Usually blackouts follow excessive shots of tequila or sake bombs, but my computer doesn't have any valid excuses. Ok, so she's by a window that gets a lot of sun and I hardly ever turned her off- but come on! Who doesn't love the sun? And, powering down?! I'm sorry my computer is my night light (it's ok to still have a night light at 26 right? I mean so much better than hiding under the covers- breathing is way more essential than feeling safe-most of the time).
So maybe I haven't been the best computer parent, but I loved her dammit! Now whether it's due to my bad parenting or natural aging, my computer has decided to black out. I went to the Apple store today to access the damage- $500 to fix the display. Computer, I love you, but I don't know if I love you that much. If my computer could bark and lick my face in the morning to wake me up, it would be a different story, but I'm still waiting for that to happen.
I walked out of Apple defeated. Should I put her down? Was it time for her to go to computer heaven? She's still aware of everything around her- in my efforts to get her screen to come back to life she'll sporadically start playing episodes of How I Met Your Mother or jam to my iTunes playlist. Thus, I ask you, knowing that she is still in there am I a monster if I trade her in? Remove her hard drive and start over? Will she still be the computer I know and love if I give her a $1,100 facelift?
Sigh. So bummed.
Xoxo, Jildo.
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