. . .I just bought a computer.
That wiley, somewhat irate woman on the other end of the phone with a heavy accent (east indian, I believe) has conned me into purchasing demonic Dell mind-controlling machinery.
Well, alright, I called to order a laptop, or rather to inquire about a few things before purchasing one online, and she assured me it would be faster over the phone and I had to agree with her because any time I try to do something online (i.e. change my address with my bank so I start getting my fucking bank statements) it never works.
Most things went through okay except I had to explain to her three times that 'yes, I understand most coupons would not be applicable to this system since it's already a discount package but this one coupon i entered knocked 10% of the cost of the memory card, which makes sense because the memory card is for my camera, not the computer'. I think she still doesn't believe me, but just took $6.00 off eventually to get me off the phone. She sounded like she needed coffee. Or maybe Valium.
The only other problem was that I apparently have either no credit rating or a bad one. I'm thinking 'no', because I only just got a card amd I've never really done anything else to get a rating. So I couldn't pay month to month which means the whole thing got whacked on my card all at once. Poor card. Well, now I'll be inspired to live light this month to get that paid off, hopefully within 2-3 months time. It'll teach me a lesson about being a little more spendthrift at least. "But I am living light. *whine*" "Oh no. Remember that time you bought the computer and paid it off in 2 months? Why can't you save money that easily when it's going nowhere?" "*whine* I dunnno. . ."
I think that's the trick of things, actually. Don't try and save, don't try and put time aside to work on things. Just do it. Just buy the damn thing you know you need and pay it off. Just do the damn drawing if you have the free time now. Or, if you really feel like you'd maybe rather vomit acid than work on that right now, do it later. Don't stress about it, it's not going to get done anyway if you're just staring at it like you could set it on fire with your eyes of DOOM.
Flexibility. That's the key. Stay ahead on the drawings so you can say fuck 'em if you want to take a night off. Stop trying to plan everything because nothing goes according to plan.
. . .I think I'm starting to get the hang of this busy 'adult' lifestyle. Only took 2 damn years or so.
p.s. - Thank you Nick for helping me pick out a spiffy new laptop that will suit all my needs and not explode. *hugsies*
That wiley, somewhat irate woman on the other end of the phone with a heavy accent (east indian, I believe) has conned me into purchasing demonic Dell mind-controlling machinery.
Well, alright, I called to order a laptop, or rather to inquire about a few things before purchasing one online, and she assured me it would be faster over the phone and I had to agree with her because any time I try to do something online (i.e. change my address with my bank so I start getting my fucking bank statements) it never works.
Most things went through okay except I had to explain to her three times that 'yes, I understand most coupons would not be applicable to this system since it's already a discount package but this one coupon i entered knocked 10% of the cost of the memory card, which makes sense because the memory card is for my camera, not the computer'. I think she still doesn't believe me, but just took $6.00 off eventually to get me off the phone. She sounded like she needed coffee. Or maybe Valium.
The only other problem was that I apparently have either no credit rating or a bad one. I'm thinking 'no', because I only just got a card amd I've never really done anything else to get a rating. So I couldn't pay month to month which means the whole thing got whacked on my card all at once. Poor card. Well, now I'll be inspired to live light this month to get that paid off, hopefully within 2-3 months time. It'll teach me a lesson about being a little more spendthrift at least. "But I am living light. *whine*" "Oh no. Remember that time you bought the computer and paid it off in 2 months? Why can't you save money that easily when it's going nowhere?" "*whine* I dunnno. . ."
I think that's the trick of things, actually. Don't try and save, don't try and put time aside to work on things. Just do it. Just buy the damn thing you know you need and pay it off. Just do the damn drawing if you have the free time now. Or, if you really feel like you'd maybe rather vomit acid than work on that right now, do it later. Don't stress about it, it's not going to get done anyway if you're just staring at it like you could set it on fire with your eyes of DOOM.
Flexibility. That's the key. Stay ahead on the drawings so you can say fuck 'em if you want to take a night off. Stop trying to plan everything because nothing goes according to plan.
. . .I think I'm starting to get the hang of this busy 'adult' lifestyle. Only took 2 damn years or so.
p.s. - Thank you Nick for helping me pick out a spiffy new laptop that will suit all my needs and not explode. *hugsies*
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let's just say hope you have better luck sticking to the plan than i did
And, love tetris as I do, I haven't had a chance to open the damn thing yet.