Did you guess yet? Huh? I'll wait...
Give up?
I'm sitting in my recliner. Surfing the internet. On my brand spanking new laptop! Squeeee! I'm so excited. You have no idea how good it feels not to be sitting on the world's most uncomfortable computer chair right now.
I've already run into my first laptop related problem. Ya see, a lot of my numerical passwords I make up by what is easy to remember on the number keypad and I don't even pay attention to what numbers I'm pushing. But laptops don't really have number keypads. So when I went to sign in to Blogger, I couldn't remember what numbers my password was! LOL. I am soooo used to using a keypad. A lot of my work is entering numbers, so I use it a lot. This is going to take some getting used to. :)
But yay! I *heart* my new laptop. It's so new and clean and free of junk. And everything that I put on it will be done my way. Suh-weet. *happy dance*
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Friday, November 24, 2006
It's official. I'm insane.
I always thought those people who stood outside stores at 4am on Black Friday were crazy. Hell, even the people who went shopping after noon were nuts! So someone please explain to me why I am about to go to Best Buy at 3 am to stand in line for 2 hours, in hopes of getting a laptop that I probably have no realistic chance of getting? I can't believe I'm really going to do this. I've gone off the deep end.
Wish me luck!
UPDATE:
No laptop for Jen. :( Looooooong, sleepless, grumpy story: When we arrived at 3:15, the line at Best Buy was too ridiculous to even consider waiting in. It was wrapped around 3 sides of the building. There was a Staples right next door that also had a laptop deal, and there were only about 20 people waiting. But they didn't open until 6 and my mom didn't want to wait that long. So off we went to Kohls because they opened at 5 and there were a few things my mom wanted. When we arrived, there were 6 people waiting in line. We stayed in the car until about 4:15 and then we went and stood in line because it was starting to get pretty busy. By the end, I'd guess there were about 250 people waiting, and we were somewhere around #50. Right before 5, people started getting out of their cars and just waiting in the parking lot in front of the doors. Huge line of people? What huge line of people? I'm superior to them and I should get to go ahead of all these other people who've been standing in the cold for an hour. Fucking assholes. I thought there might be a riot because the people around me in line started screaming at the line jumpers. No suck luck, no punches were thrown. But it was pretty hilarious.
This being my first time with the Black Friday madness, I wasn't really sure what to expect. I mean, yeah, ya hear the stories of people beating each other up over a Tickle-Me-Elmo, but surely that won't happen here. Heh. I have to tell you, the way those people ran in the store and started snatching up the portable dvd players was amazing. I got an immediate mental picture of a swarm of pihranas attacking some fresh meat. LOL. I suddenly understood how it could get out of control, FAST. All the dvd players were wiped out within about 2 minutes. I could've grabbed one had I wanted one, but I didn't. My mom started to go a little crazy too, running around in a panic, looking for the items she wanted (a fake pre-lit christmas tree and a 13-in-1 game table). She found them, grabbed one of the last few and off we went to the checkout. All-in-all, it wasn't too bad. We were outta there by 5:30. Just a half hour of craziness.
So then we went back to the Staples, who was opening at 6. Surprise, surprise- the line was much longer now. But I waited anyhow. When I finally got into the store and asked about the laptop, I was told that they had handed out tickets and you had to have one to get the laptop. *sigh* I was really pissed. If we had just waited when we were there at 3:30 when there were only 20 other people, I'm sure I could've gotten one. But noooo. We had to go to Kohls for a stupid fake tree and a game table. *rolls eyes* Oh, and Staples had police guarding the front of the line so that people couldn't jump in. The lady in line behind me told me that last year someone had cut in line and was promptly beaten to a pulp. Insane.
