing. They are both in the same table. I feel like this would be confusing to most people.
P.S. Stole this music meme from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
gyzym, and hers is much better than mine so you should go read that instead lol, she's hilarious.
IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY: I Changed My Name - Sugarcult
...Certainly timely. I forgot how much I like this song :D
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? No Matter What (Reprise)/Wolf Chase - Beauty and the Beast (Disney version)
LOL, most boring result ever. I am not actually really sure why this piece is on the CD, I recall several other instrumental pieces of similar length from the movie that aren't...
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX? Session - Linkin Park
Another instrumental piece. Maybe accurate, though, since I am actually more strongly attracted to music than anything else. Including people.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Murder Incorporated - Bruce Springsteen
...I was actually not feeling homicidal at all today AFAIK o-o; this is like, the one Bruce Springsteen song I don't even like.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Perfect World - Billy Talent
Yeah :D just going by the title, that is. If we go by the actual lyrics, my life's purpose is to break up with abusive partners, which...well it does keep being something I have to do.
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Bright Lights - Placebo
Sure :D
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Words, Hands, Hearts - Yellowcard
This is actually one of the songs I consider a theme for Corey and I together.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Breathe Underwater - Placebo
I don't actually want to be a merman, lmfao. Although going by the lyrics, yes, although not so much now that I spend half the year living at school.
WHAT IS 2+2? Reunion - Coraline
...Almost right, somehow.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Chop Suey! - System of a Down
LOL Corey and I are fighting right now and, well, yes, precisely.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Crucifixus - Repo! The Genetic Opera
...I have no idea what to make of this. Maybe if there weren't so many people I like, this could in some way make sense.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Mr. Longbottom Flies - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
LMFAO YES. See: how I hurt my foot. That's pretty much my life guys.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? The Takedown - Yellowcard
Using what the lyrics define 'the takedown' as - yes, I think so.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? O Xmas Tree (Charlie Brown Piano version) - Colin [lastname]
LOL this one is...interesting, because this song is from an album from my high school's chorus, and the person I am most helplessly hung up over right now is a guy I know from high school.
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
DID MY ITUNES JUST CALL ME A BEAST lmfao really though if I were ever inclined to wed, that would be a very nice song :D
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Something In Your Mouth - Nickelback
...I have no idea what to say about this, oh my god, lol. Except yes, I do actually like Nickelback, nyah.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Entry Into The Great Hall And The Banquet - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Attending balls is like, the opposite of my hobbies and interests. I didn't even go to my senior prom.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Heaven's Light/Hellfire - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
...Yup. BOTH of these songs are accurate. The first to a more recent secret, the second to...a deeper one.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Bravi! - Repo! The Genetic Opera
LMFAO another omitted Repo song. Not sure what to make of this, either.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Lestat's Tarantella - Interview with the Vampire
I was actually just thinking the other day about how I used to wish I were a vampire when I was younger, but now it would be the absolute worst thing. I don't think testosterone shots would work for a vampire.
HOW WILL YOU DIE? Track 10 - Drew [actually Paralyzer - Finger Eleven]
LOL this is from an old mixed CD from an ex (Drew) that I only stayed with as long as I did because he kept giving me music. I told you, I am attracted to people, but even more attracted to music. Anyways, so apparently I am going to die of paralysis or of being attracted to people, and either of those seems really equally likely.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? O Green World - Gorillaz
Not sure what to make of that. Um. I love the Gorillaz, though.
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Opening Title - Sweeney Todd
...lmfao. This incredible nonsensical answer did make me laugh, so I suppose close enough?
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Nothing To Lose - Billy Talent
Yup. This song was me for my whole life up until last year, so.
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? We Were (Electrocute) - Type O Negative
I've actually never even listened to this song. It's from my Freddy vs Jason soundtrack, which I bought on a whim and found I didn't really like.
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? City of Devils - Yellowcard
Yes, on multiple levels.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Belle (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
LOL me in high school, again. Although there were no amorous men pursuing me I am quite certain. This may seem unrelated, but, you see, I filled the total void of people liking me by thinking about my future.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
Well, it certainly will be causing some trouble when I start to go for legal gender change, but I think I still wouldn't change it. I love being a Texan, even with the trouble that comes with it.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Tears Into Wine - Billy Talent
AWESOME SONG. Oh, but, um, yes, also accurate.
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Beichte - Tokio Hotel
Fuck, listening to this makes me realize I'm starting to lose my German. QUICK, SOMEBODY SPRICH DEUTSCH MIT MIR.
But basically McAfee expired, and...had somehow wrapped itself around Microsoft Forefront like a parasitic ivy, and forced Forefront to not work somehow because of its expiring. And the school network security wouldn't let me log in unless I had an 'acceptable antivirus' working. It even gave me a little button to click to 'repair the problem', which kept giving me an error message, and I didn't know if this was a 'keep trying/restart and try again until it works' error message, or a 'lol actually you can't really do anything from here, you have to go bring it to tech support, the button was just a psych-out, it's probably not even your antivirus that's the problem' error message, which the school network security is notorious for.
Seriously, when your school password expires, there is no message to tell you that...the security client just refuses altogether to come up. And when you try to re-install it, it just craps out in the middle with some ambiguous error (after letting you feed the download site your username and password WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM OR ANY SORT OF INDICATION THAT YOUR PASSWORD HAS EXPIRED.) And basically they just rely on most people remembering from last year that this weird passive-aggressive dance actually means 'go down to the library and use one of those computers to reset your password' to keep the poor tech support desk from being flooded by EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IN THE SCHOOL one day a year.
