Holy Trinity, computer anxiety and a boatload of books

[matrixrefugee]

It seems the church is staying open indefinately yet again, but there is a catch: this one priest who often says the Latin Mass for us is for some bizarre reason not allowed to offer Mass for us. I swear the goons in the diocesan hierarchy are holding him hostage with the church as the ransom fee. There are times when I am so aggravated with the people in the Church, the hireling shepherds we're stuck with that it's enough to make me want to find a way to split from the Church as an organization and yet still go to Mass and the Sacraments.

And the main reason I haven't been posting on this journal as often as I should: my computer phobia is starting to come back with a vengeance. The little glitches and quirks were getting on my nerves so badly yesterday, it almost gave me a minor anxiety attack. Sometimes it's all I can do just to go online long enough to check my messages. I'd better get this thing in to the Geek Squad at the Best Buy in Danvers, but I'm worried about the cost of repairs. If I just knew someone personally who could help me tweak this thing and make it behave, I'd be much better off.

Some pluses recently: went into Lowell to First Friday Mass and confession with my mom yesterday, and I'm trying to work on the back story for my MxO alt, though I'll admit, my computer anxiety has made it hard for me to collect my whirling thoughts long enough for me to write them down. I've been reading a lot of books lately, to distance myself from these feelings and get my mind onto something else. Thus, I've been finishing a lot of half-finished books I'd set aside: Dante's "La Vita Nuova" (the love story of Beatrice and Dante himself), Mario Puzo's "The Godfather" (I like the movie better, but I love the ending of the book), several of Terry Prachett's hysterical books, including "Mort", "Reaper Man", "Hogfather" (great for the Christmas season!), and "Soul Music", and I just started "Maskerade"; if this guy's wacky stuff doesn't get my mind off my worries, nothing will!

Best of all: It snowed finally! Three inches of fluffy white stuff fell last night and blanketed the ground. Finally looks like winter out there!

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Okay, a question about "The Godfather" since it's been QUITE a while since I read it (loved it, though, and OOh, WHAT a girlish crush I had on Tom Hagen...uh, anyway...): I clearly remember Michael has a broken cheek/nose since his sinus problems are mentioned, but I cannot for the life of me remember HOW that happened. Can you by any chance remember, since you just read it?
~Ruby

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Hee, that was actually the bit where I'd stopped reading, a few months ago when I first picked up the book at a used book sale at the library... ::Goes to check:: Okay... Michael got his face smashed by a crooked police chief who'd tried to arrest him while he (Michael) was visiting Don Corleone in the hospital.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah! Thanks! I knew it happened before he went to Sicily but couldn't remember anything else...shame on me, seeing as one close relative is so obsessed with the stories he named his son after Michael...
~Ruby

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, and this might be an odd suggestion for your computer problems, but why don't you ask around the tech department of your local college to see if they can fix it for a fee? Or, if they can't, if they might know someone who can? Just a thought- I managed to get my old computer fixed by a tech student who got extra credit in class for helping me...
~Ruby