Spilled milk - milk - on my laptop keyboard a couple of days ago, and even though I shut it down immediately and left it upside down to dry out overnight before turning it back on, the left arrow key no longer works...which may sound trivial, but it's quite the inconvenience when you use your laptop daily to write. (Actually, writing this post so far I've tried to use the key more than five times, so it's not merely an "inconvenience" - it's bloody annoying.)

I've removed the key, cleaned underneath it, but it hasn't helped. Someone suggested that I wash the keyboard (and leave it to dry for a few days), but I don't want to lose more keys. Editing without the left arrow is a hassle, alright, but writing without the space key would be murder. And it's not as if I can just replace the whole keyboard either, not without buying a new laptop. Which I most certainly can't afford. Damn laptops.

The short and the long of it? I'm in a pissy mood. Writing - which I do, oh, all the time? - has just become a chore.  ¶ 22:24