Monday, November 26, 2007
My days without you...my classmates
I cannot stop thinking about all of you, my friends, my pals, my fellows, my brother and sisters, my classmates. I'm studying and I'm thinking about you. It would be easier to send you a message, but you know me...I don't want to bother you, maybe you are studying and you don't want to be interrupted...I have some things to share with you...
My laptop broke my heart last Friday...in fact it was as if I had shot myself and let my body bleed quietly till the end. A glass of water fell on the keyboard while I was putting a folder in order...in my desperate insanity, I unplugged everything... the web connection out, mouse out, electricity out... I turned her upside down and shook it to remove the poison...but some drops were still there, refusing to abandon ship. As I said, I was desperately insane...I started crying because my laptop was my arm's extension, as my brother says. I'm still owing money I borrowed to buy it...she is young, like a baby...on December 7Th will be only 6 months old...I'm a murderer! When I saw that those drops wanted to enter between the keys I really wanted to die...I didn't know what to do... Air...I need some strong air to dry them all...the hairdryer...warm not hot, in case heat burns the keys...it was not getting dried...I put it closer, but I couldn't see the keys...
When I put the hairdryer out...the beginning of my real misery was in front of my startled eyes... the keys were melting!
I called my brother...crying. My father picked up the phone at the other end of the line. 'Daddy, is Rober there?'...'Yes, but what happens? You don't sound well'...I told him about my stupidity and he seemed distressed. My father woke up my brother, and my brother just wanted to kill me. The only thing my brother kept repeating was 'COMMON SENSE! WHERE'S YOUR COMMON SENSE? I thought you were intelligent! How could you be THAT stupid?!'
I remained mute, I didn't have the strength to answer, I didn't have anything to answer. I couldn't explain even to myself how could I have been THAT stupid...
The computer was working, and I didn't want to turn her off, in case she didn't want to start again. Only the volume keys stopped working, the rest from that deadly corner where loose and waved, but working properly.
My brother wanted to kill me, but started making phone calls to Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca, where the best experts he knows are. After some minutes, he called me to say that we should send my baby to Bahía Blanca to have her full keyboard changed. The cost...around $450... and I still owe money! What could I do?
My beloved father, who has always been my angel, told my brother to do whatever it takes on his expense.
Meanwhile, I also found out that the video I made for our graduation dinner was broken during a formatting of my computer the day after the dinner, and I couldn't fix it. I tried for more than 3 hours to do it again, until the programme got stuck and I lost everything again. When this happened I was overwhelmed by such misfortune, but a light came down from heaven and I remembered that I had copied the video on Raquel's pen, just in case my laptop didn't work with Charlie's projector.
I called Raquel praying for her not having erased it, and thank God...she still got it.
Mi nick on messenger was: 'I would kill for a time machine...but I've just seen a weak light at the end of the tunnel'
Recovering the video that took me months to prepare, was a sign that not everything was lost.
Don't worry my friends, I have already recorded our video on a DVD so it is finally safe.
In what's related to my laptop, I'm writing on her at this moment, but having some difficulties with 'P' and 'Erase' keys which are not working as easy as they used to. Today my husband took her to an engineer which is working with him and maybe...I have a happy solution soon!
See you!
Keep in touch, and enjoy your days as much as you can...you never know when stupidity strikes you!
Friday, November 23, 2007
The first Part of the video
Here it is my dear friends...the first part of our graduation video. Enjoy it until I manage to post the rest.
Love
Pato
P.S. In case you want to include it as part of your blog, this is the address:
