Okay so I've been a bit on and off over the past couple of days. Basically, my laptop couldn't hang on any longer and, for the most part, refused to turn on. And on the rare occasions that it did, it was incredibly unstable. It was a problem with the motherboard and therefore not much I could do about it in terms of repair. I did manage to salvage the hard drive though so all the important stuff is okay.

This turn of events spurred me to put in an order for a new computer. The new computer that I've talked about for years now.

It's here. It's mine. I'm using it right now.

Yay.