I’m getting tired of spending money. I haven’t actually been spending money on myself, but treating other people. But still, I have friends telling me to buy things that I don’t need, but they would like to use.
Today a co-worker suggested I get a Segway. I’m a runner and that seems to be the complete antithesis of that activity. (It’s a wheelchair for people who aren’t invalid.)
Another friend thinks I should buy an X-Box 360. I got an original X-Box due to peer pressure. (It came out on my birthday.) I don’t need the upgrade because there is only one game for it I’m interested in, and I have yet to finish the prequel which I’ve had for three or four years.
It was easier when I didn’t have excess money to my name. Then I knew I could just invest any excess cash in sensible RRSPs and no one bugged me.
But I do want to spend money on certain items. Apple is helping. They are going to be making a big announcement on Tuesday, which might be a new iPod. Or a new laptop. I need both.
Yes. I use the word “need” deliberately. I’m a programmer, so a laptop is actually something that I need. An iPod, because I am starting to get to the point that I need something to store large files onto.
Of course, my VCR has gotten vindictive recently. It has started to take the policy that if it can’t record on a tape, no one will. So whenever I eject a tape, it snips it in half. The quality of what it records isn’t anything to write home about either. So I should replace it with the latest in technology. Which would be a PVR.
And the rumor mills are also wondering if Apple might release one of those on Tuesday as well.
I also realize that I am getting absolutely no sympathy from anyone reading this.