about

===IN THE THIRD PERSON:===
Meet Kathryn: burlesquer, model, actor, ukulele-er, fantastic cook, and font of wise words and amusing anecdotes. She loves to listen to you and, if she can, help you with your troubles, or, if she can't help, direct you to someone who can. And that's why you're here, no? ~grins~

Kathryn is a person of wide and varied experience. Her only routine is to try something new every day. She has met many people in her travels from many different backgrounds, countries, and expertises. "Knowledge junkie" is something Kat frequently calls herself.

===THINGS I FEEL QUALIFIED TO GIVE ADVICE ABOUT:===
***romantic relationships
***general and nutritional health (I disclaim: I am not a doctor, nor a certified nutritionist yet...I merely have read a lot, experienced a lot in my own life, have personally heard testimonials on a variety of health issues and healthy lifestyle practises, and am a yoga instructor and Ayurvedic health consultant)
***sexual health
***technology (computers specifically, but other techie things like me too ^_^)
***philosophy, theology, and psychology
***social issues
***crafty artsy thingies (excuse the technical jargon)

===POSSIBLE POLITICAL/IDEALOGICAL CONFLICTS WITH YOUR OWN VIEWS:===
*I was raised as a Catholic (the Roman kind), I went to Catholic parochial grade school, I attended a Catholic high school (a Sacred Heart school), and now I attend a Catholic Jesuit university. Although I don't call myself Catholic or Christian, I respect and acknowledge the good things I was raised with.
*I am not prejudiced against any ethnic, socioeconomic, or cultural background.
*I am not prejudiced against any religion or spiritual path, including a lack of one (atheism, don't-give-a-damn-ism).
*I am not prejudiced against any sexual orientation or gender identity. I myself am romantically and sexually queer, physically female, mentally gender-f***ed. If you ever want to talk about sexual orientation and/or gender identity, don't hesitate to contact me! I am working toward a sexology degree, and these things interest me immensely!
*I don't care for politics very much, but I respect the people who are wise with their words and respectful to others.

===SOME QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME (BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY ASK YOUR QUESTION):===
"You're only 24! You don't know anything about the world. How could you possibly give me advice on anything?" Perhaps I am fairly young to be giving advice to people. But I do know this: everyone who has ever come to me looking for counsel has always told me, either during or right after our "sessions", that I am not overly critical, that I am honest and fair, that I am sensitive and understanding, that I am open-minded and tolerant, that they can count on me to give a good outside objective perspective, and (something I think is most important in being an advisor) that I am a good listener.

"What types of things do you give advice on?" Well, I can give you advice on almost anything, really. If I personal experience with what you're asking about, I'll patch it through. If I don't, I'll put in my two cents and let you know where you can get more firsthand knowledge.

"Why do you write sooooo muuuuuch?"
I'm a writer, I blabber sometimes, heh. I do take a lot of care in my writing though, I want to give you a well-thought-out answer. But the other reason I write so much is because I don't want to give you a one-sentence reply, unless it's to a very black-and0white question like "What time does 'House' air on Tuesday in Cincinnati?"

===IN CLOSING:===
You got questions? Lemme at 'em!

I wish you all lives filled with tasty food, goofball antics, and people you love to share them with you.

~*Kathryn*~

advice

About a month ago my friend fixed my old computer so that it would work again and I could have a computer in my room. It is a Windows 2000 Professional and it has been working without any problems for about a month now. However, today it started going weird.

First the mouse went crazy and wouldn't move right, it was just jumping all over the screen and opening random boxes. I restarted it and it worked fine again for about ten minutes before it started doing the same thing as it had done before. I restarted it again and the same thing happened, this happened about five times before it was okay.

I did a virus scan on it but the same thing as before happened a couple of times, although I was able to fix it without restarting the computer both times.

Then suddenly the mouse froze. Everything I tried failed so I restarted it. This time the mouse wasn't there at all, it wasn't even showing up on the screen. I restarted it a few more times but the mouse still isn't showing up.

I spoke to the friend who originally fixed it but he has no idea what is wrong with it.

This is a huge problem because I need that computer for schoolwork and I can't use my family's computer often.

Please answer as soon as you can because I really need to fix this problem.

well crap, that really sucks! :P curse you bill gates, curse you and all your billions! actually, no. curse his programmers. curse you bill gates' programmers, curse you for being lazy and writing 100 lines of choppier code instead of writing 50 lines of better code!! um. yes. sorry...

ok, if i had to guess, i would say that either your mouse drivers are freakin' out (need to be updated, got corrupted, etc.), or you've got an overload of temporary files that you could get rid of in disk clean-up (although i can't remember if they have that in windows 2000), or you may need to defragment your harddrive.

but i'd rather not guess and inadvertantly screw your computer up more, so if you'll give me some more information about your computer, the programs on it, etc., i'd be happy to email back and forth and guide you through some troubleshooting. or, if it's after 5 oclock/4 o'clock central ^_^ then you can reach me live through googletalk, AIM, and YM.

ready, willing, and able to fulfill your techie needs,

~*kitty*~

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(Rating: 5) Thanks for your help but I've managed to fix it now :]
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