Hello and welcome to my very first wireless update. My old G4 desktop is gone, my new powerbook life begins. I have to say, I love it. It's all I need in a very small package. The wireless part of it may be the only silly thing because I live in such a small space. I can touch the wireless unit from almost anywhere, ha ha. It's just nice to know that I have it, I guess.
My weekend was pretty good. It all started off Friday night. I set up the wireless thing and made some adjustments to the powerbook that will make my life a little easier. I tried to add a password to the wireless part so people can't surf on my dime and I ended up locking myself out of the system, ha ha. But all is well now.
The ichat part of this whole thing is the best! I talked to Jay and Walter more than once. But I talked about that last week.
Saturday I woke up around 9 and decided to get my chores done. The first order of the day was to drive into work. Instead of selling the old G4 for a tiny amount, I decided to use it at work. I was hoping that I wouldn't hit any traffic because of all the security and crazy people but I was able to zip in and zip out. There was no parking so I just put on the flashers and ran up/down very fast. Thankfully, no parking ticket.
From there I drove to Nutley to do my laundry. I had a lot of stuff. No more three-wardrobe-change days for me, ha ha. It was HOT on Saturday! I left my apartment around 11 and returned around four hours later and I didn't stop sweating that whole time, ha ha. To beat the heat, I hit every store that even looked like they had air conditioning. That turned out to be a happy accident because I walked away with another pair of New Balance sneakers. The 470 model fits my feet like a glove - like a GLOVE I tells ya!
From there I went to Pier 1 Imports, Linens & Things and the A & P. All have great air conditioning, ha ha. I bought a shower curtain at Linens & Things, I guess that would fall under the 'Things' part of their title. I cooked a steak for dinner & watched Casablanca - that's a darn good flick.
Sunday I woke up around 9. I had an ichat with Walter and then decided to go to Ikea. I'm not exactly sure why I went to Ikea but it seemed like something.
First, I found a spot
close to the front
Once inside, I realized that 1 PM on Sunday
afternoon maybe wasn't the best time to be there
Ten minutes later I was eating
an Ikea lunch on the hood of my ride (try and look cool doing that, it wasn't easy)
Sweet Lord it was crowded! It seemed very dirty also, I don't know, there was just no where to move. Then I got to thinking, I don't really like any of this crap. I said to myself, 'screw this Ikea B.S.' - I picked up a jumbo hot dog, a drink and a cinnamon roll - for $3.75 -- That's good eating!
From there I drove to Pier 1 Imports. They had an As-Is armoire. It had a small mark at the bottom, it was nothing. The original price is $500 -- the As Is price was $349. Now we're talking!
Armoire
I liked it, it would fit all my stuff but I didn't love it. It's more for a bedroom but it could still work in my space. I thought about it and told the girl I'd take it. Then, I changed my mind. I was walking around and saw other people looking at it, I thought to myself, it is a good deal. Should I get it? I checked it out again, tore the tag off and went to the checkout line. I filled out a form for the Pier 1 Import credit card. I was in line with the form - I could see the armoire - something didn't feel right. I folded the form, said I'm not getting it and walked out the store.
It wasn't meant to be. I got back to my apartment, looked around and knew I made the right call.
While I was driving around I was listening to Hot 97 on the radio. That's the hip-hop station. Every other song, some guy was rapping about d-block. If you're a rapper making millions of bucks, I don't think you can rap about d-block anymore. Something to think about.
That's it! My website was down Sunday night so excuse the delay in posting. The internet is only great when it's working.
Stay Beautiful,
Bob
