technical difficulties

yay! my homework is officially complete. of course, i'm still five chapters behind in the reading, but i hope to catch up on that this weekend. speaking of reading, i have five C programming books. yes, five. i had all of them open and on my desk last night as i finished up my assignment. it's crazy. i've never really used C and will probably never again use C after this year, but i have five C books. nuts, i tell you. i discovered another problem with my new and improved xp install: my cd burner no longer works. i've applied all the patches and reinstalled all the software, but every time i try to burn a cd, it freezes at about the 75% mark. i've made five coasters and burst at least that many blood vessels trying to get it to work. gah. at this rate, i should have just got the whole new computer. otherwise, i've been in a really good humour the last couple of days. upbeat and actually kind of perky. i have no idea why. i'm really quite stressed out about a bunch of little shit. i shouldn't be in such a good mood. the cibc run for the cure is this sunday. i'm quite concerned about whether my knee will be able to handle the 5k or not. i could just do the 1k, but then i'd feel like such a loser. regardless, i'm absolutely amazed i managed to get $150 in donations. yay! thank you to everyone who donated (jodi chromey, jeremy, austin, heather champ & mom), the boobies and i are very grateful for your support! heh. boobie support.