Extravagance
I tend to buy as much stuff for myself at Christmastime as I do for other people. You know, you’re out at the stores, looking for gifts, and you think, hey, I’d really like that myself. Not in the spirit of the season, certainly, but it’s a trap I seem to fall into every year.
This year I took it to insane extremes. I bought a 34-inch Sony HDTV 16×9 TV. It’s not huge compared to my old TV, but because it has the wide aspect ratio, watching a widescreen movie on DVD is amazing. It’s a thing of beauty. I feel like I’m living in “the very near future.” It was expensive, but I’m paying it off over two years and I know I’ll have it for many years to come. So I’ve gotten over my anti-consumerist guilt – pretty much.
And as if I needed another reason never to move from my condo, now I have another one: the damn TV is so heavy, I doubt I’ll ever be able to get it out of here.
Anyone want to come over and watch “The Matrix” with me?
Well, what I’d really like to do is come over and do the first 2 LOTR. But then, I’ve never been invited to your place.
Oh stop. 🙂 You have a standing invitation.
I’d love to! And LOTR! And I’m not waiting for an invite. I’m just coming over 😛