I used to have an HP laptop, but then it started acting weird (right in the middle of writing my 2nd book), and I ended up replacing it with a desktop.  (Tehcnically, I still have the HP laptop, but it’s a 17inch, big heavy thing, and it still acts weird (one of the fans is broken, so it overheats and just randomly shuts down with no warning…)

And then my sister gave me an iMac that I used at the shop (with a 24 inch monitor).  Oh, and because I loved the ginormous monitor so much, my HP desktop got a big honking monitor, too.

And then I moved home, and the iMac became my primary machine.  Every so often, I’d wish I had a laptop that worked properly, or maybe one of those cute iPads, but I kept not getting one, and the Earth kept spinning, which meant that it was probably OK that I saved my money.

And then, I did Nanowrimo and discovered that being chained to the desk chair to write 50,000 words in a month was a pain in the butt.  And neck and hip and…I started wishing I could go curl up on the couch or in bed or go down to the library.   Hard to curl up with a 24 inch iMac.

And then, I went to Best Buy and they had an open item MacBook Air (the 13 inch one!) available for $300 off the original price.

As Mark put it, I this means that I have now officially crossed over to the dark side.  I still have to use the HP desktop for some printing tasks, but yeah.

I’m not a PC anymore.  I am definitely a Mac.

My brother-in-law is laughing his butt off at me, I just know it.

Maintaining a forum based website:

Is like herding cats.

Or teaching pigs to sing.

Is it wrong to express devotion to a monitor?

Because right now, I am seriously in love.

My computer is 2 years old, and came with a 19 inch monitor.  I wasn’t unhappy with it, but I kept feeling like I could use even MORE real estate.  I contemplated a 2nd 19 inch monitor to match.  And nearly bought one several times, though I wonder now how I thought I was going to connect it?

But then.  Then, I became the owner of a 24 inch iMac at the shop,  and promptly decided that what I really needed at home was a 24 inch monitor.

Last night at Best Buy I almost bought one, it was an HP, looked like a return item that was about $150 less than full price.  I couldn’t quite justify it, though, and we went about the rest of our shopping.

Part of our excursion included a trip to Sam’s Club, where they had this baby.

It is 26 inches. TWENTY SIX INCHES.

And was the same price as the HP I almost bought.

So if it’s wrong to be in love with a monitor, I don’t want to know about it, because my Vizio monitor and I are a very happy together today.

easily paranoid girl took over the blog for a little while earlier and posted something that was a little too whiny and insecure.

i’ve thought better of it, and deleted her post.

thanks for the feedback on the issues with the comment boxes running into each other.  i think i’ve made it better, but i do have some more tweaking to do.  i’ve resized (and changed) some of the text, and need to tweak some more.

so anyway, those of you that do read through a blog reader, the site has been redesigned, so if you are interested in seeing what i’ve done, you’ll need to click through to the blog itself.

whether you comment or not, i do appreciate your readership.

the fact that it bothers me sometimes that people DON’T comment is MY problem, not yours.  i’m still working on controlling my reaction, something that will continue to be  lifelong struggle for me.