I'm so sucky with computers that this new layout is like navigating some foreign site to me.
6 days of class left.
My life is upsidedown right now.
I fill it with everything I can. That means no time on here because this is down time and I'll have none of that.
Someone close to me is in the hospital and no I don't want to talk about it, but that's why if I seem distant, I am.
"This house is like Russia, with ice cold and grey, you got me moving in a circle, I dyed my hair [black] today.
I just want a little passion, to hold me in the dark, I know I got some magic, buried,
buried deep in my heart, yeah.
But my priest says You ain't saving no souls,
my father says you ain't making any money,
my doctor said you just took it to the limit and here I stand with [these scissors] in my hand.
You can say it one more time what you don't like.
You can say it one more time.
Let me here it one more time, then have a seat while I take to the sky."
6 days of class left.
My life is upsidedown right now.
I fill it with everything I can. That means no time on here because this is down time and I'll have none of that.
Someone close to me is in the hospital and no I don't want to talk about it, but that's why if I seem distant, I am.
"This house is like Russia, with ice cold and grey, you got me moving in a circle, I dyed my hair [black] today.
I just want a little passion, to hold me in the dark, I know I got some magic, buried,
buried deep in my heart, yeah.
But my priest says You ain't saving no souls,
my father says you ain't making any money,
my doctor said you just took it to the limit and here I stand with [these scissors] in my hand.
You can say it one more time what you don't like.
You can say it one more time.
Let me here it one more time, then have a seat while I take to the sky."
COMPUTER STUFF
1. Update your web browser and operating system! (I'm talking to Windows users, here, since Mac users are less likely to have problems with the new SG)
-- for Firefox, make sure you're using 1.5.0.x - get it here (and honestly, I'd recommend using it anyway -- there are still some Internet Explorer bugs the tech staff is working to fix, but Firefox works fine)
-- for Internet Explorer, make sure you're using the newest version with all the patches. Just go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download everything it detects you need
-- for Windows users, just go to http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com and download everything it detects you need. It might take a while, but you need to do it. It's like going to the dentist. Just get it over with.
2. Update your Flash Player!
-- Firefox users, make sure you've got the newest Flash Plugin
SITE STUFF
1. Where are my bookmarks? -- Click "HOME" under your name at the top right-hand side of the page. Your bookmarks are accessible in the "Manage My Stuff" bar.
2. But I can't click on anything in the Manage My Stuff bar! -- see the computer update section above. ::edit:: Looks like that's a bug in Internet Explorer -- tech staff knows about it and will fix it. Until they do, try using Firefox.
3. Where are my Friends' Journals? -- Click "HOME" under your name at the top right-hand side of the page. Your friends' journals are viewable below the "MESSAGES" box. Only three journals are displayed at a time -- to see the next page of your friends' journals, click the right arrow above "READ MORE." The page won't reload, but the journals will appear. Be patient -- it's a bit slow right now.
I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING! AAARGH!
Change is scary, I know. Just spend some time clicking around and you'll figure out where everything is. It does make sense after a while, I promise.
HOLY CRAP, THE COLORS ARE TOO LIGHT!
Yeah, it looked like ass on my laptop, too. I messed with the gamma in my color settings (Right-click anywhere on your Desktop, select "Properties" in the box that pops up, and after that it depends on your computer and graphics card, but it's usually somewhere under "Settings" and then "Advanced") and it looks better. Without messing with the gamma, it looks just fine on my nice flat-panel monitor at work, and on other regular monitors, but still kinda fucked on my laptop. You Mac users, I know it looks fine on yours. Fuck you.
WHY IS IT SO SLOOOOOW?!?
Well, it's a brand new thing, and they're still working out all the kinks as everybody starts using the brand-spankin'-new feature-heavy version of SG. Expect things to get back to normal soon as the tech team works out all the bugs.
And congrats on graduation!