Based on a true story.

I was all set to write a blog entry today that detailed the tragic, autobiographical Lifetime-movie account of a suicidal computer that had flirted with death and the devoted owner who wrestled it back from the brink in a tear-jerking and inspiring display of personal strength. It was filled with suspense, determination, heartbreak, and hope. When all seemed lost, the stoic owner pulled together threads of ingenuity and fortitude from every dark corner of her body and used them to MacGyver her despairing computer back into working condition, with some help from her charmingly techy-yet-accessible friends, and the intellectually dashing computer paramedic who made housecalls. There were some laughs along the way (she wrote a blog entry by hand!), some tears (she was about to lose everything!), and some nail-biting action scenes (her freelance projects threatened to come crashing down around her!), but ultimately it was a story about perseverance, and it ended with smiles of relief and a nice crane shot of a happy household surrounded by trees and birds.

That was my plan. But then I woke up this morning to see a black DOS screen and an Error Message of Death. Again.

I should have known that every successful Lifetime movie has a sequel. Well, and Nancy McKeon.