Reformat

I am at a lost with my laptop after reformatting.
Damned. I hate an empty laptop.

And now my ipod library is empty.
I do not know how to sync my ipod into the library.
It seems like it can only be done the other way round,
or I am just stupid.
The only way I know is to put all the songs into the
library again, and then sync my ipod again.
But I have deleted most of those MP3s which means
I need to rip them again. ONE BY ONE.
You know how many albums MD alone has.

And then there are those MD and photos files that
take up a lot of space, and I don't feel like having them
in my laptop anymore.
But then I do not trust myself to only have them
backed up in some CD-Rs because I know I will intentionally
place them somewhere which I find very safe
and 1 month later, it gets so safe that I cant
remember where they are.

And I have this bad feeling that maybe by the time
I finally put all the files back into the laptop,
something may just go wrong again.

I mean....with this so called technology,
you never know.

I hate to start anew with new laptops, new MP3s players,
new hps. And I mean, why is trading in and changing
hps the nation's hobby?
I can never bear to part with my old SMSes.

Anyway, just some ramblings, so nobody needs to understand.
The point is...I am very vexed facing my empty laptop now.

PLUS...

I lost all my old links...many trivial MD and xin related links
that are SO important to me. Damned.
I lost the link of the Alice's account of her interactions with
ashin when they were in school.
(Ji, do you have it? I also need the url of ashin's 1st blog)
And I am sure I lost many other important links that
I cannot remember now.

Don't ask me why I did not back up my links.

And again....I cannot stress enough that
I desperately need a new job!