Recently I’ve been thinking about buying a Mac. An apple a day keeps the doctor away…right? Below are the prices I’ve come up with for a 15 inch PowerBook, 17 inch PowerBook, and Mac Mini. I’d much rather have a laptop, because I already have desktop with my Dell server. $2,500 is a lot of money though! One benefit is that I’ll be able to write the purchase off on taxes, so in reality the cost is about 25% less when it comes down to it.
What do you think?
My Christmas shopping is done and in record time this year. Just goes to show that prior proper planning prevents piss poor performance!
On Friday night, the family came down for Heather’s graduation. The speaker was dreadful, as expected, but the ceremony didn’t seem too long. After commencement, we headed off to Red Lobster for a little dinner celebration. I love that place. I had the Ultimate Feast and saved room for desert. It was some microwaved brownie thing with ice cream and chocolate syrup. Mmm mmm mmm!! I’ll usually have a Heineken with my dinner there, but I’m taking Tylenol 3 with codiene right now so that wouldn’t be such a good idea.
Let me tell you, this is one good drug. Not only does it wipe out the pain, but it makes everything else feel better too. I know why these things can be addicting. I’m also taking some Penicillin because my dentist thinks I might have an infection in my gums somewhere. The pain I was experiencing late last week is the worst I’ve ever felt in my life. At times I thought my teeth were falling out because it felt like someone hit me in the face with a hammer. The pain seems to be gone for the most part though. I’m trying just to get by with Ibuprofen and it’s working so far.
Heather and Steve woke me up on Saturday morning to go shopping for a digital camera that Steve was going to buy her for Christmas. I was sleeping the best I had in weeks, so I was not a happy camper. After checking out Best Buy and Circuit City, Heather had her mind made up on the Canon PowerShot SD300. She chose it mainly because I suggested getting a Canon and she loved the small size. It is one of their new models and looks pretty sweet. So we went back to my house and ordered it online with 2 day shipping so it would arrive for Christmas.
For the rest of the weekend I played poker and Xbox, when I should have been Christmas shopping. I’m not even done with half of my shopping and I only have until Thursday to finish up. I also need to renew my driver’s license this week before I have to pay late fees. It’ll be a slow week at work, so my stress level should be next to 0, making it easier to get motivated to get things done at night.
Recently a new business opened on the road I take for my work commute. I drive past the place at least twice a day during the week and each time I’ve wondered, “What is ALDI?“
I’ve had some visitors over the last few days, so there hasn’t been much time for posting. It’s always nice to take a little break from the online world though.
I never buy CDs. I’ve bought one in the past 5 or 6 years probably. Yesterday I bought Films About Ghosts by the Counting Crows though. I’ve really been loving their music lately.
Heather came down for a visit yesterday. She had to go to a class for her student teaching today so she drove down after school and spent the night. I cooked up some chicken fettuccine alfredo, garlic toast, and even baked some caramel brownies for desert. I figured cooking her dinner was the least I could do after all of the cooking she did for me during the two years we lived together.
We made a trip to the mall, where I found a couple of deals I couldn’t pass up. I bought a hooded sweatshirt for $12, t-shirt for $5.50, and a nice shirt I can wear to work for $12, all at Aeropostale. You wouldn’t have been able to pass up those deals either!
To cap off the night we watched ER. Does anyone else watch? There have only been two episodes so far this season, but they’ve both been excellent. I’ve been a fan for 3 or 4 years now and have bought (then sold after watching) the first two season DVD box sets to catch up on all of the old action. I don’t watch much TV, but my schedule for Thursday nights is always booked by the crew of County General Hospital. I think Carter and Abbey should get back together and after reading the blurb on NBC’s site about next weeks episode you never know…
Abby later asks Carter out for dinner and drinks in hopes of talking to him about his past problems.
I’ve started an Amazon Wish List in case anyone is in the giving mood.
I haven’t been to Best Buy in a few weeks so I stopped by today to pick up the newly released Star Wars Trilogy on DVD. I also couldn’t resist grabbing Star Wars Battlefront for XBOX after hearing a few friends talk about how awesome it is supposed to be. A simple trip ended up costing me $100. I figured it will be a nice reward for getting the new website done this week. So I promised myself that I won’t touch the DVDs or game until the poker chip tricks site is launched. While waiting in line at the gas pump I opened both packages so the temptation is really there now! It would be so easy to pull out the disc and play, but the goal is in reach. As long as Dave finishes up the video editing tomorrow, I shouldn’t have a problem (no pressure Dave!).
Today, in the first day of class, we covered a lot of material that I had already learned from classes I took during college, so it wa a little boring. After class, I waited for Lindsay to return from her trolley tour and then we headed off for some excitement. I promise this post isn’t nearly as long as Lindsay’s was yesterday…
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