Electronics are revolting against me.

Yesterday morning, I was working on my laptop when suddenly it froze. It stayed that way, grinding, for fifteen solid minutes. It was stuck at 7:07am while the clock on my cable box had moved on to 7:17. Normally, I'd just turn it off. I couldn't this time. I didn't know if the document I had been working on was saved or not. It was something I couldn't loose. So when my laptop finally burps and unfreezes there are lines in the LCD screen. After I saved my document, I did a restart... yup the lines are still there. Great.

So today I reached for my iPod. Turn it on...scroll around the menu looking for some Lady GaGa when I notice a line going horizontal across the screen of my iPod. WHAT THE HECK ELECTRONICS?

I should maybe step back a few and explain that I may in fact have the touch of death when it comes to these sorts of things. I can't own a DVD player for more than a year because they break. I don't do anything to them! They touch me and die. Just ask my mom!

One time...my mom and I rented an Elvis movie Change of Habit (if you haven't seen it... YOU NEED TO!) I powered on the DVD player, ejected the tray, placed the DVD in and then pressed play. The movie played. My mom and I ate popcorn. Then when the movie ended I clicked the menu button on the remote and all hell broke loose. The DVD player froze. I waited a few minutes and finally my mom says, "just try turning it off." I did. It never turned back on.

So I'm actually starting to think that maybe I'm just one of those people whose electrons are more destructive than most. Maybe I need to wear rubber, electron-neutral gloves when touching things plugged into a wall?

Thoughts? Suggestions? Do any of you Ranters have this problem?
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