Another Wednesday
You know what today is. That’s right, Wednesday. Brett’s Good Day, right? Well, close. It obviously needs to be December 3rd for it to be a truly Good Day. Today all four of us (me, Jim, Tyler, and Dylan) got an infusion of Vanilla-y Goodness (Pepsi Vanilla). Tomorrow will be another Vanilla-y Day because I received a $1.25 shipping and handling fee for delivery of my Christmas list to my parents. Actually, I wrote $1.25 on the back and took the five quarters gleaming up at me from my mom’s dresser. It’ll make me much happier than it would have made her.
On Christmas lists, mine barely counted as a list. The only two things I really wanted totaled $75: a new portable CD player and some iTunes (Music Store) credit. I really like downloading songs from the thing, and then I can burn them to CD and play them as much as I want. Also, less important items included an Ethernet router (to connect my PS2 to the Internet), Dr. Pepper, and Final Fantasy X-2. I was surprised to find that there really wasn’t anything that I wanted after stripping out the new computer.
On computers, I think I’ll be able to get one by my birthday in June. Sure, this sounds like a long time, but with $20/week in chores wages, $100 in U.S. Savings Bonds which I might not be able to spend, $100 for taking care of someone’s house (to be paid in January), and about $150 in birthday money, I should have about $1200. Enough to pay my good friend Chris McBeth (husband of my former math teacher, we went to Europe together) to build me one, or enough to provide collateral to convince my parents to pay part of the fees so that I can pay them back in installments or something. I’m not sure if I can wait, but I’ll try.
Also, I’ve scrapped the whole idea of getting the Macromedia Suite or Photoshop CS. First, Tyler might be able to get me Photoshop 7 through slightly illegal means. Second, I got Paint Shop Pro 8 at a steal of a price ($40) on the Friday after Thanksgiving. PSP was rated top affordable graphics editor by PC World, and I agree. I’ve tried the trial versions of just about every other editor, but none really compared to PSP. Of course, Photoshop has many tools that are more advanced, but I can live with 7 instead of CS. That should work for all I need it to.
Eventually I’ll post an update on my pursuit of an uncorrupted, untarnished, honest religion, with some comments on an email my friend Keegan sent me a long time ago that I keep forgetting to write about. I suppose he probably thinks I hate him or something, since I continue to ignore that email and things he sends me on Brettia.
I need to die now.
Eggplant.