Black out

So I dont write a lot of blogs.
In fact, i barely ever blog these days unless something really stirs me.

So here's something thats been on my mind lately...
Weird things have been happening to me of late.. Strange electronic malfunctions and technological errors.

It all started a few months ago now when I was polishing off a wicked assignment and my computer died.
Just made a weird noise and ceased to exist.
Poof.
Gone.

And though I paid some money, and got it wiped and fixed- ever since then- the rest of the machines and any other technology that I interact with started failing. Its as though my computer was the instigator of a complete electronic strike against Bree. Technology has officially decided it hates me...

When i went to hand that assignment in, the entire printing system for QUT failed. No one in the entire Queensland University of Technology could print anything, except one computer in printing services.
I'll be clever, i thought- and email it to someone at printing services and get them to print it off.

"QUT's email service is down".. "No one can receive or send emails at the moment. We dont know how long it will take to fix."

"Of course." I smile.


After finally finding a printer that worked, I hand in my assignment 5 minutes before the deadline.

I came home to jam with a friend and switched on the light bulb in my room. Bang! light bulb explodes and falls out of the ceiling.

This is not a work of fiction.

So I go on over to my mates house to hang out for a bit and upon entering her room, i reach for the light swith and.... you guess it. Blew her lightbulb too.

No. I am not making this up.

Weird coincidence you say?

Yeh i guess. Except that in the same week i counted 5 streetlights which failed as i walked underneath them.
FIVE OF THEM!
& they didnt just stop working either, they failed whilst was within a 5 meter radius of them and flickered back on when i walked away..

The mixing desk at one of my favorite venues to play, ceases to work most days I am there, and will only sometimes work - and when it does its always MY mic and MY guitar that takes approximately one hour to finally, grudgingly work.

I bought a car last week too.
Upon trying to register my car in New South Wales, I was faced with the information that, regrettably, something terrible has happened to the entire state wide computer systems for the RTA.
"The computers are all malfunctioning...this has never happened before- I'm really sorry."

"It's OK, You know, at this point it would suprise me if it DID work"

I broke mums kettle while I was at home last week too.
It doesn't automatically turn off anymore. It will just boil until the waters all gone.
I didnt drop it or anything either, it just stopped turning off after I used it when i first arrived at home.

The Go card machines were down this morning
and Queensland Transport's computer systems malfunctioned when they tried to verify my licence.


I have made none of this up.


My computer is about to run out of battery.

*sigh*

x bRee