pondering past stories, and sharing one

So, reading LJ this afternoon, turps33 has a entry that contained the following comment:

Today I'm celebrating Easter by alternately reading stories at a Waycest comm and adultfanfic.net. So far I've read about anorexia, cutting, rape, depression, prostitution, incest, much crying and willowy limbs. I feel bestiality and necrophilia are needed to complete the set. (emphasis is mine)

I responded that only in fandom could you find a sentence like that last one, and have it make sense. *g* And then I realized Hey, I've written both! (Though not in the same story *g*)

And THAT got me to thinking about stories I've written in past fandoms, including the one that contains (technically, only by the strictest, barest definition) necrophilia. So I went back and re-read it...and y'know, I have to say I think it's one of the best stories I've ever written, in any fandom. It's not a new story, or even recent. The timestamp on the page says March, 2002. But yeah, I think it's one of the strongest, cleanest stories I've ever done:

Title: Submission
Fandom: Highlander
Pairing: Methos/Kronos
Rating: NC-17
Warnings:Knife-play, blood-letting, bondage, s/m, erotic asphyxiation, implied necrophilia (if I hadn't mentioned it, you probably won't notice it)
Disclaimer: They're not mine, and never will be.
Summary: Kronos needs something from Methos he can't ask for.

The lovely graphic at the top of the page is courtesy of kaiz. :)

omg help. please.

Computer help.

At some point today, about 3p, my computer froze; when I rebooted (I had to unplug the damned thing), the internet (wireless connection) disappeared. As it turned out, I just needed to reboot the router, but that ended up being the least of the issues.

I've been downstairs using my laptop all evening, so I'm just now coming up. Internet is restored up here, so I double-click on my Thunderbird icon to load up my mail...and I get the fucking "Mail Wizard" thing. My mail has disappeared. O_O Cue panic.

Okay, self, I say. You can deal with this. I reboot the computer and nope, still no mail. And Firefox is giving me the Firefox homepage, the start-up, "welcome to Firefox", and just. No.

So I open up the "reset computer to an earlier time" thingy... and try it. Three times. And three times it FAILS. I have no idea why. I let it do its thing, I don't interrupt, and it can't tell me WHY, just 'failed for non-specified error'. WTF? So I bite the bullet and think "maybe if I run the mail wizard, everything will be there, hunky-dory". Except, no. It's not. The only thing(s) showing up are the new mail messages that were being held in webmail.

Except...when I go into AppData, or whatever that folder is, and into Thunderbird profiles... the original files, the ones I set up last fall, they're there. So my question to anyone who's followed me this far... how do I get Thunderbird to recognize those are there? The files look like this:

Mail_folder 11/01/2007
Mail_folder_1 03/23/2008

Every folder I have has a second one, with the _1 after it. So. Help?

I'm never buying a Dell computer again, I'll tell you that. I've had nothing but problems with Matthew's, and this one freezes up all the time, and just. ARGH.

Note: I'm going to bed in like, five minutes because meep, it's now 11pm. But any assistance y'all can offer will be much appreciated tomorrow, when I get home from work and can play around with this. Thanks!