Ate, got robbed, ate some more.

[lettered]

I have drama! Not whiny emo drama either, I have true, juicy drama!

So there I was, eating my gyro at this Greek place where once we dined with Destiny's Child, and while I was in the restaurant, someone bashed the back window of my car, and made off with Against The Day by Thomas Pynchon! This was a book my brother gave me for Christmas! The fourth worst thing about it is I write lots of notes in the margins. The third worst thing about it is I tend to keep cds in big thick books, and I think I had Mercy Brown in this one (eta: Mercy Brown was not in Pynchon, it was in Harry Potter! So YAY). The ironic thing about Bad Thing #3 is Mr. Whosit made off with Pynchon, but left my cds (2 notebooks full of more than 100 cds. They got whatever cds were in Pynchon). I'd say the guy had taste, but that suggests my taste in music is bad, which I don't think it is, because it's mine you know, and also, you have to wait for #1 for the full extent of his awesome discretion. The second worst thing about it is I have to replace my window, and that's going to cost a lot. Bummer.

The worst thing about it was Pynchon was in my bag with my laptop. This guy is now in full possession of a computer full of Buffy porn, Harry Potter porn, that random RPS porn . . . and the back up disk inside that contained back ups of everything I ever did in undergrad. It was in there so I could html my POTO fics to put up for my_daroga. In some ways, this is all my_daroga's fault. Kidding! But anyway, they got the POTO non-porn, too.

Luckily, my dad had a copy of that disk. Also luckily, I'm a great big old loser who hasn't done much original writing in the past year, and that's the main thing I'm always worried about losing when I lose stuff. Some of the little (and most important) I've done is backed up. The rest I can't really even remember, so I'm not too stressed about it.

There were some vids I dl'ed, and some bookmarks I should've put on del.ici.ous, but actually, things are not looking too bad.

The only other thing on there was fic. Lots and lost of unfinished fic! Like that total crack Angel/Spike all human AU where they met as young anarchist terrorists, and Liam taught William to blow things up, and then they meet years later and Liam is Angel, a much more legitimate revolutionary warlord, and Spike is so burned out by all the desertion and betrayals and that stint he spent in prison where Liam never came to save him, that he's a whore for the dark side in both the sexual and the metaphoric sense. Yeah, that fic is gone forever.

And a couple chapters of Best Souvenir (eta: only about two chapters, I think! YAY. I had more backed up than I thought). And whatever I had of the third fic in the War Stories series I'm still trying to do. Since Chrisleeoctaves sent me back all the bits I sent her of my big massive epic thing I still have most of that, so yay, and I still have some other chapters of Best Souvenir, so yay, and for some reason I was always freakishly scrupulous of backing up whatever I have of my Buffy/Connor novella, so yay.

Hopefully it won't be too long before I get a new laptop. Since I'm living at home, I definitely have the money for it, it's just a shame I have to spend it on this. And a shame I have to use this computer because it sucks monkey feet.

SUPER SPECIAL NOTE TO K and samsom: POTO fic won't be up at tkpfics for a while.

SUPER SPECIAL NOTE TO stoney321, redbrickrose or stultiloquentia: could one of you send me back that H/D fic I sent as an attachment, as I don't have that backed up anywhere? Thanks so much. I'd be sad to lose it, even if it *is* 100 pages of H/D with no H/D. I'm sad the 15 pages I wrote since I sent it to you is gone forever! eta: THANKS STONEY!

SUPER SPECIAL NOTE TO brandil: uh, I'll send you that fic when I one of the ladies I've already sent it to forwards me a copy.

I know there are things I will be missing over the next several months, but hey. They didn't steal my car, I'm alive, and it was a really good gyro.

Comments

[kita0610.livejournal.com]

Christ, girlfriend.

I'm so glad you're okay, and that most of the stuff is backed up, though I am of course, really sad about the Spangel crack.

Laptop soon, cause monkey feet stink like, uhm. Monkey feet.

