Words and Woes

[krait]

My laptop was in the shop for three days, and it was like being in mourning. :D The good news is that I have it back and am out less money than I might have been; the bad news is that they couldn't repair it (broken touchpad) due to the part being unavailable, so the only thing I got for my money is a slightly cleaner broken laptop. D:< Technology exists to try us!

Before my enforced separation, I was reading two Cnovels - Married Thrice to Salted Fish (new to me), with a reading group, and After I Married the Disabled God of War as my Concubine* (which I'd started some time ago and lost track of). Hopefully I can get back on track with both, but especially the former since I don't want to read the group discussion till I'm caught up.

Without a laptop, I found myself in the mood to read mysteries, so I reread two Sayers (Have His Carcase and Gaudy Night) and two Kings (The Beekeeper's Apprentice and A Monstrous Regiment of Women).

The laptop's absence also put a crimp in my Flight Rising gameplay, so now I'm scrambling for treasure. Lair expansions and expensive Gen1 projects await me!





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*Every single time I trot out this title I'm torn between groaning and giggling. It is The Most Cnovel Title Cnovel title I have ever encountered! I can't say it without feeling that it comes out slightly mocking, it's just that absurdly typical.

Comments

[umadoshi]

Married Thrice to Salted Fish is on my to-read list! I hope you're enjoying it.

Poor computer, and poor you! I hope you can get something sorted out.

[krait]

Your icon is very appropriate; the shop wasn't able to fix the laptop, but the repair person did emphasise several times how much cat hair was removed from it during the attempt. :D

[isis]

Poor laptop! Tbh I wouldn't know if the touchpad broke because I dislike using it; I've got a compact Bluetooth mouse - and I panic when the batteries die and I don't have replacements!

[krait]

Alas for the laptop! What a disappointing saga, both for me and for it.

I'm left-handed, so touchpads are miraculous. Back in the Dark Ages when I got my very first laptop, I spent about a fortnight laboriously using my right hand on the touchpad, because I was in the habit of using my right hand for mice. Then the utter absurdity occurred to me: I have a hand that is great at dexterity and precise movements, so why am I using the clumsy hand for this task requiring and precision? XD I switched and never looked back.

As a bonus, since I use a mouse on my work computer, it helps avoid repetitive motion problems - right hand for work computing, left for home computing, so each one gets more rest than it would otherwise.

Since the touchpad broke I've been using a mouse, but the first one died after about 6 months, the second died in 3 months, and upon having to buy my third mouse in a year I was goaded into checking on the possibility of repair. It's definitely making my hand and wrist unhappy to be using a mouse so continuously. I suppose this means a new laptop is much closer to the top of the 'future purchases' list than I thought.