Hopeless

For the past 10 days i have been screenless. That is, my laptop is broken and my tv is broken. i use both these appliances, or instruments as i prefer to see them, everyday for both academic and leisure activities. Not having a laptop has made a lot of research quite hard, i've been forced to float between school, local and city libraries, friends' computers, internet cafes and right now i am typing on my sister's in canberra. Anywhere i can log on, you will find me checking my digital self. almost like a starving rat really, i beg for 5 minutes of use where ever i am. I have been doing a lot of online research lately, for this class and two of my sociology classes, not having a laptop to browse through PDF files is proving expensive as i have to print them all off instead of just viewing them on my screen and making notes of important passages.

in short: having both screens plucked from my life in week 7 of university, at the end of winter, when i'm barely earning any money is really, really hard to live with. I also fell quite ill last week and i have wondered if it's because of the increased stress of tearing through melbourne on my bike trying to find a 24hour internet cafe every night of the week.

Thankfully i have recently been offered a tv which i will receive later in the week and someone has offered to lend me their laptop while they travel overseas for three weeks so there is hope i can stay, not only on top of my school work, but manage my screen addiction for just a little longer.

anyone selling a laptop? email me.