Love to you.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah, I'm really really upset about it, but when it comes down to what I actually lost, it's money and mostly some crack fic. And that book. So, I can't be too upset, especially since I finally got a job last year. I'm going to go ahead and decide on a new laptop this weekend, as I don't really see any reason to wait, and I want to horde up my backed up stuff and see what I really lost and this computer is so difficult it'd be hard to do that on. I think a big part of my upsetness is I was stupid enough to leave it in my car. I can't believe I did that.

I once saw some monkeys giving each other oral sex. It was really interesting, Kita.

Thanks, and I like your duck!

[hannasus.livejournal.com]

Gah, that sucks! I think I'd freak if I lost all that unfinished writing lurking on my laptop that I swear I'll get back to one day even though I know I won't.

What restaurant was it so that I know not to go there?

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I'd had the laptop less than a year (around 8 mos), so it wasn't as bad as it could've been...stuff from old comps is backed up elsewhere, and some stuff from this one is too, so yeah, not as bad as it could've been.

It was at Yia Yia Mary's! OMG, honey, if you haven't been, TRY IT. Just you know, not with your laptop in your car. And if you have been, keep going. I mean, not just because I saw Destiny's CHild there, either. It's super fab. Also? I went LAST NIGHT and my laptop didn't get stolen! Then again, my laptop wasn't in my car last night ;o) Really though, this is my favorite Greek restaurant I've been to in Houston.

[minim_calibre]

I'm glad you're fine, your car will be fine, and that your gyro was really, really better than fine, but...

The only other thing on there was fic. Lots and lost of unfinished fic! Like that total crack Angel/Spike all human AU where they met as young anarchist terrorists, and Liam taught William to blow things up, and then they meet years later and Liam is Angel, a much more legitimate revolutionary warlord, and Spike is so burned out by all the desertion and betrayals and that stint he spent in prison where Liam never came to save him, that he's a whore for the dark side in both the sexual and the metaphoric sense. Yeah, that fic is gone forever.

::weeps::

Man, that would've RULED.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

HEE!!! I was really embarrassed about it, but man, it was fun to write. Because William was this young, like, idealist, and he wrote poetry, but Liam wanted to use him for his propaganda. So Liam completely corrupted him. But Liam was very young too, even younger than Liam actually, but everyone forgot that because he ACTED so tough, because he'd been through a lot. And Liam thought that like, that kind of violence was the only way. And Liam made William read him his poetry WHILE Liam sucked him off. WHILE William still wore his glasses because Liam really liked them.

And then years and years later Angel make Spike wear the glasses while Spike sucks *him* off because he wishes he hadn't corrupted Spike and that Spike was still innocent and Spike never reads any more because he has to wear the glasses and the glasses are a BYGONE ERA because Spike is NO LONGER INNOCENT.

Aww, hell, I'm probably going to rewrite the damn thing anyway. It tickles me so much.

Thanks for your sympathy, hon.

[dlgood.livejournal.com]

Dude. That is sad.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I agree.

[makd.livejournal.com]

damn!

I'm glad YOU'RE okay; that's the important. Fuck the fic.
And you know what? I can't wait to see the look on that fukker's face when he/she pops some cd's into their player and finds out it's not music but porn.

Hmmm. The buffy and angel 'verse may have a new fan... ;-)


::hugs::

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah, I'm glad I'm okay too! Thanks :o)

Well, I don't have any cds with porn on them. The disk that's actually in the laptop itself is all text files, and some pictures of Rome, and shit like that. There's porn on the computer, but it's all text, and somehow I don't see Mr. Theif Man actually reading it. But dude, it would be so funny if he did! I mean, okay, if I was the type to steal laptops? I'd probably check and see what that person was into. Why not? It's definitely amusing to think about, anyway.

Thanks again ;o)

[rahirah]

Jebus. I'd almost rather they steal my car than my computer. I hope the police recover it, though I know that's a long shot.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I guess I should report it. I wasn't going to because my car doesn't have that kind of insurance, but I guess if on the off chance of the laptop ever showing up...it'd probably be wiped, anyway.

Actually, the few times I've left my laptop in my car before, I thought: what if someone stole my car!!!!! And the concern was about my laptop, more than the car. But in the end, the car would be a *lot* more money to replace, and there's just not that much that was really important on my laptop that wasn't backed up. I mean, there's quite a bit, and I'm sad, but not the cost of a car quite a bit.

