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So, it appears that I'll probably have to reinstall Windows. Imagine my joy. At the moment, I'm still hoping that I'll figure out some way to get at least part of my files before doing so, mainly because if I didn't have that hope I would break down. It's not just the thousands of mp3s, because whatever, I can deal with having to rebuild my music collection, or the hundreds of icons and wallpapers and images I've gathered, or even the papers for school (though I'm dreading the thought of having to rewrite my freakin' statement of purpose). It's all the little things that I saved in Word docs to remember- grocery lists and wish lists and recipes and whatever. It's all my bookmarked sites.

Most of all, it's my fic. Anything finished I've posted to livejournal, so at least that's not gone. I nearly had a breakdown last night, thinking I might have lost all of Clubsoka (which, in its various version and plot outlines and notes, probably totals over 50,000 words), but I somewhere have a hard copy I made a few months ago, and not too much has changed since then. It'll be no fun to retype all that, but at least it exists. I have probably lost entirely several things which weren't finished, including the Saiyuki fic I've been working on.

God, that's depressing.

Anyway. The building I live in is apparently starting a book club, and if you join, they'll give you a free copy of the book. Of course, I am fascinated by this: free book! Unfortunately, they're doing Memoirs of a Geisha, which I've already read and wasn't fond of.

Still. Free book!

Poem spam (ganked from incandescens): Everything Changes by Cicely Herbert.

And finally, a meme, ganked from everyone, but last from esrafil: You post a topic, list, category, whatever, in my comments section (examples: "5 Sexiest Things about Kinomoto Touya" or "Top 5 Songs to Write Smut To") Then, in a separate post, I'll post the answers to all your Top 5 ideas, according to me. Then post this offer in your own journal.