I typically tell people my life doesn’t have many high highs or low lows. That my life is one smooth curvature of “alright”-ness. Today was an exception.

The day started off very well. It was the annual Israeli game industry convention, and I got to meet many people I already knew, and many new faces. I met some people I only knew online, I got to try out a lot of cool new games, I got to beg several devs to compile their games for linux, the food was good, there was some free merch. It was a very exceptional day and I had a blast in it.

And we end off bad.

My laptop’s battery at about 20% capacity from the original design, so I ordered a new battery and planned to replace it myself. I found it on my doorstep when I got home, and as tomorrow there’s another convention I wanna go to, I figured it would be the perfect time to get a more powerful battery. I set up my table, got some small screwdrivers, and went to work.

Firstly, I managed to cut every single one of my fingers while prying open the laptop’s base. I took out all the screws, but the base was still kinda hunkered down there, so I used my nails to try and pry it out (my nails had cut marks on them), and then used a lil bit of force with my fingers. Every single one bled at some point in this procedure other than my thumbs. (Mostly small cuts, all but three healed by the time of making this post, but still.)

Second… I fully stripped one of the screws holding the battery in place. While most of the screws came out fine, and I got 7 of the 8 screws holding the battery in place with little resistance, screw number eight decided to tell me to go fuck myself and just turned its hole into a wide big circle where no tool could pry it out. I tried pretty much every solution I could find online short of using superglue, and the hole only got wider.

“Fuck it, I’ll just take it to the shop tomorrow afternoon.”

Kind of a shit ending to my day, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I bought some pigs in a blanket to cook, and I’ve been looking forward to that. If nothing else, I’ll be able to enjoy some- I accidentally got veggie sausages.

“Fuck it, I’ll order something out.”

30 USD for a burger and fries, not including delivery

“…I’ll make the sausages.”