Apples and oranges... and Rainbow Trout?

MacBook is still at the computer hospital. I called Apple today, and they’re waiting on some parts so that they can figure out if they’re right in assuming that the logic board was faulty, or that something else was corrupt... or, um, something. 

I have no idea what any of that meant. All I heard was, “Blah, blah, waiting… blah, dead computer, blah blah give us 24 hours to get the parts in and we’ll call you.” Tragic. 

I think the worst part about not having the damn thing is that I am not fond of silence. I always have some show or movie playing, even if I’m busy with something that demands my full attention. I think it’s a generational thing. I mean, commercial radio broadcasts didn’t exist until the 1920s. Before then, you had to just keep musicians around if you couldn’t deal with silence. Maybe this is why my generation is so damn attention deficit.

Discussing the downfall of MacBook with a friend of mine led into this conversation:

Him: So… what if Apple had gone with a different fruit? Like “Banana”? Or “Grape”

Me: No, no. Apple used to be Macintosh, which is a type of apple. So it would have to be like Clementine originally, and then changed to Orange once the Clementines were gaining popularity.

Him: Clementines aren’t oranges. Are they? They’re too small. They’re tangerines or something.

Me: They may as well be oranges. I thought tangerines were a type of orange, too. If it’s a round, orange fruit, it’s an orange in my book. Also, if they hadn’t gone with the name Apple in this strange, alternate universe, then wouldn’t the operating systems be named after something other than big cats? Like birds, or types of fish, or something?

Him: I heard Orange was going to come out with Tuna in a few weeks, but if you ask me, I think Largemouth Bass is a way better OS.

Me: Yeah, I prefer to keep my Orange running Rainbow Trout. I like to kick it old school.

Him: Psh. If you really wanted to keep it old school, you’d be running Tilapia 2.0. Duh.

Me: Rainbow Trout came out before Tilapia 2.0. It was on the original Clementine. You need to brush up on your Orange history.

Him: You are so wrong. Your brain must be running Salmon. *rolls eyes*

So, you know, at least I have plenty of stellar friends to distract me from my lack of a distraction. Or something like that. Ugh, I can't think today. Maybe my brain is running Salmon. 

-L