the near past- 2 weeks ago

Whopppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!! Finallllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!! These were the exact words that raced through drifter’s mind when she saw the technician install last of the programmes on her new and updated computer. “My room smells glorious with the new computer smell” reveled drifter. That night she went to bed with happy thoughts and dreamt of turning into the computer super-whiz kid now that all her problems were vanquished. Finally, The Comp would finally start behaving like one.

 flash back to 8 yrs ago
L’ll drifty is sitting in the computer lab in school. Between the chortles and smart-ass comments, this little interesting snippet reaches l’ll drifty’s ear “Computers have no brains of their own, they have no logic like living beings”. Distracted by the statement, l’ll drifty ponders over the “profoundness” of it for few nanoseconds and then goes back to the more pleasurable pursuits. As l’ll drifty grows to learn more about the strange contraption installed recently at home, she discovers that it was all a big lie. BIG BIG lie. UhUh, even at that tender age, she was too smart to fall for that silly statement. And as l’ll drifty grows up, she finds absolutely no reason to change her mind, not when for 8 years she has to put up with a temperamental piece, which worked at its own will, needed so much pampering, had its on and off days like a human.

 Back to the near past-2 weeks ago

 “But, all that is behind her now, isn’t it?” thought drifter. “Come on, how much can a little silicon hurt one person?” One day, it took just one day, and all were forgiven.

“All the times when the hard-drive just gave up & all the music that got deleted in one shot, all the files, all the photographs and million other little things that used to get accumulated and deleted are over and done with. Let’s start over with a clean hard-drive,” murmured drifty to TC-2 as they called it a truce.

   Fast forward to 2 weeks-the present-the reality
AAAAAaaarrrrrrrrrrrghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Startled, drifter almost gets up from her chair to locate the source when she realized that it was she. What had happened? THE USUAL. “Lets put our hands together for new and “improved” TC-2” thought drifter as she swore at TC-2. It had to be restarted AGAIN for the 5th time in the past ½ an hour. Oh it’s improved all right. In its tantrums. This one has some really classy ones in its kitty too. It hangs faster and more frequently. It has to be restarted more often. Its moods while online have graduated to Technicolor. Have you ever got search results for various types of viagra, phenanthrine, poker, online gambling, air purifier, etc. etc. all within record 3 minutes. The best part drifter NEVER searched for it!!!!!!!!! Oh, this one does all that and more with a panache that puts other PCs to shame. It took drifter 1 & 1/2 hrs (yup, you read it right) to install YM.

So, now the new comp smell has gone, the new covers have been peeled off. The opponents have acknowledged each other and are ready to take each other head on.

 “Let the mind games begin!!!” thought drifter as she curls her lips in a wicked smile and prepares for yet another duel with the indomitable TC-2.

“Welcome to the family TC-2. I hope you are as frustrating and untamable as your ancestor!!!”

P.S. To type this post in Word itself, I had to restart TC twice. (Just how hard is it to open a MS Word application???