Computer Misery

So, this is the story of how I made my life miserable. Simply b/c I have to type 9000 things this semester, I decided to be careless with my computer and drop it. Now luckily I caught it. Not so luckily I broke one of the keys off. I thought maybe it would just go back on. So I enlisted the help of my friends who tried to put it back on. And I then left my computer in the company of one person, while I went to a meeting. When I came back, two keys were off.

Good news, the comparison between the W key I broke and the E key my friend removed revealed that I needed replacement parts. This is good to know, since we could see that a bit of plastic was missing.

Bad news, the E isn't really working properly now, so potentially random intentional removal resulted in damage to the key sensor, not just the plastic.

Yeah I know I am typing here, but it is slow b/c I have to repeatedly hit the E key or backspace to add it. Annoying. Especially while writing long papers, and when I want to type fast not at a snail's pace.

Even worse news, Toshiba doesn't sell the bit of plastic to "end-users" which I guess means me. They only sell the entire keyboard.

In other misery related news, see other blog.

Painting

In case no one knew, I actually enjoy painting, so below is a picture of the room I helped paint yesterday! It was a good choice, and I admit to being wrong in initially not liking the color (before it was on the wall). It is rather hard to tell the color in this picture, sorry, but it is a pretty green.
My break from Spring Break work also included cheesecake, awesome chocolate, Project Runway, and ANTM. :)

Today I...

wrote a paper. Sort of. I mean I did write the paper, but it is not very good. And it isn't actually done b/c I mean I literally wrote the paper, i.e. with a pen. So it isn't typed, so I have to type it. And add all the sections where I said "see star" or "see pg one" or "see quote" or "see other introduction." In other words, it is not assembled and the pieces are all over my room, might be a few outside too (on the porch).

Oh and I uh did not write (or even type, or really think about) the paper that is due TOMORROW. Funny how that was a self-imposed deadline. Hi, prof I NEED a deadline to function. Ok, how about March 31st? Great! And the email tomorrow will read, sorry but I really haven't had time to even look at your paper.

Spring Break

Yep, it is Spring Break, so I have next week off, but won't be doing much but reading.* I am probably helping a friend paint, which will be fun since I actually like painting. Might eat a lot of candy since apparently my mom is sending me a box full.

Saw Alice by the way. Liked it, but there was something off. Burton are you losing your edge? The ending just did not work at all. A local newspaper gave it a C+ while giving that stupid new New Orleans movie an A. I wouldn't say it was that bad (or the other was even remotely that good.** Maybe a B or even B+, b/c really the only annoyance was the ending. You can't trust those reviewers, I swear!

In other news, here is my summary of recent grad school drama. In case you care to know.

Oh and this is what I want for my birthday. Well tickets I should say. If you start a fundraiser right now, maybe we can raise enough money for me to go.

I have zero other news. Seriously. I can't even complain about my sections b/c they are pretty standard and drama free this semester. Thank God. One less stressor is always welcome.

One last thing. this is happening soon. I have a couple of movies picked out in case I have time to go, and considering last year's fiasco I will definitely buy tickets before the day of the film.


*And yes, I am updating my blog despite my promise to do "nothing but work." I read a million articles this morning. I am done reading for this paper. It is already too long, so I am just going to write the rest of this evening.
** No, I haven't seen it, but I refuse too. Just like the Frog Princess Disney thing.

Oh, Alice!

Did I ever mention how much I love Johnny Depp... and Tim Burton....and Alan Rickman....and Lewis Carroll....

Aren't I lucky that all of my favorite things happen to be in a movie that is coming out on Friday?

Aren't I even more lucky that my friends want to go see a movie that I want to see? This rarely happens.