The Adventure of the Slow Computer
For once, it seemed like Erin didn't have all that much homework to do on the computer. She thought to herself "Why don't I update that 'Livejournal' thing, since Liza was so nice as to make me one? Who knows, it could be fun". So Erin logged on to the computer. And that's when it all started...
The pages were taking AGES to load! She couldn't figure out what had happened. It is true, that under certain conditions, Erin's internet connection is really slow. That's when it snows, rains, or the wind blows. But none of these things were happening right at that moment. It was as if the computer had a mind of its own, and that mind was saying "I know Erin is trying to have FUN, and not actually do anything PRODUCTIVE, so I am going to make that as difficult as possible for her".
Now, Erin knows very little about computers, and she thought that maybe her computer DID hate her and was secretely planning to bore her to death and sell her organs on e-bay. After all, she couldn't do anything she wanted to do on the computer! She couldn't find pictures for the history project (alright, she didn't want to do THAT) and she couldn't post comments on anyone else's journal. She couldn't even write anything on Lisa's, even though she really wanted to, because Erin thought Lisa was the most amazing girl alive and wanted to tell her so. She decided this after reading Lisa's most recent lj.
The poor girl finally managed to get to the "update" page, and began to write her entry:
Funny story...I FORGOT to hand in my history summative. As in, it didn't cross my mind. NOw, is that an excuse or is that an excuse? Answer: very much NOT an excuse. HOw do I explain, to Mr. C no less, that I had the summative done, and well done, by the due date, but conveniently forgot to hand it in?
I also made a major plan for the last day of exams (aka the thursday for me). Amanda and I are going to walk out of that last exam, and then we will keep walking...All the way to my house. For those of you who don't know, I live quite far from the school. As in, I don't even get a yellow bus. I get a VAN. It will be an adventure.
AS Erin wrote, her mind began to wander...she thought about how she was going to be out of school before her brother. Her brother who plays computer games constantly, like most males. then she thought about marco hogging the computer all the time. then she wondered "why isn't marco hogging the computer RIGHT NOW?". and she noticed marco on the laptop, also known as the worser computer, and she wondered "why is marco on the laptop when he could be using this one?" Because there had to be a reason. And slowly it began to make sense...
"Marco!" Yelled Erin
"What?" Yelled Marco in return.
"Are you DOWNLOADING something on this computer???" Asked Erin.
"oh..." Replied Marco meekly, "I might be...but it should be done by now...ummm..."
Then Erin went to beat Marco up.
Because she'll only be able to do that for about one more year, and she wants to savour it.
The pages were taking AGES to load! She couldn't figure out what had happened. It is true, that under certain conditions, Erin's internet connection is really slow. That's when it snows, rains, or the wind blows. But none of these things were happening right at that moment. It was as if the computer had a mind of its own, and that mind was saying "I know Erin is trying to have FUN, and not actually do anything PRODUCTIVE, so I am going to make that as difficult as possible for her".
Now, Erin knows very little about computers, and she thought that maybe her computer DID hate her and was secretely planning to bore her to death and sell her organs on e-bay. After all, she couldn't do anything she wanted to do on the computer! She couldn't find pictures for the history project (alright, she didn't want to do THAT) and she couldn't post comments on anyone else's journal. She couldn't even write anything on Lisa's, even though she really wanted to, because Erin thought Lisa was the most amazing girl alive and wanted to tell her so. She decided this after reading Lisa's most recent lj.
The poor girl finally managed to get to the "update" page, and began to write her entry:
Funny story...I FORGOT to hand in my history summative. As in, it didn't cross my mind. NOw, is that an excuse or is that an excuse? Answer: very much NOT an excuse. HOw do I explain, to Mr. C no less, that I had the summative done, and well done, by the due date, but conveniently forgot to hand it in?
I also made a major plan for the last day of exams (aka the thursday for me). Amanda and I are going to walk out of that last exam, and then we will keep walking...All the way to my house. For those of you who don't know, I live quite far from the school. As in, I don't even get a yellow bus. I get a VAN. It will be an adventure.
AS Erin wrote, her mind began to wander...she thought about how she was going to be out of school before her brother. Her brother who plays computer games constantly, like most males. then she thought about marco hogging the computer all the time. then she wondered "why isn't marco hogging the computer RIGHT NOW?". and she noticed marco on the laptop, also known as the worser computer, and she wondered "why is marco on the laptop when he could be using this one?" Because there had to be a reason. And slowly it began to make sense...
"Marco!" Yelled Erin
"What?" Yelled Marco in return.
"Are you DOWNLOADING something on this computer???" Asked Erin.
"oh..." Replied Marco meekly, "I might be...but it should be done by now...ummm..."
Then Erin went to beat Marco up.
Because she'll only be able to do that for about one more year, and she wants to savour it.