The Curse of Friday the 13th

Love the feature films (the “classic” ones), but never really believed in the curse. I’d survived a number of Friday-the-13th’s with nary a scratch. And then yesterday happened.

• I awoke with an ear/sinus infection (first one EVER)
• My jerryrigged modem sputtered and died (new one still hasn’t arrived)
• The laptop I was working on decided to do an unsolicited update which borked everything, threw up an error, and then refused to work properly even after a reboot
• My iPhone (and its various Apps) began misbehaving…actually most of my electronic devices began misbehaving…

By the early afternoon, the only thing I wanted to do was curl up into the fetal position and sleep through the rest of the day. That didn’t happen, however. Instead, I decided it was time to go analog.

I grabbed my sketchbook (of which a sheet tore while I was erasing), a pencil (the lead of which broke more times than I care to recall), and just draw. It was actually rather cathartic (minor SNAFUs notwithstanding)…and before I knew it, the day was nearing a close.

And today? My ear feels considerably better (though there’s still some swelling and a Dr.’s appointment in my future), for the time being the modem is behaving as is my iPhone and its Apps. (I haven’t turned on the evil laptop yet, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that were somehow miraculously fixed.)

At least I didn’t get eaten by a bear.

But now for the real reason for this post. The blog will likely be quiet for a few days. That’s because of the modem situation. I’ve chucked in the towel with AT&T’s DSL service after that whole modem fiasco and I’ve ordered cable internet…I just have to wait for the new modem to arrive and the service to be activated, so that means roughly a week with spotty internet access.

(Somehow being eaten by a bear seems preferable to no internet access. I hope I can survive.)