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I woulda called him Bill.

I am Without Computer at the moment. I could have been Without Computer for a whole lot more moments if I had actually wanted to go through the hassle of getting a computer loan through The University I Work At, which would have meant that the university would pay for my computer, then take it out of my paycheck little by little, interest-free, over the course of 3-36 months (depending on how I set it up).

This would have been the logical, rational approach to take. In fact, it is the logical, rational approach I probably should have taken sometime in the last year, but I am unwilling to spend money until I have to. In this case, that means that I waited until my computer broke down again to replace it, and means that I want a new computer, and I want it now. No waiting for great deals, no waiting four weeks for my computer loan application to be processed before I can even order it. Fortunately I do have enough savings to allow me the extravagance of paying out of pocket, although I am told that one should always have the equivalent of three paychecks saved up, and I am now down to maaaaaaybe two.

I recently parted rather painfully with enough money to replace my camera, and now I have even more painfully parted with enough money to replace my laptop. These things are only getting more expensive! I keep strategically parking in the hope that - since there seems to be a trend here of replacing increasingly high-cost items - my car will be felled by some insurance-worthy event like a tree falling on it.

So anyway, that's just an update on my computer situation. I am staying a little late after work these days to do computery stuff, but you don't realize how much you depend on the computer until it's gone. If I want movie times, I have to walk/drive up to the movie theater to see when it's playing! I have to depend on cookbooks for all of my recipes! I cannot spend an entire movie reading the IMDb and Wikipedia articles about it! Overall, though, it's not too bad... especially because it's summer (so there are other things to do) and my new laptop is ordered so the end is in sight!

Now to find exotic names for my new electronic babies...

srah - Wednesday, 23 July 2008 - 4:56 PM
Tags: camera, electronics, hecate, isidore, laptop, money, the university i work at