AQUA PHOENIX

Pretty catchy name for a TV show or comic, no? Alas, this is simply the name I have given to my almighty laptop for surviving a drowning!
So a few days ago, my mum reaches across the table for some peach Ice-tea, knocks it, and spills it all over my laptop...which happens to be open. ZAP! The whole thing goes black and conks out, seemingly forever.(Stupidly, we tried to stick paper towel in it to mop up the tea...obviously didn't do a very good job as the keys are very sticky as I type this.)
A day or so after that, we get the idea to open the whole back and dry it with a hair dryer...so 50 screws later we do just that. Then we turn it on and...nothing. Putting the thing back together was a nightmare I don't want to repeat. :(
Today, just fiddling around with it, I managed to pull the DVD drive out and save my copy of the (most excellent) movie Zodiac. Then, just out of curiosity I start fiddling with a few latches...and manage to pull the battery out. It felt slightly sticky and smelled of peach...the flavour of the ice tea, if you remember. So, feeling rather silly, I blow on it, and in the inside of the laptop. After a few minutes, I put it back in and try to turn it on....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! SCREAMS OF JOY! IT WORKS!!! OMFG!
Absolutely amazing. Just saved myself 600 dollars. And all my documents were still there...double facking sweet!
LONG LIVE THE AQUA PHOENIX!!!

Toodles.
xo