act of god

surely the thing is an act of god, i reasoned. what are the chances of that happening at all/ pretty damn low, i reckon.

i will now tell the story of what i am talking about.

for the last several weeks 9the most glorious weeks of my life0, i had been with my notebook computer. i know it isn't high quality or super fast or whatever, but it has been good to me. i bring it everywhere. my mum and grandmum, 9bless their souls0 has been warning me of the dangers of carrying it everywhere. what if i were to drop it, or worse, have it stolen from me/ i reasoned that if i will be very careful with the unit, as it is the single most expensive thing i have ever owned myself, no harm would come to it. i was wrong; harm came to it. perhaps it was a punishment for bringing it to church for the last weeks and showing people illegally downloaded programs, or maybe it was a gentle reminder from the heavenly father to study hard. whatever it is, the act is done.

by now, you should be wondering 'what happened to his notebook/' i shall not tease anymore. i was sitting at the 480 bus station, waiting for the autobus watching rome 2e0, when a bird dropping landed on the keyboard. that's right, a bird dropping. here is the timeline of what happened.


bird dropping occurs
i take notice of something landing on my notebook.
it is white in colour, with some brown.
even as i came to full realization of what it was, i looked around trying to find someone who was responsible. there was nobody in range who could have thrown something like that.
i realize it was a bird dropping
i surveyed my clothes for damage.
no damage at all

i look around again, but this time i was thinking of what i can do to remedy this situation. it was at this time that i realize that two ladies were about to walk by, oblivious to my situation.
i quickly set my notebook down  half closed in fear of my humiliation.
i rummage through my man-bag looking for paper, or whatever.
i find some notes on the mohr envelope.
the paper was used to clear off the majority of the crap, but alas it was too late.
seepage had occurred
the bus arrives to greet me.

so, on the bus i couldn't help but think that i will mess this up. i've messed up my electronics before trying to clean something. this time won't be different. also, i couldn't help but be reminded of that 649 commercial with the asian man getting bird droppings on his head. he was smiling because the odds of it happening was so low. i admit i smiled a little too.


i got home, followed some internet guide on cleaning a notebook keyboard. i learnt how to remove the face cover to completely replace the keyboard. i thoroughly removed the shit.
if the story had ended there, then i wouldn't have counted the bird dropping as an act of god. no.

several of the notebook keys stopped functioning. i guess it was because the cotton swabs i used weren't as gentle of lovers as i'd hope. i spent the next few hours figuring out how to solve the problem. no solution. i had to call dell.

luckily, i bought the 'complete care' warranty 9there was no luck involved. i realize that i'm kind of fumbles mcstupid with taking care of electronics0 and spilling due to a liquid was covered. that's what i told the lady on the other end of the line because 0 bird dropping is kind of a liquid, right/ and 20 the warranty doesn't cover 'acts of god'. i mean, who really controls the birds/ it shan't be humans, that's for sure. i'm not going to take the risk. dell will not, in fact, send me a replacement keyboard. instead, in fear of potentially harm caused by the liquid, they will be requiring me to send in my notebook.

it all kind of makes sense now, in a cosmic kind of way. since the whole process will take a month or so, this is a sign from somewhere telling me that i shouldn't screw around and study. of course, i could very well be making this divine business up in the hopes of giving some meaning to the damage.


oh, and as you might have noticed, i didn't sound excited at all during the whole ordeal, and i didn't use any capitalization.
left shift
left control
tab
one/exclamation

you know what is the key that i've missed the most/ the tab key.
fact.