WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO TELL ME?

Thursday last week:

I set up a desk facing my windows, brushed off the dust off my Aunt's circa 1970's typewriter, got a ream of fresh and crisp white paper, and started typing...

After almost finishing a page, the ribbon runs out. I couldn't even type the last word. I HAD TO FREAKING SCRIBBLE IT IN.

Such luck. No one carries typewriter ribbon anymore and I am forced to special order the damn item if I wished to carry on with my poetry. Such luck indeed.

Wednesday (a little while ago).

After relocating my creative efforts over to my studio PC, I was eager to print out my writing for the week.

Bought a twin pack of ink and brought over the ream of paper from my room. For the first three pages, it worked wonderfully. Until...

MY PRINTER LIGHTS START BLINKING AND ERROR MESSAGES STARTED TO POP UP ON MY SCREEN.

I installed the second cartridge. Wow! It's totally genius that I bought two!

I click on PRINT, and a bunch of little squiggles appear on my paper. None of them resemble the document I wanted to print out.

Then I tried to troubleshoot until I was almost late for work.

Alas.

Is this your way of trying to teach me about patience?