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This is Why I Can't Have Nice Things

So after weeks of agonizing, waiting like a six year old for summer vacation to arrive, my iPad2 finally got here. I had to re-download a new version of iTunes, because apparently, my old version hadnt been used in so long it couldnt even connect to Apples servers to update itself anymore. It took a little while longer to fix that, and I finally got my iPad running. I played with it for a while and after the agony of waiting had finally worn off, I decided that it was time to pay attention other things in life, like, I dunno, eating and decided the iPad was still gonna be here and I could put it down for a while. So my room is a mess, like it normally is, but I see a spot on my desk, and I actually say, Im going to put my iPad down over here. Very carefully. Where it will be safe. And wont get knocked over. I turned in my chair to get up and heard a big, loud, ominous, terrifying crash. The power cord had snagged on the corner of my desk chair and when I turned to get up, it pulled the iPad off my desk. Oh god. Tell me I did not just break my iPad within an hour of opening the box. I picked it up. Dusted it off. Spoke to it in hused tones. Turned it back on. It was ok. And thats why my blog isnt called physicallycoordinatedandgracefulengineer.com, Its awkwardengineer.com And thats my story.
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1 comment:

  1. Jim Thompson5/29/2011 2:23 PM

    Oh, how I relate to this story, though I'm not an engineer. Perhaps I could honestly say I'm an awkward, would-be engineer with all the quirks and none of the advantages. Like being able to accurately add a string of plain numbers or remember trig formulae.

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