So then I was determined to get a deal for all my troubles. I mean, I'm not staying awake all night and freezing my tush off to come away empty handed, dammit! :) There had been some dvds that were really good prices at Best Buy. The line was gone now (everyone was inside the store, of course) and we decided to check it out. Success! I got:
Prison Break, Season 1 ($20, regularly $50)
Arrested Development, Season 3 ($10, regularly $25)
50 First Dates ($3)
Big Fish ($3)
Fight Club ($5)
The checkout line was ridiculous. It started in the very back of the store and wound up and down through the aisles of the appliance section. I think we waited about 30 minutes just to check-out.
So I didn't get my laptop *megapout* but at least I got something. And now I can say that I have experienced Black Friday and I never have to do it again! LOL. I got home around 8am and crashed until about 1. I think I'll go watch some Prison Break goodness now. *grin*
Oh, and I'll probably buy my laptop from Dell later on today. It's about $150 more than the ones I was hoping to get this morning, but it's still a good deal. Not a go-out-shopping-at-3am-with-the-other-crazies deal, but a good deal nonetheless. :)
UPDATE, PART DEUX:
Why, why, why is it neccessary to put security tape on all 3 sides of a dvd and then wrap it in plastic? It took me 5 minutes to to peel the tape off of 1 dvd! Grrrrrrr!
Wish me luck!
UPDATE:
No laptop for Jen. :( Looooooong, sleepless, grumpy story: When we arrived at 3:15, the line at Best Buy was too ridiculous to even consider waiting in. It was wrapped around 3 sides of the building. There was a Staples right next door that also had a laptop deal, and there were only about 20 people waiting. But they didn't open until 6 and my mom didn't want to wait that long. So off we went to Kohls because they opened at 5 and there were a few things my mom wanted. When we arrived, there were 6 people waiting in line. We stayed in the car until about 4:15 and then we went and stood in line because it was starting to get pretty busy. By the end, I'd guess there were about 250 people waiting, and we were somewhere around #50. Right before 5, people started getting out of their cars and just waiting in the parking lot in front of the doors. Huge line of people? What huge line of people? I'm superior to them and I should get to go ahead of all these other people who've been standing in the cold for an hour. Fucking assholes. I thought there might be a riot because the people around me in line started screaming at the line jumpers. No suck luck, no punches were thrown. But it was pretty hilarious.
This being my first time with the Black Friday madness, I wasn't really sure what to expect. I mean, yeah, ya hear the stories of people beating each other up over a Tickle-Me-Elmo, but surely that won't happen here. Heh. I have to tell you, the way those people ran in the store and started snatching up the portable dvd players was amazing. I got an immediate mental picture of a swarm of pihranas attacking some fresh meat. LOL. I suddenly understood how it could get out of control, FAST. All the dvd players were wiped out within about 2 minutes. I could've grabbed one had I wanted one, but I didn't. My mom started to go a little crazy too, running around in a panic, looking for the items she wanted (a fake pre-lit christmas tree and a 13-in-1 game table). She found them, grabbed one of the last few and off we went to the checkout. All-in-all, it wasn't too bad. We were outta there by 5:30. Just a half hour of craziness.
So then we went back to the Staples, who was opening at 6. Surprise, surprise- the line was much longer now. But I waited anyhow. When I finally got into the store and asked about the laptop, I was told that they had handed out tickets and you had to have one to get the laptop. *sigh* I was really pissed. If we had just waited when we were there at 3:30 when there were only 20 other people, I'm sure I could've gotten one. But noooo. We had to go to Kohls for a stupid fake tree and a game table. *rolls eyes* Oh, and Staples had police guarding the front of the line so that people couldn't jump in. The lady in line behind me told me that last year someone had cut in line and was promptly beaten to a pulp. Insane.
So then I was determined to get a deal for all my troubles. I mean, I'm not staying awake all night and freezing my tush off to come away empty handed, dammit! :) There had been some dvds that were really good prices at Best Buy. The line was gone now (everyone was inside the store, of course) and we decided to check it out. Success! I got:
Prison Break, Season 1 ($20, regularly $50)
Arrested Development, Season 3 ($10, regularly $25)
50 First Dates ($3)
Big Fish ($3)
Fight Club ($5)
The checkout line was ridiculous. It started in the very back of the store and wound up and down through the aisles of the appliance section. I think we waited about 30 minutes just to check-out.
