Today I have logged in from my brand new laptop and made a promise to myself to revive this blog. Not for anyone else to read, but purely to push myself to take up writing again. I think I've been silent too long, and I got really scared about losing touch with a major part of my personality. Again, it feels like a brand new beginning and I am not so sure what I will write about. It could be about current events, music maybe, a few good films I have seen, maybe the pandemic - but I can't say for sure. I aim to write at least one blog entry per week just to keep practicing. 

My old laptop, a Dell Inspiron called Hunny, has long been dead and forgotten, but I remember Hunny today because I typed my first ever blog post with his help. His replacement was a Macbook Pro I got in 2015, but somehow that Macbook Pro always felt like a stranger, someone I was on tentative good terms with. Things have a way of picking up our vibes and this new Macbook took it personally. I never gave Macbook Pro a name, he was not Hunny and not a close friend. Macbook Pro dealt with me like a friendly neighbor or distant relative, available to help out when I absolutely needed it but otherwise keeping his distance. Part of the reason of our relationship's coldness was my own disinterest in getting to know him. Life had changed gears, I had an iPhone who was like a shadow, clinging to me wherever I went and doing most of the work I needed, there was a job and career, a place to call home, a citizenship to acquire, so much to do. Macbook Pro helped but in a backup capacity, and always somewhat grudgingly. Still I am really glad for Macbook Pro's services.

He finally decided to end things with me on Valentine's Day, 2021 - after a good 5 years of a kind-of friends relationship. I tried to fix him, looked up how much it would cost to appease him, and bring him back to his senses, but he was unwilling and wanted to quit. The money wasn't worth his tantrum or silent treatment.

I saved enough money to get this new Macbook, this time an Air instead of a Pro, since I don't think I need such an advanced laptop and it might take offense at my mundane tasks. This time I am committed to being good friends with Henry, and I hope he likes his name. I have big plans for Henry, he is supposed to help me for the next few years in my creative pursuits and I will try to limit how much the iPhone tries to interfere and cling unnecessarily. So Henry, this is the first one I typed with your help - we are off to a good start, my friend! 😊