(not dead, my fucking PC broke)

...while I was mid-writing the big long post I promised in my last post. blue-screened and then BIOS started saying scary stuff I don't know about. everyone please pray for my hard drive!! (and before that I was on vacation...) anyway, upcoming itinerary: I'd like to rescue the post I was working on, finish it, and post it sometime before april ends. after that, efforts will be concentrated on the…