Between my ongoing job search and my pathetic attachment to Facebook, I am pretty much in a deep, enduring relationship with my computer. A few weeks ago, we had a bad break up- the hard drive crashed. He took all my music, all my intellectual assets (my grad school papers) and, kind of bizarrely, many pictures of my sisters captured by the headlight-esque camera atop the screen.
Quickly thereafter, we got back together. Out of penance, it came back to me in a faster version with better memory- yet it kept my purloined items, and left me floundering for any semblance of my life as I knew it for the past few years. I appreciate all that the computer has done for me- yet I am reluctant to undergo the work necessary to rebuild our previous relationship. I am beyond the work necessary to regain my (previously extensive) music collection, search my email for final versions of papers or update any one of the many 'cool' programs that accompanies an apple purchase (the calendar), guitar composition pieces etc.
I think I'm in need for a more stable relationship.
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