And thanks.

[femmenerd.livejournal.com]

I'm having some thoughts:

1. GOD, I'm sorry. That's totaly crap.

2. Holy mother of god you are prolific.

3. I find it amusing that you write all these reams of crack but never post it. The fic you post tends to be much more SERIOUS BUSINESS.

4. You brain makes me curious. And happy.

5. I'd say something about monkey sex, but you and Kita seem to have covered that topic.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

2. Aren't I? Dude. I wrote 50,000 words in less than two weeks. Without like, even feeling like I was writing that much.

3. Two main reasons I don't post of the crack: 1. almost all of it is long. Most people duck and cover at WIPs. I don't want to get bugged about finishing some crack, and others, I want people to *try*, so I refuse to post til I'm finished. Then as it turns out, I don't finish. 2. I'm embarrassed by my really dirty porn. Some of it really is only for me. I read it and then I go to my bunk. I read some of it in my bunk, fergodsakes!

4. I want to squish your brain too!

[samsom.livejournal.com]

While I'm happy it wasn't that serious - and god, it's been years since I had a good gyro - I'm really depressed for myself, because some crackhead addict is reading the POTO before *me*.

And god, he won't even properly appreciate it.

Also, I learned way more than I ever thought I would about monkey sex. Now I'm wondering - do girl monkeys have a clitoris?

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Haha! You're a cutie. I like the thought of the laptop nabber sitting there reading my fanfic. Not the HP stuff though, that embarrasses me. I'm just glad my dad says he has a back up of that disk--*all* my old stuff *ever* is on there!

My guess is that most mammals females have clitorises. I mean, when you were all embryonic and stuff, your little chromosomes weren't done telling you whether you were a boy or a girl or not, and the part of you that became your clitoris would've been a penis, had it finally decided you were a boy. That is, if you're not a boy. Are you a boy? I always thought not, but sometimes I read your name as "samson" and go huh? Anyway, the point is, I think that considering the tab A slot B way most things mate, and the processes of like, embryonic evolution and stuff, mean most females have BUTTONS OF LOVE.

And like, huzzah for that. It's so fucking fabulous, I love it.

[crazydiamondsue.livejournal.com]

I'm not mostly upset about the loss of that Spike/Angel crack. Really. I'm feeling really bad for you and your overall loss. And my loss of that story.

Damn! I've had my laptop stolen, and that's just a horrible feeling. All your Buffy porn, other writings, important thoughts...at the mercy of someone else. That's horrible! I'm here if you need to vent. Also - only you could write a post this entertaining about something that horrific. You're the bees' knees. *hugs you*

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thanks so much, Sue. I love your icon it's so sad!

Part of me feels like I should be way more upset. I mean, I'm pretty upset! But...I don't see the point in crying, or getting angry, or anything like that, 'cause I have no one to be mad *at*, and in the end it's just something that happened. And considering that I lead a pretty charmed life, this is one of the more dramatic things that's happened to me personally, so I find myself entertained by it. In like, a really morbid kinda way.

I'm just glad I can afford to replace it, though it sucks that the bucks I've been saving are going to that instead of like, grad school. But it could've been so much worse, so I'm actually feeling rather okay about it.

Thanks again.

[jgracio.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're okay.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thanks, me too!

[semby.livejournal.com]

Oh no! That's just awful. I'm sorry about your laptop. It's pretty sad, but I think in this day and age we can get to the point where we feel like our *whole lives* are in these little machines and the thought of losing it all is absolutely awful. I'm glad you had backups of the really important stuff. I'm sad and mournful about the lost fic :( And also sorry about your book and your window!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a very little part of me was flailing inside with the whole, "my life is over!" bit, but it was a very small part, considering my overall mass. I mean, my writing really is an important part of me, and I'd feel like I lost a part of myself if I had really lost all that, but most of the things I had are recoverable. So this is more like...a colossal inconvenience, and a waste of fifteen hundred dollars or so, rather than any great personal tragedy.

Thanks so much, though.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

What a horrible thing to happen! And how like you to write this as if it were an amusing little thing, nothing much (unless you're much more attached to that Pynchon book than I imagine you are), until wham -- we find out it's not so very amusing at ALL. I'm so sorry!

What a shame that your car insurance doesn't cover the cost at least of your window breakage, if not the laptop. Now I want to check my own policy. I've been going on the assumption it did cover that kind of thing...

So sad to hear about the lost files and stories. What a shame.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I am very attached to the book! But yeah, given a choice, I would've rather lost that than my laptop.

I only have liability insurance on my car. Which I guess means if I hit someone, that's insured.

Yeah, it's sad, but I'm good. I love all these comfort icons everyone's pulling out! Thanks for the sympathy, you know? It's nice.

[chrisleeoctaves.livejournal.com]

The loss of stuff SUCKS...but it it much more important to me that you are okay and hey! you had a really good gyro!
*loves*

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it could've been so much worse. I could've *not* sent you Another One Like It Tomorrow, and then I wouldn't have back ups of what I did send, and I'd be really upset about that. No way I'd ever rewrite it.
Thanks a lot, hon.

[filmnoir6.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're okay, tkp. All of the other things can be replaced--at least you weren't hurt of assaulted.

I'm glad you backed up a number of your written works that were lost (drafts! keep prior drafts!!). I'm also bummed they made off with your book and an awesome CD (maybe Ms. D can send ya another one or )

[tkp.livejournal.com]

They didn't take Mercy Brown! I checked and I still have it! So yay on that front!

And yeah, I've said, it could've been worse. All in all I'm bummed, but I can't really say it's any great tragedy. thanks for you condolences ;o)

[stephanierb.livejournal.com]

Oh man, that sucks. I'm really sorry. I'm glad it wasn't as bad as it could've been, though.

I haven't read all of the comments, but are you sure your insurance doesn't cover the window? Insurance policies generally do unless you don't have comprehensive.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I don't have comprehensive. So, I don't think so. However, someone else mentioned that home owner's insurance can cover stuff like the laptop, even if it was in your car at the time it got stolen. So I'm going to check into that.

Thanks so much, though. And yeah, I'm so happy it wasn't worse!

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Wow. Who knew that theives were so intellectual that they would bust a window just to get at Pynchon. Unless you think the laptop had something to do with it. **g**

Aaron just read his first Pynchon and liked it. I will question him closely to make sure he's not involved.

I weep for the loss of crack!fic.

I have BS through chapter 18 if that helps.

You will be getting the next beta of BS this weekend, even if that doesn't help.

Monkeys do this sort of thing simply because Jane Goodall is a well known monkey porn producer and she had corrupted many to the dark side.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Unless you think the laptop had something to do with it.

Oh, do you think so? Huh!

Aaron just read his first Pynchon and liked it.

Eeee! I'm *so* impressed. I'm so uber impressed. I first read Pynchon senior year of undergrad English and I still don't really get it. But I LOVED it anyway. Which did he read!

Yeah, the BS I'm missing is chapter 19-21, though it turns out I have 19 backed up. Just lost 20 and 21. I have chapters 22-26 or so backed up elsewhere, but they are old versions and need lots of work before they can fit in after the chapters I lost and now have to rewrite.

You will be getting the next beta of BS this weekend, even if that doesn't help.

That's *awesome*! I'm so glad!

Monkeys do this sort of thing simply because Jane Goodall is a well known monkey porn producer and she had corrupted many to the dark side.

Dian Fossey, too. There should be, like, fic about them, in which they are porn producers. Wow. That is so scary.

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

Thank goddess all they got was your stuff. And with your mind, your energy, and your ability to express yourself so exquisitely, whatever ideas were taken will return in some form, soon.

{{{{{{clings to you}}}}}}}}

It's shitty, freaky and upsetting to be a robbery victim no matter what was taken. So don't let people like me try to diminish your experience with stories about the time they took your special underpants and your athame, which you just happened to store in the same drawer as your sex toys, okay? (Yes, that's true. But everyone's got a story.)

I'm so glad you're okay. And Pynchon? Fuck! I would be furious over that, myself!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

And with your mind, your energy, and your ability to express yourself so exquisitely, whatever ideas were taken will return in some form, soon.

