"Because I do not hope to turn again"

I found myself at the new Best Buy this morning. Three years ago this Christmas I was in Omaha for the holidays, visiting. And I convinced my Dad I needed a laptop computer for grad school, so we went to Best Buy and bought an HP using his discount. Something went wrong w/ the laptop - in part it was my fault for using it on a cloth service where heat couldn't escape and dust could get into the fan. But I also think there was something wrong w/ the product. We got an HP because of my Dad's discount. After finishing my thesis this spring it pettered out completely. It wasn't too bad since I still had my desktop but I loved typing on my laptop. I loved the portability of it all. And so I sit here, on my bed, with a wooden board underneath my new HP laptop!

They moved the Best Buy from one location to another. So I technically purchased another computer from the same store. But man, what a difference this new location makes. It was gorgeous inside. So open. I was there for 2 hours. I hope never to have to do that again. It took me over an hour to decide on which one I wanted, and then another 45 mins to work out the financing issues (darn credit card companies) plus something like 15 mins to check and see if the system worked. They were giving out 10% off coupons, but of course they don't work for laptops. I did find an interesting computer game - City of Heroes. I might go back there to get it tomorrow. The coupon expires tomorrow.

I am a bit of a superhero mood. Later today, I met w/ Molly and Brian and we saw The Incredibles. It was not a bad movie. It just didn't quite feel like a normal Pixar film. It lacked a certain laugh-factor. It was more adult -not in the XXX way - and more serious (Brian called it more dull, misunderstanding my "adult" comment). I keep telling myself that one day I will write an issue, or issues, for Daredevil. I've been working on a story idea. It sucks having these ideas and not following through. But I guess the latter is my fault isn't it?

Has anyone heard of Angela McCluskey? Tom recommended her to me so I downloaded some of her stuff. Pretty good stuff. There is one interesting song, "Love is Stronger than Death" that has some very interesting religious themes running through it. I'm kind of "collecting" songs like that. So far I have about 5; including songs by Leonard Cohen, Damien Rice, Green Day and David Gray. I need more female vocalists! Which is odd since that is all I've been listening to lately. Saw Reliant K has a new album out. I would like to check that out.

Had a nice lunch at Applebee's today. Mom and Dad are leaving town for 10 days. They'll be in Orlando, where, hopefully, they will find that Norwegian sweater I've been wanting for myself for nearly 8 years. I was convinced that if I waited until after grad school it would be a nice present to myself. Well... it's after grad school and I have some income now!

It'll be nice to have the place to myself. Weird though too.

I was trying to watch an ep of Ken Burns' Baseball but for some reason I couldn't get into it. I'll have to give it another try, but right now I should turn off my computer and get some sleep. It's warm in my room this evening. It was in the 70s today. Crazy weather! Now, if only I could understand TS Eliot!