Adult in Training

Now that I have a real job, I thought that maybe I should start to be organized.  My mom is in love with her Palm, and so I asked her today what she would recommend.  I go to her with pretty much any question I have about technology because it’s her job to know these things. And, because technology deals a lot with numbers, I don’t understand it.  She recommended that I wait, “because pretty soon they’re going to come out with a new one.”  Really Mom?  Are you sure, because last time I checked, I was still using my trusty Commodore 64.  But, in her defence, she told me that Palm hasn’t come out with anything new in two years, so they’re probably cooking something.  Well, okay, now I guess it sort of makes sense.  Right again.  Then, she cursed me with the following words: “You should check out the new iPod Touch. I think it can work like a Palm.”  So I did.

And I spent over an hour oggling the iStore on apple.com.  And now I am more broke than I have ever been, more in debt than I have ever been, and want more Apple products than ever before.  Worst idea ever!  Now I want the iPhone (even though I can’t really use it in Canada) or the iPod Touch (even though my iPod works perfectly well) the iMac (because my laptop runs fine, but it’s falling apart and I can’t imagine it will last much longer, and I refuse to buy a computer that runs Windows Vista) and who doesn’t think that the new MacBook Air is sexy?  You’d have to be crazy if you didn’t.  And I don’t know how exactly the Apple TV works, but it sounds pretty cool, and it seems to combine my two currently favourite things; TV and Apple products.  And I also still want a Palm, because while all these products are sleek and sexy, none of them will fill my organizational void.

 Also, I would like to go in a totally different direction for a second. I’m currently watching the news and the lead story is the fact that Tom Brady of the New England Patriots was seen wearing a walking cast. Are you serious!?  Are you really telling me that nowhere in the entire world there is something a little more interesting or important going on?  Really?  The most important thing I need to know is the fact that Tom Brady has a mild ankle sprain? Oh good, I’m glad that the world is doing so well that the biggest thing I need to worry about is Tom Brady.  I HATE FOOTBALL!  And I hate that Americans are obsessed with football.  And I hate that they don’t see that there is something seriously wrong with the fact that Tom Brady’s walking cast is the top story.  Toronto loves the Leafs (even though they are sucking hard), but I guarantee you that unless one of the died, they would wait their turn for the Sports Reel like everyone else. 

On a happier note, the American stock marketing is plummeting (though not enough to beat Tom Brady’s ankle in importance) because the economy is doing so badly.  Maybe it’s the trillions (I don’t care how many times you say it, one trillion dollars will always sounds fake) of dollars of debt?  I mean, I’m not an economist, but it makes sense to me.  Why is this good news you may ask? Because half my student loans are in US dollars, and the more the greenback drops, the less money I’m going to have to pay back.  America may hate George Bush – and so may my Grandma – but he’s doing wonders for me.