Blogocentric Formulations

Early Birthday Gift

So this afternoon, while my parents were visiting for Thanksgiving, they decided to get my birthday (and Christmas) presents out of the way by buying me a computer, which I've been debating buying myself for the past several weeks. For the geeks out there, it's a 2.1 GHz ASUS laptop with 4 GB memory, 320 GB hard drive, and a 16" high-def widescreen. Not a bad deal for $500. It's not the latest and greatest, but I'm not quite the gamer I used to be - at least on a PC. All I really do is surf the internet, write, and dabble in a little graphic design... and this baby will do all that and more. Oh, and it's got a numeric keypad on it, which is awesome!

Perhaps one day (when I'm gainfully employed again), I'll be able to afford that Apple MacBook Pro with all the bells and whistles that I always drool over in the Apple Store, but until then, I'm a happy camper with a new computer that actually runs fast and smooth. No more interminable waiting period for programs to load, or resetting the failing wireless card half a dozen times when it goes on the fritz. I'm back in business; now it's time to get some writing done!