Shiny pretty things
13 May 2007 18:11![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kribuI wonder, sometimes, why there seems to be something of a magpie to my personality - I see shiny, pretty things, and want them.
It's rather annoying really, especially when I know I don't need said shiny, pretty things. When I know I just want them because they're pretty and because other people have them. It's really not something I'm very happy about acknowledging, but oh well.
So anyway, I'm in my "want a laptop want want want want a laptop" phase again... it's been coming and going for the last several years, but this time around, it feels stronger than ever. I think I might give in soon, if not for any other reason then to get rid of that nagging desire. I only wish I could actually justify getting one, beyond "but I can afford it after all". I suppose it might come in useful sometimes though.
But then, of course, I'd need to do something about the home network too... like get a new WiFi-enabled router/switch to replace the current switch (because what would be the use of a laptop without an Internet connection?). And setting it up. And stuff. And I don't know if I'd manage that. Bleh.
And then there's the fact that I've spent quite a bit on shiny things this year already... like mom's new LCD monitor, or the wideangle lens (which hasn't seen any actual use yet). And still haven't got the one thing I really sort of need (or will need, in the not too far future), which is an external hard drive.
Argh. Why does life have to be so difficult?
It's rather annoying really, especially when I know I don't need said shiny, pretty things. When I know I just want them because they're pretty and because other people have them. It's really not something I'm very happy about acknowledging, but oh well.
So anyway, I'm in my "want a laptop want want want want a laptop" phase again... it's been coming and going for the last several years, but this time around, it feels stronger than ever. I think I might give in soon, if not for any other reason then to get rid of that nagging desire. I only wish I could actually justify getting one, beyond "but I can afford it after all". I suppose it might come in useful sometimes though.
But then, of course, I'd need to do something about the home network too... like get a new WiFi-enabled router/switch to replace the current switch (because what would be the use of a laptop without an Internet connection?). And setting it up. And stuff. And I don't know if I'd manage that. Bleh.
And then there's the fact that I've spent quite a bit on shiny things this year already... like mom's new LCD monitor, or the wideangle lens (which hasn't seen any actual use yet). And still haven't got the one thing I really sort of need (or will need, in the not too far future), which is an external hard drive.
Argh. Why does life have to be so difficult?
