I deleted all the music from my computer and that freed up 20 gigs of HD space. WOO! I seriously have too much music that I don't listen to but don't want to delete because I'm always afraid that I'll want to listen to it in the future. I have the makings of a pack rat. Wait. I already am. Although I think I'm getting better in that department. Throwing things away doesn't cause so much pain any longer. It helps to get rid of that pack rat mentality when you move around so much. Having too much stuff ain't good when you need to pack it all into two (or one) suitcases. Trust me, I know.

Now why would I go and delete ALL my music? Because I transferred them all to my external. :) Now I have an external (300 Gigs man!) plugged in permanently because I've realized that 70 gigs is TOO small, and it's a pain having to constantly go through your stuff and wonder what you can delete (although it's good to do that once in a while). I was planning on transferring the pictures over as well, but I think I'll hold off on that. I have a fear of the ext hd dying and losing all my pictures (my drawn AND taken ones) even though I have a backup in two other countries (burned them to CD in Taiwan and backed up in my WD HD that's with my dad in D.C.). Still! I don't think I've ever been so paranoid about losing data.

I remember with my computer in Taiwan I didn't care if it died (which it did, often) or if my cousin wiped the data from my HD. Except now I kind of regret not backing up those HDs because ... I've lost all my high school pictures (except for the ones I'd managed to upload to the internet). Stupid! Doh! So, now I'm super paranoid about losing my pictures (especially the drawn ones!) and other potentially important data (like my resume, perhaps).

He he he. I don't think my laptop has had so much free space since ... well, for a long time. I wonder if it's happy. Ecstatic. Will run smoother now. Speaking of which! I need to increase the space allocated to my Windows XP so that I can play Maple Story. Will have to find time to do it and hope I don't end up killing the comp. Cross my fingers!

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