Now all occasions do conspire against me
Oct. 4th, 2011 12:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
desperanceIt's simple mechanical villainy, is what it is. Someone is watching my life and working to my detriment. Start with the hurty back, and carry on.
I was later than usual, into the library this morning, on account of hurty back and waiting for the good drugs to kick in and so forth. So of course by the time I got here there was someone at my table. Someone who isn't even using the power-supply that is my chief reason for working there; he could just as well be sitting here, at this other table, where there is no power. But no. At my table, eating his lunch. Grr.
Not that I'm worried about power; the Laptop of Heavenly Perfection will still run six hours without recharging, and I shan't be here that long. But it's a thing, a distraction. I'm in the wrong place, and nothing feels right, and and and. I dwell under a burden of resentment that just gets in the way. Also, I no longer believe that I shall finish this book on time, because of all these things working against me - so why bother trying?
In other news, and coming back to the Laptop of Heavenly Perfection: it is still both heavenly and perfect, except for the scratches on the screen and the cracks in the casing and the occasional hesitation in the hard disk, but it is also five years old now and isn't going to live for ever. I don't need to replace it yet - but on the other hand, if I saw a bargain, it might be a shame to miss the chance. But: if I hang on for another year or so, do people think that SSDs will become standard in ultraportable laptops? At the moment, they seem still to be high-end and expensive, but there must come a tipping-point sooner or later, beyond which they are the default. Mustn't there? And is it worth waiting for, or still a long way off...?
I was later than usual, into the library this morning, on account of hurty back and waiting for the good drugs to kick in and so forth. So of course by the time I got here there was someone at my table. Someone who isn't even using the power-supply that is my chief reason for working there; he could just as well be sitting here, at this other table, where there is no power. But no. At my table, eating his lunch. Grr.
Not that I'm worried about power; the Laptop of Heavenly Perfection will still run six hours without recharging, and I shan't be here that long. But it's a thing, a distraction. I'm in the wrong place, and nothing feels right, and and and. I dwell under a burden of resentment that just gets in the way. Also, I no longer believe that I shall finish this book on time, because of all these things working against me - so why bother trying?
In other news, and coming back to the Laptop of Heavenly Perfection: it is still both heavenly and perfect, except for the scratches on the screen and the cracks in the casing and the occasional hesitation in the hard disk, but it is also five years old now and isn't going to live for ever. I don't need to replace it yet - but on the other hand, if I saw a bargain, it might be a shame to miss the chance. But: if I hang on for another year or so, do people think that SSDs will become standard in ultraportable laptops? At the moment, they seem still to be high-end and expensive, but there must come a tipping-point sooner or later, beyond which they are the default. Mustn't there? And is it worth waiting for, or still a long way off...?