New Computer.

Already I am going to suffer a blow to my street cred...

I went with the pretty computer. To be fair, I tweaked its stats so that it will suit my needs better than the base-build laptop, but I went with a lap top...and a pretty one...and it comes with Vista. The one up side (aside from it's gorgeousness) is that I get a free upgrade to Windows 7 when released that, while a pain in the ass, will be worth it. Vista is one of the five elements attempting to open a vortex to hell. For non-techies like me, it is maybe not as aggravating as it is to computer-savvy people, but it isn't user-friendly, either. I grew up using macs, so any PC OS is not easy for me to navigate around. Vista is the worst. I can only hope that Windows 7 will be every bit the improvement I hope it to be.

In some non-nerd news, I've lost 10 pounds. Six years ago I met my husband, I fell in love, and I also discovered anime/videogames/sci-fi and fantasy. With all that catching-up, I had to drop an activity...namely exercise. That, combined with the mutual love of food my husband and share, has caused me -2o to appearance, or +20 to fattiness (whichever you prefer). When I quit WoW in February, I made a bet with my father--the first to drop twenty pounds wins $400. Since then we have dropped the bet but I have not stopped my attempt to drop the pounds. Not only is this for my health, but it will allow me to do two things I very much want to do. The first is to get a chest tattoo. The second, and the one I am most excited about, is to cosplay Jean Grey from X-Men. The costume will be worth the money and, to mimic those terrible Mastercard commercials, looking good in it will be priceless. In fact, if I manage to pull this off, you better believe I'm wearing that costume to work. And the movies. And to do grocery shopping. To type e-mails. Anywhere. Everywhere.