UPDATE!  Ok, remember how I told you that my power cord was all fuckered up?  Well it appears as if the prong in the center of the power cord broke off in the laptop.  Groovy.  To say I was embarrssed when the my Genius, Tomas, told me what was wrong would be an understatement.  However, Tomas was very cool and said they had the parts to replace the power port and my power cord.  Too bad it’s going to set me back $115.  Sheesh!  But on the bright side, I left it there last night around 7pm, I got a call at 9am that it was fixed and ready to be picked up.  How groovy is that!

God bless Mac!

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So I’m having computer problems, which totally and utterly blows.

I have a mac and let’s say my power cord has seen better days (currently wrapped in duck tape to keep from falling apart). But now it seems my damn laptop won’t hold a charge. So I have to take it in to the store to see if its, 1) the cord, 2) the laptop, or 3) the cord and the laptop.

Tonight, I have an appointment with the Genius bar at the Mac store in Clarendon. Generally speaking I find the genius bar to be, well… genius. You schedule an appointment online, you show up at the appointed time and you talk with a tech support export, they figure out whats wrong with your computer and either fix it on the spot if they can, or send it off and have it fixed.

It’s a wonderful idea! Except when it’s the last week before Christmas and I’m going to have to find parking in Clarendon and fight mad-middle aged women desperate to get their kid the newest ipod…

*sigh*… pray I survive the night.