Newegg stole my lunch money
I just lost my ‘huge credit card purchase’ virginity. I wonder if– as my father would probably contend with a smug air of certainty– it’s all down hill from here. Will I join the numberless ranks of the morbidly indebted? Is my credit rating on its way to a number so low that I’ll even stop receiving credit card applications? … Probably not. I’m holding on to the belief that the feelings of nausea and surreality induced by the spending of large sums of money in a short period of time will keep me financially healthy.
So what did I buy? The Canon Rebel XTi, which I’ve been looking at forever, but couldn’t summon up the courage to plunk down the cash for. Photography has been a hobby for another time for me since I took a 35mm photography course in middle school and got addicted to it. Digital camera prices have become compatible with my financial situation, so that other time has arrived. I’m surprised and pleased that newegg had such a good deal on the Rebel– their combo deal was incredible.
And of course, I bought a new computer. After 6 years of faithful service, it’s past time to retire my Compaq Deskpro; even under Debian, I’m noticing major latency issues. Lately, using Iceweasel has involved a torturous routine of periodic restarting and rebooting to keep responsivity up. Forget about, say, running Blender. I’ve decided to use Ubuntu on the new laptop, but since there is exponentially more information on using Photoshop to retouch photos (I’ve only seen one good book on Gimp at amazon), if it’s straightforward, I’ll set it up dual boot with XP.
Can’t wait to get my new stuff! It should be here by mid next week.
Possibly relevant posts:
- Simply annoying (9/10/2008)
- Koder search engine (6/22/2005)
- PaperbackSwap.com (10/11/2007)