failure

keyboard failure, that is. and touchpad failure. my computer does not work anymore. and yes, i tried mashing all the keys. no dice. so i took it to best buy to work the warranty one last time. it expires later this month. the guy said they would give it a new keyboard and touchpad. don't know how they expect to do that. it isn't like they are techno-wizards after all. they're just normal people. the guy had even less of a personality than me, if you can believe it. i made small talk about the keyboard intermittently going on and off and he looked at me like, why would i respond to this, it's not like i haven't heard it before. techno-somethings.

anyway, so now i am reduced to procrastinating in the computer lab at school, of all places. with all these people circling the occupied stations like sharks, in what is called, absurdly enough, the fishbowl. and me taking up a spot to blog when i still have a paper to write and no computer to write it with. so since i spent the better part of a week taking books from the library to rest under my coffee table, i now have to figure out how to bridge the physical space from the computers at school to my living room. and no, carrying them isn't an option. it may be a small fraction compared to the total collection at the library, but compared to the total space under my coffee table, it is a very large fraction. try 1/2 to 2/3.

how ridiculous. keyboard failure. why didn't something useful happen, like screen failure. at least then i would have gotten a whole new computer. now all they'll do is take out the keyboard and solder some new one in, and i'll be typing away on a frankensteinien machine that is about to go belly up any minute. okay, i'll shut up. please don't read this. i will be embarassed if you do.