I Hate It When...

...my computer freezes up.  It happened just a couple of minutes ago, and, let me tell you, it freaked me right out of my mind.  I was just trying to eject my flash drive (is that what's it's called?).  Anyways, I tried to eject it, but it wouldn't.  So, I just, being the tech-savvy person I am, yanked it out.  Then, to my dismay, I found that the little thingy showing that the flash drive was in the computer was still on my desktop.  I figured, 'well, that's not that bad, I just have to shut the computer down'...but then I realized I couldn't move my mouse.  So, I close the computer, and, doing what I learned in middle school (never do anything you learned in middle school regarding laptop- whatever you learned is wrong).  So, then, I unceremoniously fiddled with the battery for a good three minutes until I figured how it went back in the computer.  Thus accomplished, I turned the computer on...but the color wheel of death was STILL spinning and my computer was STILL frozen.  So.  I freaked.  And I went downstairs and practically dragged my dad up to my room to help me.  He held down on the off button until it shut down.  Waited.  And turned it on again.  It was back to normal.  Now, this only begs the question: how come my dad who has never used a Mac in his life was able to fix my computer when I couldn't?  I guess I shouldn't ever apply for a job trouble shooting computer problems on Best Buy's Geek Squad.