AKA "I Finally Got a New Computer, How Does This Work?"
Back in early October, I think, (whenever it was that Walmart started this year's layaway), I put down a all-in-one HP desktop computer. Last weekend, I finally finished paying it off. And then after setting it up and starting it, I realized it came installed with Windows 8 (which I should have known it would because that's the most current Windows, but still, Lord help me). I hate Windows 8 so much because it has those stupid fucking squares things, rather than the nice little pull-up menu all of the Windows before it had. And it came pre-installed with a bunch of apps I don't need and definitely don't want (like ridiculous games and extra programming), so I had to spend a ton of time removing all the extras I don't want. :(
This was the first time I bought a computer from a store, rather than straight from the website (like Dell.com) and this is the first time I've owned an HP since household computers were common. (My mistake, our first computer was actually a Packard-Bell, which I'm not sure even exist anymore. Do you remember when computers opened to a black screen and you had to type in commands to get it going? AaaahhH! Or when you had to put in the floppy disk for your game and type in the /start /run commands to get it going. Holy shit, have computers come a long way.)
Anyway, right now I'm stuck learning how to navigate through Windows 8 and I'm looking for a way to make it look as much like Windows 7 as possible without actually having to downgrade back to actual Windows 7. :(
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In other news, I also found myself in JC Penny's this weekend and I picked up a couple of new boots from the Arizona clothing/shoes company for just $36 dollars total (because I found a $10 off coupon at the register, no wonder all those old people are always flocking to that store). And I bought a couple of those $8 jeans from Forever21, so all-in-all it was a good shopping experience.
(Sorry about this nonsense. It's just me testing out working on an actual keyboard in a long time and it's weird and awkward and clunky and the keys are spaced too far apart and I actually have to look at the keyboard when I'm typing now.)