Warranty

The first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word "warranty" is 'planned obsolescence'.  I was in an ABC Afterschool Special back in 1979, broadcast right after my birthday.  As a birthday present, my parents got me a large (for the era) color RCA television so I could watch my special on a decent television, not the thirteen inch black and white I'd had for over ten years.  It was a nice thing for them to do.

Two years later, the screen went blue - yes children, the blue screen of death predates computers.  I got the huge thing down the stairs of my third floor walk up and to a repair shop only to find out that the warranty had expired about two weeks earlier.  It would cost me $400 to fix the television.

I went out and bought a new one, Hitachi - thirteen inches, color, for $350.  I still have it, it still works great.

And that is why I will never buy RCA products again.

Anticipatory Angst

What the heck am I thinking?

The thirty day challenge starts in two days.  If you noticed, my last 30 challenge stopped after almost three weeks.  What you don't know is that I sustained a heavy emotional trauma and plunged into shock and depression. 

Why do I bring this up?  Because historically (or maybe hysterically), I've always struggled in September.  I found out today that my mom and one of my brothers also struggles with September.  I'm not sure why they do, but for me I think it has to do with giving up the relative freedom of summer away from home, etc. and going back to a school where I was taunted and a home where I was emotionally, physically and sexually abused. 

I don't know if my thirty days of text challenge will make the full month, but I do need to kick my writing into gear and maybe it's the nudge I need to keep on keeping on.

We shall see.