The Misanthropic Misadventures of an Idealist

Tuesday, December 20, 2005 | 15:55

x'mas comes early

For me that is. I'm just giggling and giddying with delight over my latest buy. It's probably the most extravagant and expensive one to date that I've ever had to fork out my own cash but it's worth every ringgit I've saved this year.

If you haven't already guessed it, it's the black video iPod that I'm raving about. My allegiance with Creative could be said to be severed but I don't care. Materialism and pretty and shiny things are what's governing my mind now.

Just got it yesterday at the Apple Centre in 1U where they surprisingly had stocks of the black boxes of goodies. I was all ready to put down the RM100 deposit to book my iPod when they said that they had some readily available to be purchased by music-craving people like me. So, immediately I charged it first because the cash is in the safety of, well I can't divulge that information now can I, and left a happy camper with the svelte box in the cool paper bag. It looked almost too good to be torn open by little ol' me.

But yes, upon reaching home, I tore open the box and carefully installed iTunes and readied myself to tinker around with it. I have to admit that playing with the player gets awfully addictive after a while especially when I was searching for podcasts to download into the iPod. Podcasting is something new that I've yet to get myself accustomed to but I will in time. Last night was just filled with me fiddling with my coolest and most expensive toy yet and I didn't even get the urge to watch television or cartoons.

The iTunes software is quite easy to use except that I'm having problems with playing or downloading my videos or movies into the iPod. And that's supposed to be the most important and attractive thing about this new VIDEO iPod. Probably need to pay another visit to the store tomorrow. Anyway, what I love most about the iPod is the sleekness and stylish look of everything of it. The casing, USB cable, and earphones just appear so neat and clean and cool at the same time. Now I understand why people are obsessed over their iPods and I think I'm about to become one of those iPod zombies soon. Isn't Apple capitalism just so much fun? It's getting increasingly difficult to be satirical and cynical about the iPod because I own one now.

Escaping the realm of iPod haven, reality has been mildly good to me too. I finally received that offer package thing from UMelb and am supposed to pay the fees first before I can be properly accepted into the university. The rents seem pretty excited about the prospect that I'll be going off from home next year but their over-enthusiasm is getting to me. The arrangements and all that jazz stuff are what they seem to be talking all about now around me. I suppose I should be more excited over this but I don't know why I'm not as excited and filled with jubilation over this. I should but I don't. It's definitely not how and what I expected myself to be feeling when the time arrived. Hopefully this odd feeling will pass over to be replaced with bountiful joy.

Besides that, I'm also getting nervous and anxious about the impending results of the two subjects I took last semester. Please don't let me fail Management and Business Law! I don't think I could suffer and live through the shame if I did fail them. I just want to get through the last eleven days of 2005 shamelessly and painlessly.

Laundry from the China trip is yet halfway done and the state of my room is disastrous. Shopping in Malaysia is far from over and I've got a list of things to be bought before 2006 cometh. I'm getting another baking urge attack to make Christmas themed cookies and cakes. Maybe Thursday or Friday would be a good time before the relatives come down again so that I can feed them with my concoctions. I've been neglecting my book-reading time again. And Pay-Less is due another visit from me. So much things to do and so little time to organise it.

Well, have a jolly good holiday my fellow readers, and spread the joy of giving and sharing this holiday season. Bah humbug feelings deep inside must be repressed.

Jill |

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