/me is shot
Aaanyway. Let's get past that awkwardness so I can talk about my conversation with the Apple tech support. Cuz it was weird and wonderful.
I installed updates on the iMac, restarted it, and then... nothing. It wouldn't boot up the OS. The loading gear just kept spiiiinning. This was around 10 pm Thursday. Naturally, I couldn't sleep and just stayed awake until the Apple Tech support opened at 6 am. and I called them up at 6 on the dot.
I got this dude who seemed like a patient and friendly tech support guy. He started taking me through processes to hopefully get my comp to boot. I had to do a lot fo restarting and waiting... and since I hate awkward silence, I started some awkward conversation. Then it got more fun (as I watched progress bars on the comp).
So I found out dude was Canadian and I mentioned the pics of Stephen Harper and the sweatervests and kittens (insert his shock at an American knowing who Stephen Harper is) .... and he said I couldn't have seen pictures because Stephen Harper was a vampire (is every Canadian in on this joke or something?!), and of course I made G20 jokes.
During the hour I spent on the phone, we made fun of Lithuania (stop being so contradictory, Lithuania) and Europe in general, he said Vancouverites were tweakers and said Toronto was better, we agreed that I wasn't really on the phone and was actually getting tech support from the Canadian igloo god in a dream vision. At some point, I said I drew comic books and dude was stoked and said he wanted to open a comic book store cuz he was a comic book nerd.
Best tech support call ever. Also Canadians are adorable.
And my iMac works now. It was my fault anyway. I'm never putting off update installs ever again. Also, I just ordered a 1 TB external hard drive. :T
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But hooray for Canadians! Don't let him lead you astray, the Torontonians are the tweakers - Toronto's full of snooty rich kids raiding their mom's coke stash, if the mass exodus of university students to the east coast are anything to go by. Vancouverites otoh are way chill.
I think I will have to venture forth to Vancouver and Toronto one day to find out for myself.
I'll get you next time, Gadget!
Tweaker: Most commonly known as a speed/meth addict.
Toronto tech guy is not a fan of Vancouver, man.
In fact, I was under the impression that no one else in Canada likes Toronto except for Torontonians.
I COULD BE WRONG.
I don't know, both city's downtown smell like something. It's true, the rest of Canada don't like Toronto. From my experience it sounds like Toronto is the centre for a lot of things but other Canadian cities don't want to admit it "what's so special about Toronto why is everyone going there?" that sort of thing.
Oh my god beanclam where are you visiting in Canada? By the word outine and beavertail, I assume somewhere Ontario-y Quebec-y...? That's far, from California I mean.
Oh man... is that the only place I can get poutine and beavertail? Nuuu. ;_;
I'm visiting some people in Seattle and they're taking us to Canada. We're possibly going to Vancouver?
You will love Vancouver, it's a very pretty city (prettier than Toronto...). I miss the bastardized sushi and Taiwanese food there...*sob**sob*
it's not a joke the man is a daywalker