Our house very much resembles a clown car – in that it looks functional and orderly on the surface, but it doesn’t take very long until things start falling off and bursting into flame at comedically inconvenient moments. Take the death of my Xbox on Boxing Day as a prime example.
The task of keeping up with the repairs is almost Herculean in it’s magnitude. As soon as one finger is stuck in the dam, seven more leaks spring up elsewhere. Consequently we’ve ended up becoming rather defeatist in our attitude to home maintenance. Accepting with an almost Russian stoicism that half the plug sockets don’t work and that the shower switches from hot to cold the back again at seemingly random intervals.
Sometimes we are able to snatch the occasional victory from the inevitable march of decay however. Today, for example, I managed to replace the broken screen on my MacBook. I did this single handedly, with only an internet guide for assistance. Not only that, but i also managed to upgrade my hard-drive at the same time. Instead of the measly 60GB I had previously, I’ve now got 320GB purring under the bonnet. Rock and roll baby, rock and roll.
Of course it will all probably explode in a deadly fireball by this time tomorrow. But for now I have a laptop that I can actually use on my lap. And that means only one thing: I can once more engage in my favourite activity of all time – blogging from the toilet.
Look here’s a photo to prove it:
Unfortunately the lights in the bathroom haven’t worked since the beginning of summer, so you’re just going have to take my word that I’m writing this from the bog.
But If people really insist they need proof I suppose I could always re-take it tomorrow in daylight. I’ve been eating a lot of eggs recently so I’ll probably be publishing quite a lengthy post tomorrow, and so can easily tack it on the end.
Speaking of which: If you haven’t checked out the Midnight Movie Club recently then head on over as this week we’re discussing the ultimate 80′s classic Back to the Future. And if you haven’t already, you can download the historic (ahem) first episode of our podcast – The Breakfast Bar. It’s all good stuff (providing your expectations are low enough of course). You can even subscribe to us on iTunes