So I didn't get my laptop *megapout* but at least I got something. And now I can say that I have experienced Black Friday and I never have to do it again! LOL. I got home around 8am and crashed until about 1. I think I'll go watch some Prison Break goodness now. *grin*
Oh, and I'll probably buy my laptop from Dell later on today. It's about $150 more than the ones I was hoping to get this morning, but it's still a good deal. Not a go-out-shopping-at-3am-with-the-other-crazies deal, but a good deal nonetheless. :)
UPDATE, PART DEUX:
Why, why, why is it neccessary to put security tape on all 3 sides of a dvd and then wrap it in plastic? It took me 5 minutes to to peel the tape off of 1 dvd! Grrrrrrr!
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
I'm going to be an aunt! (again)
My sister is pregnant! Yay!
This news makes me happy. She had been saying that she wasn't sure if she wanted another baby or not, and since I don't really ever plan on having kids I was worried that I wouldn't get to have that wonderful new-baby-in-your-arms feeling again. I was also getting worried because Tate is 4 now and I didn't want there to be a huge age difference if they did have another baby. But they will be pretty much the same as my sister and I are, about 4.5 years difference. Which is good, I think. We are all really hoping it's a girl (my sis was very disappointed at first when she found out Tate was a boy) but of course everyone would love another boy, too. She's only about 6 weeks now, so there's still a long way to go. Her due date as of now is July 13, which is a Friday. Heh.
Yay! *jumps up and down*
This news makes me happy. She had been saying that she wasn't sure if she wanted another baby or not, and since I don't really ever plan on having kids I was worried that I wouldn't get to have that wonderful new-baby-in-your-arms feeling again. I was also getting worried because Tate is 4 now and I didn't want there to be a huge age difference if they did have another baby. But they will be pretty much the same as my sister and I are, about 4.5 years difference. Which is good, I think. We are all really hoping it's a girl (my sis was very disappointed at first when she found out Tate was a boy) but of course everyone would love another boy, too. She's only about 6 weeks now, so there's still a long way to go. Her due date as of now is July 13, which is a Friday. Heh.
Yay! *jumps up and down*
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Uhhhh. Hi.
I don't have much to update about. I've been in a real funk lately. And it's that time of the month and I am just blah.
I have to get a new car in January so I have been looking around online and paying more attention to cars on the road. Back in 2003 when I got my current car, an Acura RSX, I was also looking at the Mazda 6. It was brand new then and I loved the way it looked, inside and out. But then I decided that I didn't want a 4 door car. I didn't need something that big. I rarely have other passengers in my car, so a 2 door was fine. But I still loved the Mazda 6 and I figured that would be my next car. 4 years later, I still don't need a 4 door car, but I think I would like it for the ease of just throwing stuff in the backseat and I'd also like to have something that sits a little higher because the world is being overrun by SUV's and it's really not safe for little coupes anymore. Anyway, now that I am paying more attention to cars on the road, I am noticing that the 6's are everywhere! And that kind of turns me off. I don't want a car that everyone else has. That is one thing I loved about my Acura when I got it, there were hardly any other people in my area driving it. Until they built an Acura dealership in the area, that is. Heh. There is also a Mazda 3, which has the same look as the 6, but it is a little smaller and cheaper. I am considering this too.
I think the main contender in my line-up right now is the Saturn Ion Quad Coupe. It has a lot of what I am looking for. A coupe with 4 doors! Genius! *grin* But really, I think it is very cool that it has little doors to make getting in the backseat easier, and I can still keep the sportier coupe style that I like. (Side note: I keep typing couple. It's getting annoying.) There is a Saturn dealership right down the street from me, but this car is not a common sight on the roads. Add in the price and features, and I think this car might be a good one for me.
