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Subject: Re: EMERGENCY!!! My 'career' as a BW writer depends on it!!!


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Shifter
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Date Posted: 08:33:21 11/11/01 Sun
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In reply to: Blackwidina 's message, "EMERGENCY!!! My 'career' as a BW writer depends on it!!!" on 08:44:43 11/01/01 Thu

>All right, everyone, I need your help.
>To put it plainly, my computer sucks. It has a 286
>processor, 88 megs of memory, NO internet, Windows
>3.11, and Winword 1.0. Needless to say, this is not
>conductive
>to a young femmes' hobby.
>However, my Mom, also called Her Malevolence, has
>offered to get me a new(er) computer, due to the fact
>that we can get one via payments.
>The problem, however, stems from the fact that she
>refuses to get me Internet access as well. According
>to her(and she HAS watched the Tuna videos, by the
>way), she will NOT be the mother of an addict, whether
>I'm on opium or Lady D's Overdose series.
>You see, she doesn't appreciate the coolness of Beast
>Wars, and the 'discussion' degenerated to the point
>that she WON'T get me a new computer AT ALL, unless I
>can give her 10 good reasons why.
>So far, I've gotten:
>
>1) If I'm writing fanfiction, I'm not out drinking,
>smoking, or causing mayhem.
>
>2) I'm going to need excellent writing skills for
>college, which I'm developing by writing here.
>
>3) I have a HUGE World History research paper over
>Egyptian mythology, and I need to be able to do the
>research.
>
>4) I'm developing the computer skills that SHE never
>got a chance to learn to use when she was in high
>school, and hasn't she always told me that she wants
>better for me than she had a a child?
>
>5) I'll let her use it . . . maybe . . . on the
>weekends that I go to my dad's, of course.
>
>6) It'll keep me from having to continuously use the
>school and library computers all the time.
>
>And that's it. PLEASE come up with something useable,
>and write it either here, or send it to
>blackwidina@hotmail.com.
>
>This also extends to any stuff you have over Egyptian
>mythology.
>
>Thanx a bunch in advance, and show some luv for
>Megatron and Blackarachnia's Oscar Meyer test tube
>bastard, me(or at least my charachter.)


BW, you're better off moving into your own place. Then again, that's my suggestion. If that's impossible, tell her you need the Internet for schoolwork or something just as important. I'm sure she understands.

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