It's Like Eating Ice Cream, But More Expensive
I'm in a mode where I want to buy something. I wanna buy a small, light, wireless-ready laptop. Doesn't need to be loaded or smokin' fast, because I'm not a "gamer" or a "ripper" or a music thief (much). Besides, I still have my trusty desktop that is my joy and comfort and bedrock of productivity.
So I don't really need something. I want something. There are very real reasons where I could use said future laptop productively. I can make the case. But the truth is that this is not a missing cog in my life-wheel.
It's a shiny hubcap. It's a spinner. What would a Saturn look like with spinners on it? Is my life really ready for a spinner?
My metaphors are all over the place.
Somebody tell me not to spend money I don't have on something I don't need just so that I will have something shiney.
posted by Teodoro Callate @ 7:31 PM
13 comments
13 Comments:
well, you could buy *me* an iPod and then you could be doing me a service and fulfilling a big huge hole i have in my life. you'd fulfill the money spending urge, you'd be satiating a big need/want in my life, and everyone's happy!
yay shiny things! yay money! yay looking for a fix!!
Shiny things.
Shiny things are pretty.
Shiny things are nice.
You need a new laptop. Not want, but need. Go buy it. Now.
Shiny.
You may think that shiney is spelled without the e, but really all that means is you haven't seen the laptop I want to buy, nor have you seen the spinners on my Saturn.
Well, your desktop will surely be obsolete in what, five minutes? But so will the shiny laptop - I suggest maybe delaying the gratification until the next version of the shiny laptop comes out, which will of course be about five minutes after you buy the current shiny laptop. But you have to do it sometime. I plan on getting an ipod when they put one out that takes dictation, which will be right before the one that reads my thoughts.
See, this is part of the problem. My desktop will be 3 years old in February, and it's still smokin. Computers are so good these days (for my purposes), memory and processing speed is so cheap...computers can actually last me a while (this is the first computer I've had were I can say that).
So I'm saying to myself that I could spend less than a grand and get a smokin (for my purposes) laptop that would last a long time. If I do it right, it would also serve as a backup for my desktop...which is a very valid concern, considering the fact that my entire life is on it. And eventually my dissertation will be on it, and good god, if it crashes I am f'ed beyond words.
See? I need it. I need it. I need it.
I can't have it.
Or can I?
As it is Teo
we almost can't talk to you anymore
our technological language is changing and you must change with it
we were all "trying" to tell you this in a "nice" way
you must upgrade
we won't be able to communicate much longer unless you do
then and only then will we be able to
talk about relevant things
laugh when we laugh
sigh when we sigh
r e l a t e
you must upgrade
for love
our relationship depends on it
this is not about "want"
it's not about "you"
oh no
it's more than necessary
it's crucial that we communicate in a modern way
it's about us
do it for us
it's the right thing to do
ha ha
snicker snicker
emoticon emoticon
i need to get funnier or keep it with the day job
hope you get the new puter
oh no, vin...you're plenty funny!
One of my kids stepped on my laptop this morning and bent the frame. (I am an idiot for setting it on the floor.) Bent the frame back with a spatula.
I need a shin(e)y new laptop(e).
Kevlar(e)
LOL
not at your situation but at your delivery
Teo, don't. In the words of the ever-inspiring N. Reagan, just say no. Your desire to consume will not be sated by this purchase, nor will corporate America be the slightest bit benenfited by your hard-earned contribution. I believe in personal development by means of fiscal restraint, something much maligned in this country. please give this whim a second thought, some much more can be cash than to make this purchase.
DNA - not a drip, no sirree. Love the words of wisdom. But I have to say I would never, ever, nevereverever thought that I'd read you quoting nancy reagan.
I'm serious about your words of wisdom. Good job. The battle in my brain is still at hand, but my sensibilities just got some much needed reinforcement. Gotta tell ya...that consumerism has that 'war of attrition' thing down.
Buy things.
Things make happy.
Happy = new things. Shin(e)y things.
Just say yes to things. Things last forever. Things never break, never fade, never burn, never wear out, never diminish in value, and never fail to satisfy.
Hug things. Love things.
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Upon his death, how much money - and how many things - did John D. Rockefeller leave?
All of it.
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dna = wise
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Clearly, I am channeling Vinnissimo here. I feel like I should pay him a royalty or something.
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