Malfunctioning

My computer is kinda broken. The "kinda" is the key word that makes it possible for me to be still writing this post right now. On Wednesday night, I attended this lecture and then went to a very nice reception afterwards, where there were a lot of pristine-looking bottles of water on the refreshments table. Greed took over and I put two bottles in my bag, unopened. When I got home, I discovered that one of the bottles leaked, and my computer was soaked in the water.

It wouldn't turn on. I panicked, called my mom, then ran to ABS's apartment to see whether he had a hairdryer. He didn't, but we walked to the library where I lay my computer on one of the heaters and prayed for it to dry and work again. I spent that night in suspense.

The next morning, my computer turned on, but the battery was dead, and there was a lot of water stains under the screen, so the whole display looked spotty and very funky. But at least my files were still therer. I backed up the most important ones, whined a lot to my mom, who agreed to mail me a check for $1,200 immediately to get a new computer. Wow! So that was the silver lining in my cloud, and I spent the past two days blissfully salivating over Apple's black Macbooks.

I finally decided on one today - it's black, which is all I care about, with a lot of numbers that I'm sure means it's very fast. :) It's also refurbished, which means that I get to have it for $400 less than one that's new. I bought it over the phone and it should be here in a week. In the meanwhile, my old computer and I will hobble along, enjoying our last days together.

Lots of :Ds these days:

- Being present at a small dinner with a Supreme Court Justice, and talking to him about New Jersey, my law school, and the Socratic Method.

- Having a great and very clarifying conversation with Prof H about the future of my career, next semester, possibly taking a class with him, and learning more about psychology and statistics.

- The gorgeous, (globally-warming-induced, I'm sure) 60-something weather we've had today.