Anyways I basically fixed the problem by fucking buying Mcafee because I was too frustrated to work out how to pry its death-grip off of Forefront. I am equally irritated with Mcafee and my school.
But IN BETTER NEWS it turns out there was no problem with my housing sign-up for next year, I am just very dumb, and now the head of the reslife department knows it.
...Actually I think I am not incredibly stupid, the page is just incredibly CONFUSING, because it lists 'start time for females' which indicates when SELECTION starts for female students, and then it lists 'your start time' which is apparently WHEN I START LIVING IN THE HOUSING I SELECT, not when I get to select my housing. They are both in the same table. I feel like this would be confusing to most people.
P.S. Stole this music meme from
gyzym, and hers is much better than mine so you should go read that instead lol, she's hilarious.IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY: I Changed My Name - Sugarcult
...Certainly timely. I forgot how much I like this song :D
WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY? No Matter What (Reprise)/Wolf Chase - Beauty and the Beast (Disney version)
LOL, most boring result ever. I am not actually really sure why this piece is on the CD, I recall several other instrumental pieces of similar length from the movie that aren't...
WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX? Session - Linkin Park
Another instrumental piece. Maybe accurate, though, since I am actually more strongly attracted to music than anything else. Including people.
HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY? Murder Incorporated - Bruce Springsteen
...I was actually not feeling homicidal at all today AFAIK o-o; this is like, the one Bruce Springsteen song I don't even like.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE? Perfect World - Billy Talent
Yeah :D just going by the title, that is. If we go by the actual lyrics, my life's purpose is to break up with abusive partners, which...well it does keep being something I have to do.
WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO? Bright Lights - Placebo
Sure :D
WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU? Words, Hands, Hearts - Yellowcard
This is actually one of the songs I consider a theme for Corey and I together.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN? Breathe Underwater - Placebo
I don't actually want to be a merman, lmfao. Although going by the lyrics, yes, although not so much now that I spend half the year living at school.
WHAT IS 2+2? Reunion - Coraline
...Almost right, somehow.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND? Chop Suey! - System of a Down
LOL Corey and I are fighting right now and, well, yes, precisely.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE? Crucifixus - Repo! The Genetic Opera
...I have no idea what to make of this. Maybe if there weren't so many people I like, this could in some way make sense.
WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY? Mr. Longbottom Flies - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
LMFAO YES. See: how I hurt my foot. That's pretty much my life guys.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP? The Takedown - Yellowcard
Using what the lyrics define 'the takedown' as - yes, I think so.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE? O Xmas Tree (Charlie Brown Piano version) - Colin [lastname]
LOL this one is...interesting, because this song is from an album from my high school's chorus, and the person I am most helplessly hung up over right now is a guy I know from high school.
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING? Beauty and the Beast (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
DID MY ITUNES JUST CALL ME A BEAST lmfao really though if I were ever inclined to wed, that would be a very nice song :D
WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL? Something In Your Mouth - Nickelback
...I have no idea what to say about this, oh my god, lol. Except yes, I do actually like Nickelback, nyah.
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST? Entry Into The Great Hall And The Banquet - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Attending balls is like, the opposite of my hobbies and interests. I didn't even go to my senior prom.
WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET? Heaven's Light/Hellfire - The Hunchback of Notre Dame
...Yup. BOTH of these songs are accurate. The first to a more recent secret, the second to...a deeper one.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS? Bravi! - Repo! The Genetic Opera
LMFAO another omitted Repo song. Not sure what to make of this, either.
WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN? Lestat's Tarantella - Interview with the Vampire
I was actually just thinking the other day about how I used to wish I were a vampire when I was younger, but now it would be the absolute worst thing. I don't think testosterone shots would work for a vampire.
HOW WILL YOU DIE? Track 10 - Drew [actually Paralyzer - Finger Eleven]
LOL this is from an old mixed CD from an ex (Drew) that I only stayed with as long as I did because he kept giving me music. I told you, I am attracted to people, but even more attracted to music. Anyways, so apparently I am going to die of paralysis or of being attracted to people, and either of those seems really equally likely.
WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET? O Green World - Gorillaz
Not sure what to make of that. Um. I love the Gorillaz, though.
WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH? Opening Title - Sweeney Todd
...lmfao. This incredible nonsensical answer did make me laugh, so I suppose close enough?
WHAT MAKES YOU CRY? Nothing To Lose - Billy Talent
Yup. This song was me for my whole life up until last year, so.
WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED? We Were (Electrocute) - Type O Negative
I've actually never even listened to this song. It's from my Freddy vs Jason soundtrack, which I bought on a whim and found I didn't really like.
WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST? City of Devils - Yellowcard
Yes, on multiple levels.
DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU? Belle (Reprise) - Beauty and the Beast (Disney)
LOL me in high school, again. Although there were no amorous men pursuing me I am quite certain. This may seem unrelated, but, you see, I filled the total void of people liking me by thinking about my future.
IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE? My Hometown - Bruce Springsteen
Well, it certainly will be causing some trouble when I start to go for legal gender change, but I think I still wouldn't change it. I love being a Texan, even with the trouble that comes with it.
WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW? Tears Into Wine - Billy Talent
AWESOME SONG. Oh, but, um, yes, also accurate.
WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS? Beichte - Tokio Hotel
Fuck, listening to this makes me realize I'm starting to lose my German. QUICK, SOMEBODY SPRICH DEUTSCH MIT MIR.
