Most of you who know me (does anyone else read this stuff? he he) have heard me say "I hate computers!" Well here's something you probably don't know. I'm not kidding.

There's a pretty fun game out there called Dungeon Keeper 2. It is a little bit old, so of course it won't work with Windows XP. No one supports the game anymore, so there won't be any new patches. It's infuriating! I've paid for this computer (and thus Windows XP) and I actually paid money for this game - but it won't work! And even though I'm an all-important customer, no one cares. I actually did get the game working tonight, but it's still frustrating. Several tormenting hours of searching the internet, countless different "tricks", and many forced restarts are hardly worth anything, let alone a single game. (Gosh, I'm so dramatic :P).

That is why I hate computers. Because of all the stupid crap that should work but won't. Very, very few games will work when I first install them. Yes, I have the minimum requirements. I'm not that stupid. I'm just really tired of not being able to play old classics like Grand Theft Auto 2 just because I upgraded to a new operating system. I'm not trying to sound like some moron just whining about his games - that just happens to be the problem I faced tonight. My computer does much, much more to aggravate me to the point of loathing. I could go on with my list of greivances, but I've been looking at this screen for too long...

I know what you're thinking: "Wait a second! You're a computer science major! How can you hate computers!?" It's simple - it's programming that I love. I love everything about it, not just the part that takes place in the computer. I love the planning, dreaming up the steps I need to take to complete a program. I love the problem solving, logically thinking through every step. I love the feeling I get when I make a breakthrough. I love going back through my program until I can make it as efficient as possible. I love gnawing away at a problem, a program, until it is finished. And I absolutely love the feeling I get when I finally finish.

It's regrettable that computer programming relies on such an unreliable machine. I guess I will have to keep using this piece of junk. It's definitely no fun to spend fruitless hours trying to fix all of its various problems...but when I write programs and tell it what to do, it's worth it.