An open letter to...

Dear Murphy’s Law

I wrote you because we met since a long time ago and I haven’t had the chance to talk about our relationship. In fact our relationship sucks.

Since I have memory, you have literally fucked my life with you epigram that is typically stated as: "Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong".

It all started in the breakfast time when I was very young. Every time I sat on the table to enjoy a pleasant meeting with my family and a delicious mealtime, you showed up and ruined the moment. Just when I was about to spread the butter on the last piece of bread, it “accidentally” fell off my hands and fell down always with the butter facing the floor. Come on! I know I’m not the strongest man in the world, but at least I can hold a piece of bread in my hands. I mean how can weight a piece of bread 3, maybe 5 grams? You don’t need to be a Stallone to lift 5 grams of bread.

But this is just the beginning. Do you remember when I reach the age of twelve and I met that stunning skinny brunette girl called Vanessa, the girl next door? As soon as I met her, I thought she would be my first love, but you came out of nothing and introduce me her boyfriend. Isn’t this one of your cruel and Machiavellian plan to ruin my emotional life? I mean this is more than irony as Alanis Morrisette might say: “It’s to meet the girl of your dream and then meet her handsome husband”. It is like showing a piece of meat to a starving kid.

Oh my dear friend have a sit; this is just the beginning. Do you remember the first time I got a computer? I ran to the closest pc game store to buy a game and enjoy during the weekends. When I was trying to installing it, an error message pops up in front of the screen warning me that the processor was not powerful enough, not even the graphic driver to run the program. Are you serious?!!! A strategy role game that can be perfectly compared to Tetris or Pacman couldn’t be displayed on my new computer? Were you asking me for an Intel-Quad core or a graphic driver used by one of the most recent video games consoles? I don’t think so, I’m sure you just wanted to fuck my childhood.

But what really pissed me off is that every time I come home after an exhausting day, I turn on the T.V. and no matter what channel is on, I always catch an advertisement, so I have to wait until the T.V. Program is back to realize what T.V. serie or movie I am watching. Wouldn´t be nice that as soon as I turn on the T.V. the title of the program shows up in front of my eyes, at least once????? I know I'm asking to much. The point is you disturbed me since I was very young and I swear if I saw you on the street, you will pay for all you have done to me.

Sincerely Alvaro Quintero (or should I sign as the martyr?)

P.S. You owe me a breakfast.