Well.. we got the new XPS M1730 working again after much struggle and back and forthing with Dell tech support. Still not happy with them at all. We zeroed the drive, reinstalled the OS and had to jump through hoops to get the software drivers. Installed AVG free as the new antivirus software because most people say McAffee fails hardcore.
Also =Sun-Seeker bought me Easy paint tool Sai as a late b-day gift so you'll be seeing more of that stylized, colored line less art around.

Im still waiting very impatiently for my passport kit to arrive, if it comes any later it may cost me hundreds of dollars in visa extension fees... which i'll have to pay if I want to stay in canada. Still have the health checks and police checks to perform but I can't do that till I have my new passport *grinds teeth*

to top it all back home one of my 4 cats has gone missing, Gizmo has been AWOL for a week it seems and when its that long the outlook isn't very good. I think my parents are keeping me in the dark over it though. Im sick with worry. Even if someone else has taken him in I just want him to be ok and not dead on the road somewhere... my poor fatty..

~ Holly