Bad news today… tragedy struck in the form of a toaster passing. Except by struck I mean it gradually took place, over time. Actually it was striking for about 2 weeks now, and I think it finally finished striking. Sad.
Some background: one typical day I was gearing up to make a nice gourmet dinner - peanut butter and jelly, the usual. Bread lightly toasted, peanut butter melting ever so slightly, with a touch a strawberry glaze deliberately applied. Of course the key ingredient here is the lightly toasted toast. Not too crunchy, not too burnt though either. Toasters are very fickle this way. You put all faith forward when throwing fresh and unassuming slices of virgin bread in them, and inherently take the great risk associated with this act. I mean, they could burn! They could end up IN THE TRASH! Unacceptable. It is our duty to make sure innocent breads never go burnt. The perfect toaster is pivotal here. Fortunately my roommates toaster was perfect. Until…
The beginning of the end. Day 1: push lever down. it bounces back up. Huh? push it again - sticks. Sweet. Must not have pushed hard enough.
Day 5: push lever down. bounces up. push. bounces. push… and Hold. It sticks. Sweeeeet.
Day 9: push. bounce. push. bounce. push, hold. bounce. $%^&. Slam… annnnnd it sticks. Sweet!
Day 11: push, bounce, push, bounce, hold, SLAM, push, slam, hold, push. no sticking. slam? push? slam/hold? NOTHING IS WORKING. My dinner is RUINED.
Day 14: Me: “heyyy roomie… you know your awesome toaster? The one I love with all my heart? Yeah I think its broken. Check it out” —- push, bounce. puuuuuuush… bounce.
Roommate: “No way - let me try!” —- push. SLAM. SLAM. SLAM.
Me: “yeeeaaaahhhh” —-push—- “OMG! did you see that flash? Ahh!!! There was a flash of white light that came out of the toaster!”
And so, the toaster gave its last breath and officially crapped out. At least until our crafty roommate fixes it. Until then, I’m researching the market for a new toaster. Talk about indecision here. I thought I had a hard enough time choosing fabric for curtains! One google search for “awesome toaster” and I was absolutely floored. Decisions, decisions.
