The photo I took of Robert The Doll.<\/p><\/div>\n

I took out my disposable Kodak camera. The one where you had to turn a dial each time you take a picture while hoping that the photos would turn out ok.<\/span><\/p>\n

I took my shot of the photo. Seconds later the tour guide said these words (major side eye to him):<\/p>\n

“Before you take a picture, you must ask Robert if you can take his photo otherwise your technology will stop functioning, and\/or your camera roll will come out in all photos of Robert.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Now you tell me, sir! So I kindly, yet jokingly ask Robert if I could take his photo. Not holding any truth to this theory, I decided I\u2019ll just take photos of the house.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fast forward to Friday, the end of the trip when we arrived at our drop-off location to unload and then go home. What a trip, I thought. I can rest easy.<\/p>\n

The following day, a few of us decided to work on our group project. We sat down at one of the brand new MAC desktops to upload and edit our video. We were almost done. Like we were adding the last frames to our video when the computer crashed. It went blank.<\/p>\n

My heart dropped.<\/span><\/p>\n

Alright, this is normal, I said to myself. I pushed the button to restart the computer. It turns on. So I\u2019m thinking like \u201cYeah, we\u2019re all good. Just a little setback.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, a white screen appears. And, nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

30 seconds pass. 2 minutes pass. 5 minutes pass and still nothing.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you understand the severity or even weirdness of this situation. This was a brand new MAC computer that had been installed and set up a couple months before we were even allowed to touch it. There was no way that this computer should have crashed this soon. Uggh!!<\/span><\/p>\n

We spent time on our project and did not have a backup. We were so confident (or foolish) in our product that we deleted the clips off the camcorder. I don’t know why we didn\u2019t save them anywhere else but on this one computer! *Sigh*<\/span><\/p>\n

Someone joked during our \u201ccrying\u201d session that \u201cRobert did it.\u201d I couldn\u2019t verify the truth of this statement because I hadn\u2019t processed the film from my camera. My response, “Yeah right.” But, deep down I knew it could’ve been possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

I clung to hope that the IT guys could help us out. And, they surely did. NOT. They erased all hope because they could not explain what\u2019d happened or fix the issue. Although we later were able to piece together our final video project, the stress of losing our hard work was upsetting. Like I would have rather someone steal *knocks on wood* the computer than to have it mysteriously crash. At least there would be a logical explanation.<\/span><\/p>\n

That computer\u00a0with that blank screen sat in the lab throughout the summer and the school year. It haunted me. It was like the plague. I could not erase the reminder about what the tour guide said. Could Robert the doll really have done this?<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert, if you can hear me, could I use you as the subject to my…<\/p>\n

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