I’m never going to finish my next WMC virtual season ep, that’s all there is to it. I thought that I would finish it on Saturday. Wrong! I thought that I would finish it on Sunday. Wrong! Then I was positive I would finish it by last night. Um… no. So, this morning I get out of bed and I sit down and I write for four and a half hours straight, working twenty pages to good enough so that I can go back and try to get them just a little more perfect.
Now, I don’t know how this happened. It was one of those freak things where it just happens, and you think to yourself, “Uh, what the fuck just happened?”
Somehow I managed to close my unsaved file.
Now I know what you’re thinking. What about the pop-up box, that little saving grace that’s supposed to save you from committing utter stupidity without warning? I don’t know what to tell you. My file was open, then it was closed, unsaved, and I LOST EVERYTHING!!!!! Every single thing I had written today.
Now I need Valium.
November 4th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Oh God, Riley! I’m so sorry! I hate when that happened. And not to ask a stupid question, but did you intentionally try to close Word? If not, did you go back in? I know that sometimes if Word shuts down unexpectedly, it’ll sometimes bring up an autosave copy of the document. You’ve probably already tried that, though. I know it’s saved my hiney multiple times.
My heart is breaking for you. HUGS AND KISSES! I would also wholeheartedly support a prescription for valium for you. Love you lots.
November 5th, 2008 at 3:48 am
I feel sick. That story makes me feel physically ill, just reading it. You must be gutted.
*gives you big huge super-sdooper hugs*
*and some fairy floss, because it’s sweet and fluffy and will make you feel an entirely different kind of sick*
November 5th, 2008 at 4:39 am
Upping my archaeological search for that elusive genie and magic lamp. Of course the three more wishes clause will not come into effect for that. And if I saved a wish for myself I’d probably waste it so… Actually… I ‘wish’ Random Riley’s unsaved WMC VS epsiode was recovered and perfectly unharmed with a clause for auto-saving every couple of minutes.
My fingers are crossed.
Until then, knock back a rum and let the fightin’ drink do it’s work.
Maybe watch a few WMC episodes to boogie you on back in the groove.
November 5th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
i love you, i love you, i love you, i love you, i love you!!!!
i’m sooooo sorry!!!!!
i believe in you, riley!
by the way, i thought the last episode was awsome!
November 5th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Sending hugs. It sucks so much when things like that happen, I’m sorry.
I know you’re going to be great in the end, but I also feel with you right now.
November 5th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Urrgh. I hate that, but there is the recovery file if you closed down without saving? As my buddy would say “how about a cup of tea…?”
November 6th, 2008 at 1:48 pm
I assume I intentionally closed Word only because it didn’t recover when I immediately reopened it. Like I said, I don’t know what in the hell happened.
Gutted… that’s a good word for it. I was going to compare to having a baby ripped from your arms on the street, but I figured there would be an uproar. I’m not talking about lifelong suffering. Just the initial shock.
Thanks for the love, Tara
And thank everybody else. I’m thinkin’ maybe the rum in the tea?
November 6th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
That sucks, but I’m sure everything’s still on your cerebral hard drive.
You can do this. You’re Riley. You once wrote an entire 50-page WMC script in 24 hours. And it was pretty damn good if I recall.
How’bout I send a couple of cute cheerleaders your way. One brunette, one redhead? I ‘ll make sure not to employ the same agency that screwed up my skywriting message.
November 6th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Heh… I appreciate the encouragement and the offer, but if you send those cheerleaders over here there’s no way in hell I’ll get anything done
November 6th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Just came back from work to see… you did it! yay!