Four months no bloggie, what could possibly bring our Naomi Skosh Vickie Diablos back? If getting a semi-scholarship privilege invitation from the Uni couldn’t; if achieving the “Kind of a Big Deal” title in Guild Wars couldn’t; if becoming a land owner for the first time in Second Life couldn’t; if finally managing to run Command & Conquer The First Decade on the computer after an 8-month struggle couldn’t; if experiencing a cockroach dropping from nowhere and crawling on my nekkid bum in the shower couldn’t…
Oooh I know! How about witnessing the motherboard of my only computer burst into flames, literally?
Woe!
Vickie Diablos is a postgraduate student in Health Informatics, a hardcore gamer geek and a socially awkward logic and science nerd. She thought keeping a "cool blog" would make her a cool person. Alas. 
Dee
11 Apr 2007
4:00 pm
All I’ve got to say is… damn. o_O
Though also grats on the other achievements (except maybe the cockroach on the bum).
Kaz
13 Apr 2007
2:43 am
Woah! That must so suck! Congrats on getting the invite thing from Uni! Oh also for the other things as well, I’ve never played those.
Lyn
15 Apr 2007
11:40 am
Wow! Congradulations on the semi-scolarship thing!!
Your computer did what????
Awwwno. Let me scream out in a-g-o-n-y for you. X(
That some crap, my dear. I’m sorry about that.
And then let me scream out in terror for you cuz of tha roach! Dang that’s scary! That happend to my sister once.
Buuuuuuuuuut congradulations again on the gaming achievements!
Angela
16 Apr 2007
8:53 pm
Holy cow! Thats crazyness!
Jenny
16 Apr 2007
8:53 pm
A cockroach on your ass?! OH MY GOD!! I would have died. Literally. Omg they’re so nasty.
Congrats on the scholarship too.
And about your motherboard…that had to suck big time. I’m so sorry.
Kelly
18 Apr 2007
11:46 am
A computer bursting into flames?!!! Wow!
Grax
18 Apr 2007
7:03 pm
Sorry to hear about your motherboard getting destoryed. Still at least you appear to have a new one and are back into the Internet community.
Land owner on Second Life you say… Hmm… I’ll have to see if I can hunt you down.
Christine
19 Apr 2007
5:16 am
Heh. My motherboard did more than that. When I had it replaced, I hope Apple sent it back to the depths of hell from which it came!
Krissy
19 Apr 2007
7:40 pm
Minus the roach and the flames, congratulations
Melody
20 Apr 2007
8:34 am
The fire and the cockroach incidents do sound very tragic, yet they also sound too comical not to write about. I feel sorry for you, but they brought you back so I’m half thankful. Congrats on the invitation and the progress!
Sophie
21 Apr 2007
2:38 am
Seems like you’ve been busy!
Congrats on the uni scholarship [=
ewww cockroach??
that must have been an unpleasent experience!
Brenda
21 Apr 2007
4:39 am
Congratulations on achieving the scholarship!
-bighug.
Anyway, you’ve been missed!
Chenoa
23 Apr 2007
2:51 am
Congrats on everything! – except the cockroach and fire, of course.
Steph
24 Apr 2007
6:50 am
omgsh, your computer caught fire
I would probably cry if that happened to me:P
congrats on everything else though
well except the cockroach thing
that must have been unpleasant
Nicole
24 Apr 2007
5:27 pm
Congrats on getting the semi-scholarship thing!
Well anyways, sorry to hear that your computer’s motherboard busted…literally?!?!?!? Oh my gosh. I’m truly sorry to hear that!
Sarra
25 Apr 2007
4:03 am
OMG if that ever happened to me I would have freaked out..
Krystalistic
25 Apr 2007
5:53 pm
That Actually happened to your Motherboard ?? Wow. Congratulations on your Scholarship :0)
Tina
26 Apr 2007
9:39 am
wow 4 months
and i thought i was bad LOL but glad to see your back!! and congrads on a scolarship!!
Ashley
28 Apr 2007
11:25 am
WHOA. O_O Poor motherboard.
Congrats on the semi-scholarship!
Melinda
28 Apr 2007
7:08 pm
Eep! Bad luck about the motherboard. But, congrats on the other stuff! My brother plays Guild Wars. He’s quite addicted, so that means no computer time for Melinda ;_;!
Michael
29 Apr 2007
5:40 am
Thanks for the comment! And i dont know what i would do if my motherboard did that,
shruti
30 Apr 2007
10:05 pm
it sounds weird, but yup, i did actually fall off a train
but don’t worry, it wasn’t moving
janelle
1 May 2007
3:11 pm
congratulations on the semi scholar thing
Amy
1 May 2007
9:05 pm
Wow it sure sounds like a lot has happened in your life in four months! Congratulations on all the fabulous achievements! I believe that if you haven’t blogged in a while, you get into a habit of it, so even if something good comes along, you’re too lazy to blog about it.
Bethy
3 May 2007
1:18 am
Holy crap o_O That sounds really scary! Oh, and well done on the scholarship – I was looking at the University of Sydney, but the course I want to do isn’t available to international students
Anyway, congratulations!
Precious
3 May 2007
10:43 am
Holy SHAT, are you serious?
.. Although, if I think about it, having a cockroach drop on me would deliver a more tragic, horrific, and devastating chain of events.
Amanda
4 May 2007
1:02 am
holy crap that does sound scary!
ashley
4 May 2007
2:47 pm
well, k well I guess I won’t ask why you were naked,
Anyways, gg on the achivements!!!!
Sorry about the computer issues..:(. I need to get a no one myself.
Han
4 May 2007
9:44 pm
How did your motherboard burst into flames?! you either overclocked the CPU or your fan died! Or could it be the common *grr horrible computer lights match* fiasco!?
Nancy
7 May 2007
1:12 am
Wow! Thats definately NOT good. I hope that you are able to get a new motherboard & get it fixed
Site looks good, I really like it.
Kelly
8 May 2007
11:09 am
awww I hope you get into the university you want to go to!
Jessica
10 May 2007
4:46 am
Ooh flames! I am so afraid mine will do that soon. I keep getting the blue screen of death. Congrats on your scholarship. And you know there is nothing like roaches in your shower with you!
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Kaisa
10 May 2007
8:17 pm
Oh my, your computer’s motherboard burst into flames? Geez, I really wouldn’t know what to do if that happened to me… although, it’d give me a valid excuse to splurge on a new computer
Judith
11 May 2007
5:23 am
That thing with your computer sounds nasty, hopefully everything is ok now.
Isabelle
11 May 2007
5:47 pm
If the cockroach thing happened to me, I swear I’ll just drop dead. I’m freaking afraid of those.
OMG. Bursting into flames.