:: Life on Planet Dan-E ::

:: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 ::

:: So. How am I Doing? ::

Imagine if you will, for a moment, what's it's like to be a rat in an old, large house. You're crawling around, looking for food and you finally spot a piece of cheese. You haven't eaten in a while and all you see a little slice of sustenance. You approach it, you lean in for a bite and... you get whacked on the head with a metal bar, effectively erasing all lingering thoughts on hunger.

That's pretty much how the last two weeks were like for me (not in the sense that I'm a rat or anything, though I am constantly looking for food). Just a few moments away from completion and I get (figuratively) whacked in the head. At least I'm still alive though I'd imagine the headaches are similar. My metal bar to the head came in form of my laptop fizzing out on me literally two hours before my last presentation. Now imagine this scenario: you've had a hell of a week getting everything done and all you have to do is get the stuff printed. And the moment you hit "apple-P" the screen starts to whig out. My first thought?

"This can't be good."

So I try to restart it, nothing. I try the reset keys. Nothing. I ask a couple of people around if they might know what's wrong. The short answer: faulty the logic board. Apparently it's something in the laptop that sends the signal from the computer to the screen and if it goes wrong, everything goes wrong. Mac had a massive recall last year about this but I wasn't concerned since I was under the assumption that they remedied the error by the time I ordered my laptop. Oops.

Forunately, the partners I worked with already had copies of our work printed out for me so I had something to present but you can imagine my frustration at the situation. You'd think I'd be freaking out but, no, not really. A friend of mine even said to me "I'm shocked you're not freaking out right now." I'm not really the type to freak out over anything. But though I may have seemed calm on the outside, inside I was entertaining thoughts on hurling my laptop out of the second floor window, after which I'd throw myself out.

How am I now? Well, everything else that needed to be finished I did at the school's lab and thanks to the generosity of some friends I was able to help get the final project due last night turned in. My laptop is being repaired and I'm, well, relaxed.

If this happens again next quarter, I just might freak out.

:: Miscellaneous Ramblings by Dan-E at 6:27 PM [+] :: | 0 comments
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