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The Home Page. Date: Sun., 22 June 1997
Subject: The Saga of a Steel Magnolia in Silicon Valley
Hi All,
The Steel Magnolia goes New Age! Yes friends, in my last moments in California, I have to admit that I have been touched by the New Age Mania. I got a real treasure this week...a crystal ball. But, not just any crystal ball. A rose quartz crystal ball, not one of those ordinary ones. Oh my. I felt the power emanating from it as soon as I touched it. Miss Katherine said that it was because it had been sitting in the sun but I didn't believe her. I knew it had the power, I just had to unlock it.
Well now, this made me ponder the mysteries of the universe. Surely my crystal ball was magic and must possess magic powers that would reveal the universal mysteries to me.
So, I set began to experiment on how to use my magic crystal ball. I put it on top of my computer to see if it would heal the bad case of WIN95 that it acquired. No luck. It rolled off and dented the table top before I could catch it. My first thought was something like, 'Mess with me.....'. So I used duct tape to secure it to the top of my computer...lots of duct tape. I left it over night and the bugger still had WIN95 in the morning. It took a little while to cut all of the tape off, but I managed it any way.
After I cut all the tape off the computer, I sat down with it in my lap to ponder my next course of action. I didn't sit long. The stone was cold and I was wearing shorts...Yeaoooooooo! Never hold an ice cube between your knees if you can help it. No, I'm not so tough that I plan to sit on it until it warms up either.
Onward. Okay, I've read about crystals enhancing your mental powers. Well, the thing is a little big to wear around my neck, so I put it on top of my head. But, I caught it before it fell off and broke something, like my leg. So, I got the duct tape back out. No, I didn't tape it to the top of my head, but I thought about it. Okay, so I put the tape up. NEXT!!!
I guess I'm just not new age material, so I'll have to put my crystal ball in with my other treasures and think good thoughts about the friend who sent it to me. Maybe I should tape it to my NordicTrak for inspiration. Oh well.
I still hate WIN95 and my computer still inhabits hardware hell. Last weekend was filled with 'Drive A Not Valid' and other messages of doom. So, I packed it up and took it back to the techno nerds and told them to fix it right this time or I was really going to have a bad hair day. Yeah though I walk through the 'Valley of Techno Torment' (trying to get out of the blasted computer super store), I will fear no evil. For I am The Steel Magnolia. And, on the third day, the computer rose again (They called to tell me that the new motherboard had to be replaced because it wasn't quite sane. Golly...I could have told them that.). But the computer was still bad and begat not even one hand calculator for all of my efforts. Bad Computer...BAD, BAD. Well, I got the beastie home, it asked for the keys to the truck on the way home. Pouted just like Katherine, too, when I declined the request. Maybe I'll tape the crystal ball on top of it again. It still has a bad case of WIN95 and I have a headache. I need lots of chocolate.
My plans for WIN95 are positively grim, delightfully, deliciously evil. Indeed. I plan on having a 'rip WIN95 out by the roots' party in Texas. Any one want to come and play? That is...if I don't do it sooner....
Miss Katherine rented 'Michael' this last week. My take on it was 'The Odd Couple Does The Pearly Gates'. Not bad, cute if you are in the mood for cute.
I spent yesterday supporting my local mechanics as I went on the rounds of getting the truck serviced and a trailer hitch put on. The computer is not riding in the truck with me, it has been bad and will ride in back with the other baggage.
This will be my last posting until I get to Texas. I hope to have lots of stories about the trip.
Today is also my 23rd wedding anniversary. Hopefully very soon, I will get to celebrate it with Tbear (who is the other half of my heart and soul). Besides, he also feeds me chocolate. Oh my!
Take care and write when you can.
If you would like to trade stories, email me at steel_magnolia@mindspring.com
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