R.I.P my HP Stream Computer, 2017 - 2019

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I used to own an actual computer, but I broke it the stupidest way possible about a year ago.  Story time.

It's the summer of 2019, and also the oddest period of my life (as of yet).  I had an obsession with staying up to hear my favourite songs on the radio.
(Remember the music slide I talked about a few chapters ago?  That's where this comes in.) 

I had a school-issued computer, but I preferred using my own computer, since Chromebooks suck ass.  Sometime during this night, after hours of using my makeshift MP3, I close my computer and hide it under my pillow. 

I then proceed to forget about the computer, and do a running jump on to my pillow.  The computer probably would've been just fine, but unbeknownst to me, I had left an earbud on the keyboard when I closed the lid. 

I them noticed my mistake, lifted the computer lid, and instantly I realized how much of a retarded wetsock I was. 

The damage wasn't repairable on my own;  the screen didn't have a physical crack I could feel, but something was definitely wrong. 

 

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It's been over a year and a half since then, and I've yet to tell my mum

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It's been over a year and a half since then, and I've yet to tell my mum.  I just kinda feel ashamed, since that was something completely preventable with just common sense, but I digress.  I still have the computer, and I've been thinking of visiting electronic repair forums to at least get an idea of what I broke and an estimate of the costs necessary to fix it.

I wish that I had just told my mum about all that time ago, since that woulda lessened the shame.  I don't know if she'll even be that mad about it, considering I dropped my phone into a cup of ramen 2 months ago and she was completely nonchalant about it, but a cracked computer is a different matter entirely from a waterlogged phone. 

I dunno.  Bottom line?  Don't be like me: a dumbass.

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