It’s a love/hate relationship. We’ve learned how to get along with each other. I know how to push your buttons. It seemed like we had a kind of deal: you accept me, I accept you. And I apologize for not always knowing what’s wrong, for not always understanding you. I really wish I could, you know. We could have the greatest time if only we could figure out how to get along and stuff. If only I could fathom you…
Because I’m using you without knowing what is going on on the inside. I’m using you every day, getting you on and off whenever I need you. Do you need me? I don’t know actually. I assume you don’t. I assume you’re here because you are the one who knows all these things about me, who gets me to places. Whenever I need advice, or even when I want to know when the library’s open, you can help. I’m very grateful for that.
But why is it so hard to really get along with you? Why do we always crash when I really need you? Is it me letting you down, or you letting me down? I can’t tell anymore. Our situation has improved a lot already, we’ve come from nothing to this. But it’s still not really what it should be. There’s still a lot of things that should be better… I want to be sure I can rely on you, I want to know more buttons I can push… I want to understand! And I want you to tell me what I do wrong. Sometimes I just sit here, baffled, not understanding what on earth went wrong. Can’t you just say what I should do in order to make it work? How hard can that be? You’re able to do so much, you know so much – why don’t you spread the wisdom? Share it with me. I beg you.
What’s going on?
In a few weeks I have an exam I’m eagerly (ahem) studying for. It’s an IT exam, and as you might know, computers will always be a struggle for me. By now I finally figured how to use the Internet, and Word perhaps. But overall I have a really small knowledge which won’t make me pass my exam this way. I do have hope that one day, my computer and I will be best friends who really understand each other. Until that day, I struggle and battle on. What else can I do?
No Blog Intended 
Michael Cargill
/ December 24, 2013I work in IT and I hate computers. Hopefully this will be of some comfort to you.
Best of luck.
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013But then why did you voluntarily step into that world?
Michael Cargill
/ December 24, 2013Computers were about the only thing I was good at, so it was either go into IT or work in McDonalds!
Plus, at age 19, it all seemed far more exciting.
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013There are fries at MD. I don’t see how that doesn’t sound better than computers, but okay.
I guess everything seems more exciting when you’re 19! Which I am now. O dear.
El Guapo
/ December 24, 2013Ha! Me too. My loathing for computers is matched only by my thanks that they break a lot so I have a job.
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013People like me make your living! There’s an upside to this after all.
El Guapo
/ December 24, 2013I hope you do better on this test than you expect.
If there’s anything specific you’re hung up on, drop me a line. I might be able to help out.
(I work in IT too.)
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013Yeah well, I kinda gave up by now. But if I decide to pick it up again, and I get in trouble (which I will), you can expect some spamming from me!
Thanks for wanting to help and happy holidays!
cindybruchman
/ December 24, 2013Good luck! I hope you overcome your fears. You can do it π
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013Thanks! I hope I will! One day everything might turn out fine ;). Happy holidays!
RO
/ December 24, 2013Good luck with your battle against the machines! π
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013Thank you! I’ll need that luck! π
Aussa Lorens
/ December 24, 2013Haha! At first I was like… woah, this is intense. Then I got wise like a riddling hobbit. Good luck with this! I can’t help you in the least…
No Blog Intended
/ December 24, 2013Yay, at least someone was tricked by this! Thanks for being the good reader ;).
And thanks for the support. I’ll guess I’ll make something of it… Somehow…
Mooselicker
/ December 24, 2013Smash a couple computer to send the rest a message.
No Blog Intended
/ December 25, 2013Hahaha, great advice!
Have a peaceful Christmas by the way! π
Mooselicker
/ December 25, 2013Thanks! You too!
The Indecisive Eejit
/ December 25, 2013I love my computers, but only when they work! lol
Have a Happy Christmas lovely one! π x You and others were some of the best bits of my 2013!
No Blog Intended
/ December 25, 2013Yep, I’ve got the same feeling towards them! π
For you the same thing, Eejit! Thanks for becoming a great blogfriend – you rock!! π
Summer Solstice Girl
/ December 25, 2013LOL I have never understood how is it that you being so young are not into electronic gadgets and stuff. You remind me of the says when assignments had to be done on a typewriter. Ancient history, I know.
Happy holidays!
No Blog Intended
/ December 25, 2013Hah, I’d probably be much happier with a typewriter! π
No, that’s not true. I’m finally okay woth a computer, but when I have to do more advanced stuff than just writing, I tend to fail. I seem to lack the ‘electronic’ feel…
Happy holidays for you as well!
Summer Solstice Girl
/ December 25, 2013It just a matter of getting used to it, I think. Best of luck in that love/hate relationship. They’s always a bitch π
No Blog Intended
/ December 26, 2013Probably… The fact that I get a grade for it, is what scares me the most!
But we’ll make the best of it :).
Nicole Marie
/ December 30, 2013Good luck on the test!! I love computers, but that’s probably because I don’t work with them. I also don’t know much about them!!!
No Blog Intended
/ December 30, 2013Thanks! I will need that luck…
If I don’t have to do anything special with them, yes, I like them too ;).