What a rotten application of one's self.

I am a computer user. I have been a computer user for a great many years and have collected literally tens of files that I would be upset if I lost. Just last night I noticed that I somehow picked up a virus and spent the next seven hours fighting with it to no avail.

When I get home I have made plans to un-and-reinstall Symantec Antivirus with the Internet disconnected, and if that doesn't do the trick. I will. Reformat.

I should be able to back things up, but that's still depressing. Reformating is like admitting you're a bad parent. Yeah, I could've kept the computer free of viruses, but I was too busy reading snarky music reviews on Pitchfork and telling some guy at MIT why Fantastic Four wasn't that bad. Now I guess I'll just kind of, you know, hit the reset switch. I'm declaring bankruptcy on my computer.

M.C. Hammer declares bankruptcy, I don't.

But I'm going to save as much as I can/need. My archive of cancelled comedy shows and funnygiggle cartoons will hopefully live on to entertain generations of illegitimate children.