new toy

since our desktop was acting totally whack for the last few weeks we finally got a new computer. it's kinda annoying that computers don't last longer than a few years. at least they're not as expensive as they used to be (not that they're actually cheap, but you know what i mean). JR bought it on saturday while i was out visiting my baa-chan who's not doing very well. i thought we were going to buy the computer together, but when i got home, there it was. and it wasn't the computer we had talked about getting. not that i care too much, but it's really unlike JR to make a large purchase that quickly. usually it takes hours and hours for him to decide. so that was kinda weird; totally out of character.

i was still lobbying heavily for a mac, but JR would have none of that. he kept dangling other purchases in front of me: "instead of buying a mac we could use the money to buy a d-slr camera or a projector (to watch movies)." yikes, i can't decide between those things!

but i still dream about going back to using a mac. there's an apple store near my house, and i broke down and went in the other day. the first time i walked by it a few days prior i willed myself not to go in, or else i'd want one even more than i already did. but the second time i just couldn't help it. i don't have much will power or self control, i guess. one of these days i'll get one ... you just watch, JR! and i'll get a d-slr!

anyway, we set it up yesterday during the super bowl and it's working like a charm. i'm so grateful because i have work to do and i need a reliable computer. and thank goodness i was able to get my 1,500+ fonts on it to work. ah, my lovely lovely fonts, how i love them. (if anyone else is a font addict like me, i recommend getting the font thing to organize your fonts. it's made a world of difference for me.)

[speaking of the super bowl, was anyone else disappointed by the commercials? i really could care less about the actual game so i was only paying attention during the commercial breaks. i wasn't particularly impressed. there were some funny ones, like the hummer3 ad about the robot and monster having a baby. a little disturbing but i watched the whole thing, wondering what it was for. and isn't that what advertising is all about? the fedex ad with the cavemen made me laugh because i always laugh when bigger creatures eat/squash littler creatures (i know, i'm cruel). but you know what made me sad? kermit the frog in the ford hybrid commercial. i don't know why, but i don't want kermit used in this way, even though i'm all for hybrid vehicles. and there were ads that didn't make sense: harrison ford reciting (rather horribly, i might add) dr. seuss-esque rhymes about the super bowl and the united airlines commercial. i didn't get it. i mean, the artwork was actually really beautiful but i didn't see the connection. perhaps i'm a bit clueless? okay, sorry for the tangent.]

the one thing i'm looking forward to on this new computer is burning a cd/dvd. it says it has this special thing on the burner that it can print a title directly onto the disc. you have to use a special cd but that's pretty neat that it can use this thing called lightscribe to burn the data and the label. pretty neat, huh? i don't know if it actually works, but i'll let you know.