Tech Junkie: Fun but expensive

It's true, we all know that I'm a tech junkie. I see something cool and have to have it. I can't help myself. I need to buy nice toys. So right now I'm looking at buying a TiVo for next year. Then I also found that I might really like to have an airport express. Then there's also the new DVD burner I want. We're only talking like $500 total... Yeah I know. It is a lot. The TiVo and the DVD burner have obvious uses, but the airport express is just cool right? Wrong. Picture this... I'm sitting in the living room listening to music on the stereo. The music is being streamed to the stereo from my computer. My computer is being controlled by my palm. Now that's a setup! I could also use it to share my internet connection wirelessly which would be nice. Probably wouldn't use it as a print server but I could. See, everything has a purpose aside from just being cool. Wow, the more I think about this stuff the more I want it. I'm like a kid only with more refined tastes (that also happen to be a lot more expensive than the typical $10 action figure).

Like I said before, today was my mom's b-day. It was pretty laid back. It pretty much consisted of making Speedie's for lunch (it's a sandwich made of marinated meat cubes, chicken or beef or whatever, on a steak bun). It's a Binghamton, NY thing and that's the only place you can get the right sauce from (good thing they have mail order). Making pancakes for dinner. And the rest of the day before and after dinner my mom was on eBay watching an auction for a ring she wanted that was her birthstone. Again, very laid back day.

I called that women she knows from school about fixing her computer but I guess I waited too long and she wasn't home today. I tried a few times but never got a hold of her. Oh well, I left a message so if she still wants me to than I guess she'll call, if not I guess that means less work for me.

Two new guys start tomorrow. I hope I get along with them and they aren't total morons. It would really make things go a lot smoother with this lousy job if I could at least like the people I'm working with. I got my meeting for SI Triage (my on call server monitoring position) moved up to 12pm. I hope I can take a late lunch because of that or if not maybe I could just leave an hour early or something. Maybe if I'm really lucky he'll order us pizza or something. That would be acceptable.

Peace out homies (since I'm now black according to Mendick),

Eric