technology hates me.
there is no other interpretation.
you've all read about my car battles. i didn't even bother to complain about the last TWO times it refused to start -- this month. it doesn't like the cold. whiny texan bitch. it's finally reached the point where i've left it at my parents' house for my dad to deal with and taken my sister's discarded pathfinder which (shh, don't tell!) i actually kind of like driving. not riding in; it's absolutely not my friend when i'm a passenger -- but as a driver it's kind of growing on me. and it's 70% more likely to get me where i need to go, which is always a good thing.
then there was the day off last week that i got to spend fighting with (aka finally breaking and replacing) my cable modem -- four useless tech guys and a slide through an icy stop sign later, it seems to be working. i've decided that if i don't think about it too hard i can't find a problem with it. right?
i've been through two sets of computer speakers in the last two months. the current ones still make angry gerbil noises occasionally, but i just cringe and pretend to ignore it. i just don't think i'm destined to have functionality in this arena.
how about my car cd changer? well, the changer itself is fine. problem is, it's outlasted two cars. and i'm afraid to put it in a third, because i'm pretty sure it'll just explode. too bad my much-loved zeppelin 4 (and ten of its closest friends) will just be stuck in there indefinitely...
and now my phone won't turn on. i'm really hoping i'm just the sort of genius who plugged it in and spent all day yesterday thinking it was charging while it really wasn't plugged into the wall, because otherwise i've got real problems.
the japanese are starting to sell little programmable vacuum cleaners and other sorts of robot things that will clean your house while you're gone. i'm pretty certain that i'd better just stay away from those forever because they'll get cheeky and vacuum off my face in my sleep or something. you laugh. but watch the news. it'll SO be me.
and the moral of today, apparently, is: give a girl a complaint and piss her off. teach a girl how to complain, and occupy her for life.
posted by do dah @ 15:55
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2 Comments:
You need to treat your CD's more like a Marine would... no disc left behind.
If you decide not to hook up your CD changer ever again, you can always smash it open with a hammer to get your CD's out. I'm sure there are other ways that have more, shall we say, finesse. But I think its time for you to teach technology a little bit about karma.
i have this sneaking suspicion that you might be able to get the cds out by using an appropriately placed screwdriver.
but as for the face-eating vaccum, we have come to the conclusion at work that I am going to be the one clerk to die of an office supply related injury (in the last week, I have lost blood via file folder, scissors, and a plastic knife).
Birds of a feather, and all that stuff...
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