Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Pure Suckage

It just hasn't been a good few days around here. I seem to be losing stuff left and right. First, for some reason I cannot explain, my Ipod got completely wiped. I have no idea how that happened. One day it was loaded with songs, the next day...nada. I was rather pissed and bummed out because a lot of the music I had on there was irreplaceable. All my stuff on the hard drive was wiped out earlier in the year, so the Ipod was my back up, but now its been wiped. Grrrr.

Then I found out that my movie website has been hacked, files corrupted and altered big time. Again, all the originals were obliterated in the hard drive crash back in January, so the stuff on the website server was my back up, but now much of it is ruined. It seems I can salvage a lot of the media files (photos, screencaps, video clips, sound bytes, etc) but the important stuff - the written material - may be a total loss. Considering that I had easily written 500,000 words (at least, it may be closer to 800k) for the site, that loss has me ready to hit the bottle.

The situation at my job has been very depressing as well. It's too long to even bother getting into. Besides, I don't want to bore you into a coma. Suffice it to say that while I am in no danger of losing my job, I seem to have gotten screwed over in certain areas. It's impacted my health because I am no longer a kid and can't perform such heavy physical work for extended periods without it taking a toll on my body. Plus, I'm not getting the hours I once did and as a result, am bringing less home. Overall, very discouraging at times.

And of course there was the rage-inducing news of a plagiarist that hit the web today. It baffles me how anyone could be so stupid. Did they really think they could steal from King of all people and get away with it? Sheesh.

About the only thing that seems to be going good is the writing. While I haven't hit the NY times best seller list (I have to actually write a novel first), I'm doing better than I expected for my first year. I may even give Nano a shot this year if I can work out a good idea. Still, aside from that one positive thing (OK, two things - my family being the other), everything seems to be rather crappy and I'm finding it hard to muster much enthusiasm for anything.

I did get one piece of good news today. Primeval has been saved from cancellation and will return for a 4th and 5th series. Yay!!

10 comments:

Benjamin Solah said...

That really sucks about losing all of that data. If one good thing can come out of it, I hope people will be reminded to back up better and more often.

And I so am with you on the job front. I'm having similar feelings.

Danielle Birch said...

This is all a bit of a bummer. I hope things start looking up for you soon.

Sophie B said...

Sorry to hear about you losing all that data. I've had similar problems recently with my laptop - lost everything! Great to hear Primeval is coming back though.

Alan W. Davidson said...

You're right, man, pure suckage. Sorry to hear about the loss of the information. Hope the work situration picks up (or changes for the better).

Aaron Polson said...

The purest of suckage. Have a better Wednesday.

Cate Gardner said...

Sorry to hear you're having a bad time. And adding a yay for Primeval, I love that show.

Jamie Eyberg said...

I think we have all been there. We feel you pain and hope it gets better soon.

K.C. Shaw said...

Ouch about losing all that writing, and all the other bad stuff you're having to deal with. I hope things start looking up soon.

BT said...

Ah. mate, what can I say - nothing that will make life better, especially about the writing and the wankers hitting your site.

Maybe an ace agent will read one of your shorts and offer to have a look at a novel idea. Perhaps all your job issues will be solved by becoming a full time writer paid the mega bucks - just don't forget the little people when you do.

Anonymous said...

Just know that I can sing any of The Pirate Movie songs on command, if you ever need them.

Feel our support! :)

-Mercedes