RMA
Since I've been back I've contacted 4 different companies about getting stuff replaced. My DVD drive on my laptop stopped reading DVDs and blank CDs, my mouse's middle button has become harder and harder to use, the external hard drive debacle, and just yesterday my router crapped out when I tried to upgrade the firmware. Dell sent me a new DVD drive through some next-day service. Nothing else has shown up yet. I'm hoping Linksys pulls through with a new router with a quickness because having no wireless sucks.
Still doing crappy briefings till the end of the week. They only suck up an hour of my morning through so it's okay. I took next week off just so I can have more time to wind down and relax.
By the way, owning a copy of Strapping Young Lad's "The New Black" makes it sound that much better. I swear I've listened to it a thousand times.