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av8rmike ([personal profile] av8rmike) wrote2009-02-24 03:51 pm
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Everyone's talking retail therapy these days

...And by "everyone", I mean "at least two people other than myself".

I want a laptop, for some reason. It's not because I'm a grad student and need to spend all my waking hours in a Panera or Starbucks (Hi [livejournal.com profile] helenseidolon!) Everyone has one these days, even my dad. He uses it while sitting in front of the TV, but that's because his desktop computer is 30 feet away in another corner of the house. And have you seen these widescreen HP models? They are beautiful.

Problem is, I really don't need one. It would serve more as a desktop replacement, but my existing desktop still works reasonably well, and is right next to my TV. Even with the discounts, it's still not an insignificant chunk of change. I guess I'll have to stick to spending my money on smaller things like CDs and concert tickets.

[identity profile] av8rmike.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
What about Panera? For a while there, I was pretty sure you lived at one.

[identity profile] helenseidolon.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I did, actually. Well, you had it right, I spent about 75% of my time in Panera or Starbucks.

I've been having an off year. Any day now I'll be back to working every waking hour, when my advisor figures out I haven't actually been working on my dissertation.