on a complete side note, Tx State just advanced to the next round of the playoffs, we're in the finals, win this game, and we play for the national championship, go bobcats! almost had a nervous breakdown at work yesterday. i dont really know why, it was nothing i could exactly put my finger on, everything *felt* like everything, was just unbearable. i think if i'd been in drive-thru another 10 mins, i would've cracked, i could feel it rising. i dont remember being this fragile before. nearly cried when i got home. i havne't cried in years. not one of those "guy things" just, i just can't anymore. despise feeling crazy. on a side note, i want a new puter. this little crate's nice, but it's starting to show it's age. 3-4 is old for a computer, and in anothersix months i'll be totally obsolete. normally i'd just replace adn upgrade, but we're talking about the processor here, and doubling the amount of ram, and probably a new video card. one, it's a dell, and dells are silicon perfection out of the box as is. well, i tinker. and i upgrade, and i can't help but feel like i can feel teh perfomance hit everytime i swap something out. and i have *no idea what chipset i should be looking for wiht this motherboard. barely found the video card i have now. problem is, this motherboard is last generation, meaning i'm missing a dedicated videocard slot. in non dorkese that means it's not going to work as well as one with "dedicated slot" even if the two cards look the same, there's going to be a fair performance difference. so, ya. gn/bn is that a new crate would only put me back around 500-600, but that's still a big chunk. wow, i've been in college so long, i've got more hours than i'm allowed and still get financial aid for. in short, i'm paying my own way from here out. still no idea what i want to do. waa waa, boohoo, poor me, change the channel already. i hadn't heard of the peterpan complex, but...it really sounds accurate...T_T