Build Me Up

I had only just returned from helping a friend fix his computer. In transferring his hardware from one box to another, he - being the curious thing he is - decided to take a look at the fan-heatsink-processor sandwich, breaking the contact between the processor and the heatsink in the process. I, being the watchful friend that I am, caught this error when he was screwing his fan back on.

"Did you take the fan off?"

"Yes."

"And the heat sink?"

"Yeah. I wanted to see how it worked."

Briefly hanging my head, I explain why you do not do this. Chastised, he left for Fry's to get some thermal compound, and I returned home.

"Hi honey."

"Hi babe."

I sat down on the couch, curled up with my laptop, while my boy plays World of Warcraft on my PC. "Someone called me 'buttercup' earlier."

"Who?" I asked.

"Gregor."

"Is it because you build him up?"

"No."

"Before you let him down?"

"No."

"And mess him around?"

"You can stop."

"Why do you hate everything I love?"