Other cars I am considering:
Honda Civic. Eh. Another car that everyone drives, but the price might be right. I don't know whether I would go for another coupe or step up to the sedan.
Pontiac G5. Very cool looking car. I saw one on the road and it caught my eye.
Chevy Cobalt. I'm basically only looking into this car because I saw one that was my favorite shade of purple. Yeah, I can be a total girl when it comes to car shopping. I want pretty colors! :) (Side note: What is up with color choices these days? Black, white, silver, tan or red. That's what most have to offer. Bo-ring! What about a nice blue or green or purple? I've had 2 silver cars and my current car is black. I'd like an actual color, other than red because I hate red, but it looks like I might be going back to silver. Which isn't too bad because it is my favorite color after all.)
Toyota Corolla. I haven't done much research on this one yet, but it's on my list to check out.
So that's how I've been spending a lot of my days. Building and pricing cars. I'll probably get out and start test driving next month. I hope I can find a car that I really like, but that costs a little less than what I pay now. If I want to have any hope of moving to a new apartment/townhouse next year, I need to cut back on some expenses. *sigh*
I had pictures of all the cars, but blogger won't let me add them. Big surprise. *rolls eyes*
Phew. That was boring. Sorry. :)
I have to get a new car in January so I have been looking around online and paying more attention to cars on the road. Back in 2003 when I got my current car, an Acura RSX, I was also looking at the Mazda 6. It was brand new then and I loved the way it looked, inside and out. But then I decided that I didn't want a 4 door car. I didn't need something that big. I rarely have other passengers in my car, so a 2 door was fine. But I still loved the Mazda 6 and I figured that would be my next car. 4 years later, I still don't need a 4 door car, but I think I would like it for the ease of just throwing stuff in the backseat and I'd also like to have something that sits a little higher because the world is being overrun by SUV's and it's really not safe for little coupes anymore. Anyway, now that I am paying more attention to cars on the road, I am noticing that the 6's are everywhere! And that kind of turns me off. I don't want a car that everyone else has. That is one thing I loved about my Acura when I got it, there were hardly any other people in my area driving it. Until they built an Acura dealership in the area, that is. Heh. There is also a Mazda 3, which has the same look as the 6, but it is a little smaller and cheaper. I am considering this too.
I think the main contender in my line-up right now is the Saturn Ion Quad Coupe. It has a lot of what I am looking for. A coupe with 4 doors! Genius! *grin* But really, I think it is very cool that it has little doors to make getting in the backseat easier, and I can still keep the sportier coupe style that I like. (Side note: I keep typing couple. It's getting annoying.) There is a Saturn dealership right down the street from me, but this car is not a common sight on the roads. Add in the price and features, and I think this car might be a good one for me.
Other cars I am considering:
Honda Civic. Eh. Another car that everyone drives, but the price might be right. I don't know whether I would go for another coupe or step up to the sedan.
Pontiac G5. Very cool looking car. I saw one on the road and it caught my eye.
Chevy Cobalt. I'm basically only looking into this car because I saw one that was my favorite shade of purple. Yeah, I can be a total girl when it comes to car shopping. I want pretty colors! :) (Side note: What is up with color choices these days? Black, white, silver, tan or red. That's what most have to offer. Bo-ring! What about a nice blue or green or purple? I've had 2 silver cars and my current car is black. I'd like an actual color, other than red because I hate red, but it looks like I might be going back to silver. Which isn't too bad because it is my favorite color after all.)
Toyota Corolla. I haven't done much research on this one yet, but it's on my list to check out.
So that's how I've been spending a lot of my days. Building and pricing cars. I'll probably get out and start test driving next month. I hope I can find a car that I really like, but that costs a little less than what I pay now. If I want to have any hope of moving to a new apartment/townhouse next year, I need to cut back on some expenses. *sigh*
I had pictures of all the cars, but blogger won't let me add them. Big surprise. *rolls eyes*
Phew. That was boring. Sorry. :)
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