That [Expletive] Conficker Worm!

This afternoon I discovered that my DVD burning software would not launch, though it did 2 days ago, probably due to the installation of the Microsoft OS updates. Last night, I spent 4 freaking hours installing Microsoft updates on my 2 computers and then had to run several scans to make sure that my main editing computer wasn't going to be destroyed or something. Two days ago I tested my DVD burning software, Roxio and burned a DVD of the rough cut that Linda and I had compiled. I spent the last 2 days cleaning up the cut and putting in subtitles for Mr. Truong. With only 2 hours before the close of the foundation's office doors, I could not burn to DVD the latest rough cut with the subtitles. So I had to submit the DVD with the rough cut from 2 days ago. Do you have any idea how much that sucked? After all this work, I had to submit a half-baked rough cut to a foundation that expressed a lot of interest in our work. Oh well. Sometimes, it just happens that way. I won't sulk over it. Oh, maybe I will for just a little while... at least until tomorrow afternoon.

I just submitted another grant application to another foundation today. I barely made it in time because of the stupid Conficker worm that was supposed to strike today, but didn't. I backed up my Avid project files, but I was not able to back up all of the Avid OMFIs, which are digitized tapes, anywhere because I do not have that many terabyte drives. Naturally, at a large company, the IT department would handle these kinds of crisis preparations, but my little one-woman production company does not have an IT department. Just little ole me. Luckily, I do know a thing or two and was smart enough to run multiple scans to make sure that my 3 years of work wasn't going to be destroyed in a millisecond by some [Expletive] worm. So with my grant application due today, I was cramming as much as I could into the few hours I had.