Computer Therapy

Well, my life got messy, and I decided to develop a form of therapy that would combine my need to heal from all of this horror, with my need to sit in front of a computer for a good deal of my waking hours.

I've developed what I affectionately refer to as Computer Therapy. It's quite easy, actually. It works with best with .jpg's, but any appropriately named file will do. I'd also recommend a GUI based operating system, but it's not a necessity. It's just a more drawn out process this way, and more fulfilling, in my opinion. Here's the Windows version:

1) Get yourself a picture of someone or something you don't like. If you're really bad off, make a copy of it first. You might not be psychologically prepared to part with the picture until you've been through a few rounds of therapy. You'll need to repeat it a few times. Come to think of it, heck, make it a copy anyway, if you're really mad, you'll want to repeat it anyway. In a pinch, an appropriately named text file is also relatively fulfilling.
2) Save the file to your desktop. This isn't actually necessary, after all, the right click option works just as well, it just isn't quite as much fun.
3) Drag and drop the file into the recycle bin. Windows makes this a lot of fun, 'cause you get that "Are you sure you want to send (object of torture) to the Recycle Bin? There is also the possibility of renaming your recycle bin to "hell" or something equally fitting, but that involves a registry edit, and I don't recommend this course of action while under emotional distress. At this point you can restore, if you're feeling particularly forgiving.



4) Once it's in there, if it's alone, and it should be, because it probably broke your heart and deserves to be alone, you can empty the recycle bin. You can right click and delete it by itself, from the recycle bin, but that involves giving it individual attention, which it probably doesn't deserve. Then you get the are "Are you sure you want to delete (object of torture)?
5) There are also the options of screen printing the little messages that pop up, maybe even makin' them all huge and setting them as your wallpaper.

The Mac version is also a lot of fun, as you get to send them to the trash, wish is untimately more deserving sounding, considering the torment you've no doubt suffered.