I'm not letting myself make any decisions until Thursday, at the earliest.
I am leaning towards either Austin or LA though (and LA seems to be winning for now)...for timing and logistical reasons. The altitude difference in CO is definitely a good point, so I'm nixing that one; thanks guys, for bringing that up. Any other suggestions of common sense (or otherwise) are definitely still welcome.
In other news...
My F key fell off. How am I writing an F then, you ask? Well, I have this little plastic bubble thing that I have to align in the space where the key should be, and then press very delicately, because if I don't the plastic bubble thing (that looks exactly like a boob on a Barbie) goes flying into the outer space of my apartment like a Tiddlywink, or a Chinese football.
This is the 3rd time this has happened to me...the other times were with non-important arrow keys though. And, my dad was there to sit around with a pair of tweezers and fix it.
Now? No dad. Not until April. What do I do? (Cause my coordination with this type of stuff is non-existent.) Are there people out there in stores who will fix it or am I going to have to send the thing off again for 6 weeks just so someone else can spend 10 minutes with it? Or do I just deal with the plastic boob Tiddlywink key until April, meanwhile avoiding words with Fs like the plague?
(The avoidance is annoying, but not impossible. I now believe F must me the most uncommonly used letter. Except I know it's not...cause probably Z or Q or even J are less used. But as far (there one was!) as letters to avoid go, it's actually not that bad. It could be worse. It could be an S, or it could be a letter in my password, right?)
But more importantly, why has this happened to me 3 times? And I've read other posts on it too...what the hell kind of(!) crappy keys are they making that f(!)all of(!)f(!) all the damn time??
And I understand why some things are made to break. Not that I approve, but I understand the concept behind it. Cell phones they want you to have to extend your contract, etc. But laptop keys? Is anyone really going to buy a new computer because a key fell off? In the name of all that is holy, I hope not.
Maybe, just maybe, I simply got a lemon keyboard and it's not a big laptop key conspiracy. (Lemon laws? I've seen billboards...think I have a case? Think I could win?)
But, that would mean the world is not out to get me. Hmmm...something to think about...
3 comments:
I love this random key falling off rant! I've had keys fall of my keyboard too (B and T). The T was hard to deal with at first but I got used to pressing the nub. My computer was still under warranty and a computer repair man came to my house and replaced the entire keyboard in 2 minutes. I was thankful not to have to give up my laptop for weeks on end.
hmmmm, nytro had a roblem with her key, and it really issed her off for a retty long time.
laurie, wouldn' have he same pro lem ei her, ecause peeps would s ill recognize her.
clearly, or susanna, not having an key, or even a unky one, doesn't create that same kinda rustrating experience or you.
my iggest problem with losing a key would e the key, ecause that would make my signature line not be quite as flattering...
clearly, though, if i were to lose the f key capability, i might gain a few more readers -- some do not care for my 'salty' language.
I had problems with the "l" key on my computer too. I would have to go find "l"s and go cut and paste them into what I was typing ... or use "1"s.
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