When it rains, it pours.

I'm not talking about salt. I'm talking about life.

Seriously. This week has started out swimmingly (I only use words like this when I'm sarcastic) - yesterday was uneventful other than a not-so-bad pop-quiz in one of my classes, but today has seriously brought the suck factor to a whole new level.

First of all, I got a ticket that I'm pretty sure I didn't deserve. Here's the story: I put 21 minutes in a meter at 3:03 PM, went into a store, came out at 3:23 PM, and drove off. That was when I noticed this white thing tucked under my windshield, flapping around just to spite me. I pulled over, checked out the ticket, and it said "Parking violation...blah blah blah...issued at 3:08 PM). Wtf? So I drove back to the meter to get proof that I had paid, but it had already expired. I swear, some bitter old meter maid issued tickets before the meters ran out of time, then ticketed cars exactly when the meters ran out. I hate Lafayette.

When I came home, I turned on my laptop and within a few minutes an error message came up that said "No Disk - Windows: Exception Processing Message...blah blah blah." That was weird, so I went online to find the source of the error. NORTON ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE: the king virus you install on your computer to get rid of other viruses. It turns out that Norton can mess up your system because of glitches in its setup/updating processes, so that's what happened to my computer. Segway-slash-not really: Norton effs up registry values on your computer, and when you try to uninstall it (which is very difficult), it tears a jagged hole in your system. So basically, I uninstalled Norton from my computer (links on how to do this at the end), had to fix everything it left in its wake of destruction, and reinstalled a different antivirus thing on my computer. I was ready to take a nap, but then I noticed a notification that I had a new virus on my computer. This one was pretty nasty, and I think I got it in the interim when I was deleting Norton from my computer. This whole process took me the whole afternoon.

And to top it all off, I have an interview for a graduate program at my school tomorrow. I'm not prepared at all, so wish me luck.

Links:

http://www.consumingexperience.com/2007/11/windows-no-disk-exception-processing.html

http://bleuken.i.ph/blogs/bleuken/2007/06/29/viruses-that-uses-autoruninf/