Aww, thank you, so much! That's pretty much the most comforting thing anyone's said to me about this whole thing, and everyone on lj's really been so sympathetic about it. The thing is, I do tend to keep most things I write locked up in my head; I can reproduce some of the things I lost without much trouble. That's really nice.

with stories about the time they took your special underpants and your athame, which you just happened to store in the same drawer as your sex toy

OMG. OMG. That is SO freakin' insane. THEY TOOK YOUR SPECIAL UNDERPANTS. wtf?

Yep, I'm sad about my Pynchon. But no one took my UNDERPANTS, yo. At least there's that.

[brandil.livejournal.com]

Oh TKP! My heart is breaking for you. On the flip side though, you could be converting someone to fannish tendencies if only for the porn.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I know! This is my secret hope! Thanks so much. I'm pretty upset about it, but there's nothing I can do, so I guess it's alright ;o)

[elcazavampiros.livejournal.com]

OMG How horrible! I know the feeling of violation you must be feeling well. When we had our laptop stolen, I thought the world would end, but apparently it didn't.

They didn't steal my car, I'm alive, and it was a really good gyro. At least there was a bright side.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah! I mean, there's a flaily bit inside that's like "my life is over!", but I mean, of course it's not. In the end, it's not even that big of a deal, though paying for it all sucks.

At least there was a bright side.

Exactly. That gyro had so much meat, I had to eat some with fork, and that just plain makes me happy.

[redbrickrose.livejournal.com]

Eep! I'm glad you're okay, but I'm so sorry about your computer. I was traumatized when my hard drive crashed; I can only imagine how much worse it would be to have it stolen.

I'm at work (where I shouldn't be playing on lj, but whatever), but I can send the H/D back to you tonight if you still need.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

OMG, hard drive crashes *suck*. It's almost worse to have your computer *there* with you, and not be able toget stuff off it.

Stoney sent me the H/D thing, so I'm good on that front. Thanks so much, though.

[violaclaire.livejournal.com]

Oh, god, that's awful. I'm so sorry about your computer, but at least you're okay.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the sympathy. And yeah, it could've been so much worse, so I'm glad about that.

[seraphcelene]

OMG! That is traumatizing and serious stuff, chica! I'm glad that you're a-okay. Dude. Seriously. You're taking the computer loss very well. And books!! Woe.

But I am very glad that you're okay.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'm upset. Really upset! But not traumatized. THere really isn't much point in getting all worked up about it. In the end, I lost a lot of money, some files, and a book, which just isn't that much, in the scheme of things. I mean, I use my laptop every day, sometimes all day!--so it'll suck not having one for a while, also. But, in the end, I'm glad I'm okay too, and that my parents are okay (they were having gyros, too).

Thanks so much for the concern. It makes me feel better!

[lynnenne]

Man, that sucks all kinds of ass. Especially about the lost fic. I'm glad you didn't lose too much, though.

Can you file a claim with your insurance company for the car window and the laptop? Car insurance should cover the window, and most homeowners' insurance policies will cover any household items stolen out of your car. I got money for my golf clubs when they were stolen out of my trunk.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

I only have liability insurance for the car, which TKDad says doesn't cover the window. But I didn't even think about the homeowner policy covering the laptop! That would be awesome! Thanks for the advice--I'll definitely check into it.

[imnotacommittee.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's terrible, Joy! As others have said, I'm glad you're OK, and it could have been worse. But it's still crap. I don't know what I'd do if my laptop with its meager startings of SoM fic had been stolen.

I'm glad you're all right, and maybe there will be an open window from all this (aside from the kick ass gyro). Your attitude is commendable.

Sending hugs and stuff.

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Hey, thanks so much, A. Speaking of SoM fic I had comments! Five month long over due comments, started, lost. Oy.

The open window is my passenger side rear! *rim shot* But no really, I *do* feel lucky. Worse things can always happen. Just make sure they don't happen to you! /Max

Thanks a lot. *holds on tight*

[canadiangirl-86.livejournal.com]

Yikes. That's pretty scary. I'm just glad you're okay!

[tkp.livejournal.com]

Me too! Thanks, so much.

Love your icon.