My birthday came and went quietly. The only thing that happened was my motherboard died.

Again.

The first motherboard died like 7 months after I got it. Brought it back for RMA (which in and of itself is worthy of a post due to the amount of trouble I had to go through just to get it back to the distributor). Anyway long story short, the warehouse guy told me, it will take about a month to ship it back to china for repairs. One month!!! In actual computing time, that’s like a bloody eternity. Anyway I decided, screw it, just go get a new one. Lazy wanker that I am, I decided to get another Asus motherboard just so I don’t have to reinstall everything again.

Bad idea.

Because the new motherboard went bellyuped like after 1 month. Frigging piece of shitware asus crap. So on my birthday, I spent like 3 hours plugging and unplugging stuff to revive the computer. Way to go.

Official stance: I am never ever touching any piece of asus shitware crap with a 10 foot pole. Ever again. Screw Asus.

In the end I went back to Gigabyte which has been working like a dream eversince. Stick with what works.

I got a lot of well wishes and whatnot messages on sms and msn. So thanks guys, for remembering. Usually I don’t make a big fuss out of it. I guess being like suddenly the center of attention kinda makes it embarassing and somewhat sheepish for me. Not that I don’t appreciate the gestures and all, that just me. But presents are always welcomed and appreciated.

Anyway don’t mean to sound like an asshole, but I don’t remember anybody’s birthday. Like I told a friend, somehow, my brain don’t come equipped with birthday functions. The only time I remember brithdays is when I have to. Which is?

We all know the saying- Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Well people forget the second part which is- A woman scorned hath no fury like a girlfriend whose birthday her guy has forgotten. Happened once, barely lived to tell the story. Maybe that’s why my knees are wonky and have never been the same since. They say Jimmy Hoffa forgot his girlfriend’s birhtday and we all know how that turned out.

So the only time I will make the effort to remember birthdays is when I have to because I don’t want my girlfriend doing evil things to me. But since I don’t have one now, that function has been erased.