Hello, my friends. I hope everyone had a great weekend. Mine was going fine, up until Sunday afternoon. It was then, when I was taking a break from cleaning, that I managed to destroy the most expensive thing I own (aside from my car) in a matter of milliseconds - yup, you guessed it, I killed my laptop.
Anyone who knows me well understands that I am less than graceful. In fact, many would go so far as to say that I am the biggest klutz they know. I've managed to break my boyfriend's Christmas ornaments, venetian blinds in our apartment, a shower shelf, a pyrex baking dish (with casserole inside) and my laptop - all within the span of the past two months. The laptop was truly the quintessence of my lack of coordination. Sitting in front of my laptop, Java Monster close at hand, I did not suspect that a split second later my energy drink would be pooling on and around my laptop's circuitry courtesy of my , as well as on the table and carpet.
Well, here comes my boyfriend to the rescue. Luckily for me, he used to work for a major computer company, so he is a computer tech dream for a person like me. Grabbing canned air, tiny screwdrivers, rubbing alcohol, and Q-tips, he rushed in like a knight with a sword aimed at a dragon. Hours later, when he has the computer cleaned and put back together, not only will it not work right but it is obvious that my accident ruined the laptop monitor. All that I can do it pull the hard drive out and try to salvage the data...my lappy is no more.
Now, first rule of being a graduate student: Thou shalt accumulate debt. I'm already crazy into credit card debt, and ordering a new laptop just sent me even further into the abyss. Thankfully, my boyfriend has an Alienware Titanium account and covered half of the cost of a shiny new M17 Alienware laptop. I get uberness in the form of a gaming laptop for the low cost to me of only $1000 more on my credit card. Not too bad if I do say so myself. Check it out on the alienware website...you will drool over the uberness (particularly if you are a gamer like I am).
Ok, folks, I must get back to the grind. Stay tuned!
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