The Anti-Midas Touch

Apparently my new (under 4 months old) laptop is just as much a p.o.s. as the last one, I am now sans laptop in Italy. And have to send my new (still a p.o.s. though) laptop away to Milano for them to fix it (unless of course anyone knows how to fix a Lenovo laptop that refuses to turn on... or charge... ).

I thought about throwing my laptop against a wall in frustration or trying to find a sledgehammer in this town... but I'm not sure those are the best choices in terms of future computer usage for the next 3 months.

So, until further notice, this blog is on hiatus. Or not on haitus, but with infrequent posts at odd hours without pictures. (I'm saying haitus to not raise your hopes that I will be able to post all the time or give you amazing pictures of Italy. Believe me: no one is more pissed about this than me, so please no frowns or tears people. I will be back as soon as the Lenovo workers in Milan fix my worst-than-my-HP laptop... which fingers crossed they will be able to do.)

No computer = no way to upload photos = no internet = Anna has to sit in the CIEE office when she doesn't have class only on weekdays, only during business hours and only when some other not-as-poor soul (in comparison to me, the computer-less girl) needs to use the computer = this love-hate relationship with techonology isn't really working out in my favor (I seem to get dumped way too often and without any sort of prior hints) = my life sucks right now.

As a (fun) sidenote that you won't get to hear about until some point far in the future, I'm going to Venice this weekend for Carnevale.

Hmmmm... maybe I should start a new blog: life without technology. Except that would be rather hypocritical considering that I would need technology to share my story. Well, I could always do it the old fashioned way: pen and paper. Maybe I should go all out and find a quill and some parchment...