Suicidal Computers

[aggienaut]

   So I was feeling all crafty and full of forethought because I'd backed up everything important on my laptop in anticipation of it crashing. By the time it reduced itself to a smoldering shell* of a computer, all my stuff was backed up on the shiny new dell computer in the bonus room here.

   The shiny new computer in the bonus room here has reduced itself to a smoldering shell of a computer.
   What are the odds? I think I'm going to develop a nervious tick.

*I don't mean that literally of course


   There of course is a lot to report on the last week or so. I find working on this ancient computer to be quite tedious though so I'm going to procrastinate that.
   But I will say that last week I got stung over a dozen times on my legs in one ten minute span of time. Over the preceeding month and a half I'd been stung four times in total.


Ode to the Pint
   Today I went into a taco bell or some such fast food place and ordered a 16oz soda among other things. The guy put in front of me a cup that could have been no bigger than 8oz. "I'm sorry, I ordered the 16 ounce" says I. "that IS the 16 ounce" says the guy as if I'M the idiot. "If you went to a bar and ordered a pint, how would you feel if you got handed THAT?" says I, "16 ounces is a pint." He glares at me and hands me the actual 16oz.

   I always ask for 16oz drinks because I'm tired of guessing the difference between a medium, regular, tall, venti, vendredi, and what have you. I especially won't have anything to do with Starbucks' silly naming game. I settled on 16oz before I even realized that 16oz, the pint, really has been determined by centuries of drinking experience to be the optimum size of a beverage. Hence, the pint. Also, energy drinks come in 16oz cans. Sodas come in 12oz but thats a calculated attempt to leave you unsatisfied. Steel reserve comes in 24oz, but you best go for the 40oz because I swear the aluminum gives it a funny taste.


Previously on Emosnail
My computer crashed and burned during the summer two years ago, if not last summer as well, it appears to be a tradition. I don't feel like looking for links because as I said I find working on this computer highly tedious.

Comments

[thiswallflower.livejournal.com]

perhaps you should invest in some stone tablets. now that's something no one can destory with ease!

also, I'm sorry that the computer curse has struck again. I have faith in you.

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Seriously, I need to get on that and burn some mp3s onto some rocks.

[pavel-lishin.livejournal.com]

I didn't know all drinks were a regulation size. I generally just order a small, and get plenty of refills. By the time I'm ready to leave, I just throw my drink away because I'm full, anyway.

drinking regulation

[emosnail.livejournal.com]

Oh, well yeah, if I'm sitting in I order a small and refill it. Its certainly gratuitious laziness to order anything other than a small if you're going to be in the presence of free refills. But with this job we're nearly always takin our food and devouring it in the car.

And all drinks aren't a regulation size, thats why I order in terms that are uniform (ounces). Because a small might be 8oz in one place and 32oz in another. d=

[barnabas-truman.livejournal.com]

It comes in PINTS? I'm getting one!