My mom got me a bracelet for Christmas, but I didn’t like it. So she told me I could exchange it for something else. The bracelet would have pulled the hair on my arms, and that drives me crazy. Also it wasn’t really "me", it didn’t look like something I would wear.
The exchange period was 90 days, and I almost used up that 90 days before I went to Peoples in the mall and looked for something different. My mom and I went together and looked at rings, since I do like rings.
They had one okay stainless steel ring, which is what the bracelet was made of, but I much preferred the Titanium Tungsten rings, which were like three times the price of the bracelet. My mom said I could get it though, it would be my birthday present as well as my Christmas present. I do consider it special, as it’s something which will always remind me of her. It’s not just some article of clothing or some toy that I’ll get bored of. The ring is awesome, I absolutely love it.
Yes, I’ve been doing more shopping. This time it’s a new Microsoft keyboard. I accidentally knocked over some cranberry juice on my old keyboard and on my new computer chair, and the keys started to fail one by one on the keyboard. I needed a new one anyway, as some of the keys on the old one were starting to get hard to press. Plus the keys were loud. The new one is so quiet, and the buttons are so nice and soft on the fingers. I love it! I seem to be typing faster with the new one too, and more accurately.
I got the Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000. It has three buttons at the top to quickly access your browser, search, and mail. Also has back and forward buttons, which I’ll probably never use, as I use my mouse for that. It also has a mute button and play/pause for media player. And buttons for adjusting volume level, which is great. No more visiting the volume control in Windows XP to adjust the master volume! It’s also spill resistant, which is kind of ironic due to the reason I had to get the new keyboard in the first place. I also love the way my hands just fall on the keys. It really is “comfortable” like the name suggests. I must say a very good purchase. And only $24.00 at Office Depot which is nice and affordable.
Shopping online is perfect for Winter. You can shop right from your computer, in the comfort of your warm home without dealing with the weather outside. Also with the Canadian dollar on part with the U.S. dollar, it’s even better. All of a sudden things are so much more affordable.
I recently bought Season 4, 5, and 6 of Will & Grace from Amazon. I also got a few cd’s that I’ve had on my Amazon Wish List. I got Nine Inch Nails - Every Day Is Exactly The Same, which is an EP. Also got Nine Inch Nails - Survivalism, which is the single for the same song. I got Radiohead - In Rainbows on CD, even though I got the digital download, I still prefer to have a physical copy. How 90’s of me.
Tonight I ordered a used book from AbesBooks. First time I’ve used their site. Someone on IRC recommended them to me, and I got a really good deal there on the Stephen King book, The Dead Zone. I’m trying to collect all of the Stephen King books in hardcover, first edition versions. I usually check multiple sites before I purchase. I really should check to see if I can find any used book stores in my area. But with the convenience of online shopping, I tend to just search online because it’s faster to find what you’re looking for. The only crappy part about online shopping is the shipping. And of course the customs if it’s coming from the U.S. Sometimes when I win auctions on Ebay, they mark it as a gift which avoids the charges of Customs, which is nice!
I always hear of horror stories of shopping online, and people having just generally unpleasant experiences. This has never happened to me yet. I think you just have to be really wise about what you choose to buy online. I won’t buy clothes generally, as it’s too difficult to say for sure if it’s going to fit without trying it on in a store first. Although, if I do have a bad experience, you know for sure you’ll read about it here! Hopefully that won’t have to happen though.
Well after my last computer chair was falling apart, I decided to get a new one. It was overdue. My last one was from Ikea, and it was a nice chair, and comfortable. But the leather started ripping and falling apart. Very poor quality, and I’ll never buy another computer chair from Ikea again. Leather isn’t supposed to just fall apart and rip like that. I think it was really cheap leather or something. It did seem rather thin.
So anyway, with my money I got for Khristmas, I decided to get a new chair. This time from Office Depot. They had a sale on a couple of different models. I was going to opt for the cheaper of the two, but I figured I should get the more expensive one due to it having a higher back with a head support. I’m very glad I went for that one, as it feels so nice to have the head support. It really helps with my posture, I’m much more aware of when I am not sitting in a correct posture now. Also the more expensive chair had more features, it allows more settings than the cheaper one.
The chair was regularly $200, but I got it for $150. They didn’t have it in black, only grey. A little disappointing, but not a big deal. Although the grey looks more like a green to me, but then again, I am colour blind…
Overall, I’m impressed. It was a good purchase, and my back thanks me. The only thing I don’t like is the arm rests. They are not very sturdy, they are kind of loose and move a bit. I would prefer if they were more stiff and had no movement to them. Unfortunately there is no way to fix it, but it’s really not that big of a deal.
Snoopy just loves the camera as you can see! I think he was in mid yawn or something in this shot. So funny.
I’ve never played the old Zelda games before. The only one I’ve played is Wind Waker. After playing that game, I just had to play more. I absolutely loved Wind Waker. So I decided to go way back to the original and start the whole series from the beginning. So I was going to buy an old original Nintendo System, but then I found out there was this 4 Games In 1 special collector’s edition that came with some Gamecube systems which includes the first two games in the Zelda series, and the fourth and fifth games in the series.
So I went on eBay and found it. I got outbid in five or six, but then finally won a bid for it. I couldn’t wait for it to arrive so I could finally play more Zelda. The first game is actually very hard, and I’ve been using an online walkthrough for most of it. There is just no way I could beat that game without cheating and using it. I don’t know how people managed to beat it without one, it’s crazy hard. It’s funny playing it, because it’s so very different from how games look today. It’s so unbelievably basic looking. Of course that’s just how it looks.
I think I’m almost finished the first game now, then it’s on to the second. I just have to figure out how I’m going to play the third and fourth games in the series. The third was a Super Nintendo release, and the fourth was for Gameboy. Maybe I’ll get a Super Nintendo! I am such a completist (is that even a word?), I always have to do things like this. I have to play the entire series, I can’t skip any. It’s like movies and books, or anything else similar. If I hear a new single that I like on the radio from a band that has prior albums, I’ll have to go listen to all of their other albums from the first one to the newest. It’s just the way I do things.
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