April 1, 2010

  • It's April Fools Day, but it feels like I've been April fooled for the whole year so far. I've had quite the bad luck this year in 2010, and with only three months passed, I'm a little worried what the next nine months will bring. Here are highlights from what I'm talking about, courtesy of my status updates....

    - Installed Windows 7 to my Toshiba laptop, but now the disc drive only works after a fresh reboot because of stupid driver problems. At least it works after a reboot and is not completely dead.

    - uh oh, after over 6 years with my Honda Accord, I may actually be facing an unexpected maintenance issue. I see an Oil Leak!!! Turns out my car was leaking power steering fluid. It also turns out it was my mechanics' fault, so I got it fixed for free. All good now.

    - Stupid spam e-mail. Filter, power on! - http://patrick005.xanga.com/721342778/

    - Another reason for me to not be too happy about the rain. Apparently it gave my brown dog an ear infection in both ears.

    - I'm sad. A rabbit just ran in front of my car and I did not have time to swerve away. Yes, i just accidentally killed a bunny. =(

    - *sarcasm* Oh look! A jury duty summons. That's just what I was looking for.... -_-

    - My left leg only hurts when I move it. Do I have a problem? Yes - http://patrick005.xanga.com/722420056/ - http://patrick005.xanga.com/722670520/ - http://bit.ly/9DTZaH -

    - Those of you seeing Jason Mraz at Long Beach tonight, enjoy the concert for me, 'cuz I'm not able to make it afterall. =(

    - http://twitpic.com/15zhtd - Oh look I hurt myself again! What's going on with me?

    - *accidentally* tested out the durability of my phone's case. Dropped it on the stairs. Had crab sauce on it. Was drenched in tea. Still Good

    - WTF?! Why is there a green vertical line occasionally appearing on my HDTV LCD screen? Not good.

    - A whole week not getting paid for work because of my medical leave... very disconcerting

    - uh oh, having issues with my car's sound system. Turning off by itself. Might be computer error, electrical, or something...

    - http://bit.ly/bBiYbe - So it's not enough that I hurt my leg, but now my car got damaged too? WTF is up with my bad luck?

    - ouch, my left hip was hurting when I woke up. I was lying on my left side when I went to sleep, so maybe it's time to get a new mattress?

    - Well my right leg is now starting to give me some pain. I guess it's playing "catch up" to what happened to my left leg recently.

    - Maybe I'm better off being "an island" - http://patrick005.xanga.com/724378410/item/

    Those things happened from January to March. Admittedly all of these are not end of the world material and can be seen mostly as nuisances more than anything. Most of this bad luck either worked out okay in the end or at least were averted from having more bad luck. One could argue that things could be worse, and this just proves that I actually have good luck working against the bad. Still though, I don't recall having a time when I was having this many unfortunate things happening to me in just a span of three months.