New laptops FTW.
Short blog time!
Today, I got a new laptop.
It's not really MINE, but I get to keep it for two years. And I get to pay a hell of a lot for it.
You see, at my school they have this laptop program, where you HAVE to rent a laptop from them. Its not an option. Basically, my school rents hundreds of really crappy Dell laptops, and then makes all the students pay 900$ a year to rent them from the school.
These shitty laptops probably only cost $1000 dollars to buy. And we have to pay $900 for each year, for all five years of high school, and then we dont even get to keep the crap computers at the end.
It is really stupid. Many parents have complained. But, to attend the school, you need to rent their laptops. Ugh.
Anyways, I just completed my third year of high school, and so I returned the laptop that I had since grade 7 to the school. And then I had to go all summer computer-less (borrowed my mom's) and now I finally have a new shit laptop to use until I graduate.
Okay, maybe I'm complaining too much. They're not that awful. Okay, they are, but at least they work. Also, we pay that much money, supposedly, for repair fees. Because the school will fix our laptops whenever we break them.
Because of this, many people purposely destroyed their laptops, just so that their money wouldn't be put to waste. I remember someone took all their keys out and rearranged them, then brought it to the tech office and said, "I don't know what happened. Fix it, please?"
To which they could not say no.
I think someone also ran theirs over with a car.
Now, no matter how much we are paying, or how crappy the computers are, I wouldn't go that far to break it. In fact, sometimes I grow attached to my laptops.
This new one is black, and sleek. It is painted to look like wood (which is kind of cheesy.)
I like the screen because it is not reflective, which is nice.
I think I might like this computer as long as it doesn't turn out to be too malfunctiony, like the last one.
Okay, rant done.
Also, I had these plans to do fun stuff with my friends today, but then last night (I was sleeping over at my friend's house,) I could not fall asleep. I tossed and turned, I listened to my iPod, and I didn't. I tried EVERYTHING. But I stayed awake until I left her house at 10 in the morning.
And now I feel awful. I have a stomach ache, and I'm confined to my room. *sigh*
Good:
-new computer
-relaxing day
-nice rain
-understanding friends
-Harry Potter audiotapes, while knitting Hufflepuff scarfs
Bad:
-major stomach pains
-no sleep
-neck pain
DFTBA,
alex