Yesterday, Tuesday October 1st 2008 I experienced a student’s worst fear. Not failing an exam or forgetting to hand in a 20% assignment; I experienced the death of my laptop. With an assignment due that was saved on the computer and a midterm the next day, this could not have been a worse day. I decided that this was an emergency-I had to leave the languages of the media lecture. I immediately called Dell and demanded that they fix the problem. Of course I was given the answer: "If you upgrade your warranty we could solve the problem quicker". I heard that I could get my files out at a local computer shop. So I slept on it, very late at night.
The next day, I was without a computer and felt out of touch in my class. I went to the computer shop and they extracted my files. I used my friend’s laptop to send my assignment in. The next 5 hours, I was without a laptop studying not by PowerPoint, but by handwritten notes. I went to my exam and noticed that I did not worry about my laptop while it was at the front of class. I actually felt free. I had no computer to write my blogs on and I wanted to write one, so here I am at 1:17 AM in the Library renting a laptop. The occurrence of this broken laptop has given me mixed feelings. It is very difficult to participate in the world of University with no laptop; however I feel more free and individual. This experience has provided me with a great understanding of my dependence and participation in the media economies.
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