since moving to kingston, there's been a string of mishaps. first, the electronic device i was so affectionately refer to as "carPod" went bust taking 12 gigs of music with it. remarkably, the fm transmitter works pretty well in the car as the frequency band in this town isn't cluttered with hundreds of terrible radio stations (only a few)

the old clunker iPod was about to be referred to the junk bin but managed to make a remarkable recovery last night restoring my faith that apple's products CAN be fixed. while this appears to be temporary solution as the hard drive seems to "wheezing" when changing songs, it'll provide some tension-easing times this friday when i have to drive four others in the tiny acura of mine. i mean, we aren't actually going to converse for 3-4 hours on the way home?

but as one electronic device pulls a jesus, another one decides to be judas. the other morning i was cleaning the keyboard and one of the keys pops out. usually, this isn't a big deal until i realized the tooth that holds the key in place popped out with it and snapped in half. thankfully, it was only a the "x" key making typing just slightly annoying and such stupidness is covered under warranty. writing a paper last night prior to getting a sentence that would use words like expenditure, the mind is already scanning alternatives to avoid pressing that nipple sticking out where the X used to be. sexy, ain't it?

the decision that needs to be made is whether i want to be out of a computer for two weeks now or put up with a ugly keyboard until the semester ends second week of december?

the dependency of such devices is almost sickening and yet, a reality of the modern times that a plight of an ipod breaking down or a laptop with a missing button causes such greif and anxiety.