Romance on Brief Hiatus

Hey, I just started back blogging again! Well, my laptop is sick; apparently it has been rather infirm for about two months at least and needed repairs. The speed has been painfully slow as if my computer was straining, trying to go from webpage to webpage. This was even the case if I remained on a site for awhile. Scrolling up or down was difficult. I took my computer to the shop a couple of times, but the guy who waited on me had poor customer service skills, and he went on to blame my internet service as the reason why my surfing online was going at a snail’s pace even though I have broad band. The problems accumulated with me even having my laptop’s hard drive replaced for free since my computer is still on warranty.

I am going to finally put my computer in the shop tomorrow, and they will ship it off. I won’t have internet access for the next 2 to 3 weeks unless I go to the public library and use the computers there. I will go there, but not to blog. I prefer to blog in the privacy of my own home, so I won’t be posting for a few weeks unfortunately. I will be back though once “the world in a box” (my name for a computer) has been cured of whatever ails it.

In closing, my interests may seem to be almost strictly intellectual, but I also like some pop culture. Last week American and world pop culture lost two stars, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. I had a crush on Michael back in his Jackson Five days; I was a little girl then. I watched Farrah on Charlies Angels when I was in middle school, and I just loved her flippy (sic) tresses. It was expected that Farrah wouldn’t make it because of the cancer she was battling, but Michael’s death was an earth shaking and crushing shock for many worldwide even though there had been rumors online in the last year that he was dying. Now two iconic figures of 20th century pop culture and favorites of my childhood are gone. I know I am getting older…

Below are tiny tributes to them.

Michael Jackson (1958-2009)


Farrah Fawcett (1947-2009)