Mar 31 2006
Start!
60 mins: drive to and from Fed-Ex. Read Sony’s reassuring ‘we’ll help you when its bad‘ message on the box. I hope its not a confidence vote in their equipment…
5 mins: to unpack the little beauty christened ‘Darling’ from her box of big open spaces. Easy access packing, nice work Sony!
0 mins: Read the instructions, warranties, etc. I don’t think so! I’ll leave that to Matrix (fluffball). No 6-pack of CD’s? Tinkerbell came with CD’s for Windows, AOL, System Recovery, Antivirus and 5 times the wieght in documentation!
5 mins: plug everything in, press the power button and wait to be asked all those IMPORTANT questions. Wow, so easy!
10 mins: Say ‘Yes’ to WAY TOO MANY questions that are important to someone. Not me. It’s torture I tell you! How can anyone seriously expect me to read this stuff? I am much too excited…. Stop asking me questions and show me the goodies!
700000 mins: BOOO! Re-Start! mania. EVERYTHING and their cousins twice-removed got ‘out of date’ while Darling waited for me in the Sony storehouse. You know dates can be troublesome. Then there’s my distaste for that sticky AOL thang. It’s worth avoiding sticky-clinginess. These all told me to restart:
- Windows Update
- Office Update
- Norton Antivirus Live Update
- AOL uninstall
Then you have to smile at the antispyware program that proudly announces it doesn’t require a reboot to get updated. Well done antispyware program 
After much booting and geeking around Darling made the pinkier first step into the land of creative accessorizing, oh YES….
Start!
Eek! I love it! PINK! And I love the bag. PURPLE! **distracts Wendy while I nab the cutest laptop EVAR**
Cute combo!