DISASTER.
A LITTLE BOY CHASES A KITTEN BEHIND A SOFA.
AS HIS LAUGHTER INCREASES I TURN TO SEE HIM FALL, HIS FOOT CAUGHT IN A CABLE.
A CABLE ATTACHED TO AN EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE.
A HARD DRIVE THAT CONTAINS MY MUSIC.
ALL OF MY MUSIC.
FINALLY CATALOGUED AND TRANSFERRED FROM VINYL, CASSETTE AND CD ONTO ONE HARD DRIVE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN BACKED UP.
LIKE THAT MOST CLICHED OF CINEMATIC MOMENTS, A GHOSTLY SILENCE FILLS THE AIR AS TIME SLOWS TO A CRAWL THE HARD DRIVE FALLS TO THE FLOOR.
A SINGLE 'CRACK'.
"SORRY DAD."
HOW CAN I BE ANGRY?
I PICK UP THE EQUIPMENT AND HOLD IT LIKE A BIRD WITH A BROKEN WING. THE SOUNDTRACK TO MY LIFE - GONE, LIKE TEARS IN RAIN. (THANK YOU RUTGER.)
TODAY - MY HARD DRIVE GOES TO SEE THE TECH' SURGEON FOR A POST MORTEM. SHE IS DEAD, BUT THERE IS A REMOTE POSSIBILTY THAT SOME OF THE MEMORY MIGHT SURVIVE.
WILL KEEP YOU POSTED - AND KIDS, BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR FILES.
HERBAL T.
5 comments:
Noooooo!
Oh Man.
:( :( :(
I think there's a good chance you'll be able to get a fair proportion of it back from the nerds though. The read/write mechanism is the fragile bit, the data will still be stored on the actual drive. Assuming they can rig up a unit to read the data from your drive, you should be OK. Bar the cost and the necessity of having to buy a new disk that is.
Was Herbal T Jr upset? One day you'll look back at this and laugh. Probably.
The nerds are looking at it Monday. The king of the geeks did a worrying 'sharp intake of breath' when he looked at it which does not bode well. 'Til then, I pace up and down biting my nails to the quick and trying to avoid cigarettes.
Herbal T Jr saw the look on my face and repeated "Sorry Dad." whilst hugging me as I examined the casualty. I told him it was OK, went outside and screamed "Fuuuuuuuuucccccccckkkkk!" which must have unnerved the neighbours. I then poured a large JD and Coke and planned a Dexter style, vigilante killing spree as a catharthic cleansing of any negative thoughts floating around my now spinning cranium - I have not yet reacted on these plans but if geek boy does not come through Didier Drogba will be dodging more than coins. (He is number 7 on the list)
Hope you get some of your music back. I can't imagine the pain you're going through...
Thanks Hot Lunch - it really does hurt but oh well, could be worse.
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