Not for me, of course. That was George's. My fortune said: The greatest ownership is embracement of emptiness. Fantastic! Thanks, fortune cookie! At least you tasted good. I do hope George enjoys his luck filled night.
We bought a new refrigerator. There was nothing wrong with our old refrigerator, but the person in our attic needs a new one, so we decided we'd get the new one and move ours upstairs. This thing is beastly. If George ever snaps and decides to take Pie and I out, both bodies could easily fit without even removing the groceries first. It also has a really neat digital display on the water dispenser that should keep him happy enough not to snap. That's a plus.
I also ordered my new laptop. It should be here next week. Anyway, while we were Best Buy looking at refrigerators, I went over to check out their laptops. I knew I wasn't going to buy anything, partly out of loyalty to Newegg (who has treated me very well over the years) and partly because it was almost certain I would not be getting the best buy. I actually wanted to see if they had the one I was getting so I could get a feel for it before deciding for sure. There weren't a lot of shoppers while we were out, so the sales guys (all four of them) swarmed me. Mostly, they were just really nice and trying to be helpful, but one was determined to make a sale.
I don't exactly play fair. Whenever I look at anything computer related, I neglect to mention that that's what I do. Or did in my former life. No, sometimes I still do a quick build or repair on the side. Anyway, I know what I'm doing, and it's fun to leave the sales people in the dark about that and find out how honest they really are. This guy was nice enough, but I did get a giggle over asking him questions he wasn't prepared to answer. He didn't see that coming. What can I say, I'm a jerk. I made up for it by emailing the store about how friendly everyone was. Also, the model he tried to sell me was two tiers below the one I bought and cost $100 more. I did like the feel of it, though. I think I did pretty good.
In other news, I think the blog is due for a redesign. I went into it rather lazily. I've tried to keep a blog before, and it always ended up with an entry here or there, usually months apart. This was sort of a New Year's Resolution, but then, I've never kept those, either. So, I'm actually pretty impressed with myself. I shouldn't be. I should be impressed with you lovely folks. I'm still shocked that people read this, so thanks! I had no idea I had so much to say and even less of an idea that someone else wanted to hear it. You people really are awesome.
Anyway, when I started it, I just grabbed the first template that didn't give me a headache and slapped a generic title on it. Since it looks like I'm sticking with it, I suppose I should start working on a template. It'll happen, probably sometime in the next month. I'm lazy and I have about eight different unfinished projects going on right now. But yeah, it'll happen sooner or later.
Right now, though, I'm going to go embrace the emptiness that is my house. Guess tonight's lucky, after all!
Well you do like an empty house so that's cool. I like your design but if you have a better one, I'll try to get used to that one too, whatever it may be. I did notice the extra word in the top thing...
ReplyDeleteNew Fridge is cool (see what I did there, play on words? Okay, now the play on words loses its awesomeoness because I pointed it out, but I have a headache so humor me), but a new laptop is even better! So excited for you and your new computer!!!!
I totally lol at the George snapping part!!
ReplyDeleteIf you'll fit in the fridge, so will he ;) Just sayin'!
ReplyDelete@akpeach--It'll take me a while to get around to it, but I'm going to make my own. I just want to make this more *mine* if that makes any sense. It'll be a while though--I'm lazy.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your fridge pun.
@Canah--Yeah, that was my first thought upon opening it!
@Ashley--That was my second. ;)