Shopping

New Pillow

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I have been having a huge problem sleeping recently. I think that it is part of the reason why I have been getting head ache’s but I cannot be 100%. I just know I wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. I decided a few days ago to try and get a new pillow. I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and picked up what you can call an ergromatic pillow. it form fits to your head when you lie down on it. It was not cheap. I don’t want to say how much I spent, but lets just say I hope this thing emits vallume to get me sleeping well for what I paid.

When I opened it up from its packaging, I got a little card that read “you may notice a “newness scent” when you remove this item from the package”. Basically this may smell, but just leave it out for a while and it will be fine. I thought that was the funniest thing I read all day. So I am following the directions and it is airing out now. I hope to sleep like a baby tonight!

Birthday Gifts

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My niece’s birthday is next week. I have no idea what to get her. It’s not that she is a girl. It is that she is 2. What do you get a 2 year old? I don’t have any ideas. My sister is no help. She keeps coming up with things that she needs approval on that will be “special”. That was great for a first birthday since Morgan didn’t remember opening gifts. This year is different. I need for her to have something to open on her birthday. My brother in law doesn’t think she needs anything. So he was no help either. So far I will get barbie’s first roller blades (inline skates, excuse me roller blade inc.). My sister also might want me to get a wooden cash register toy. I still have time so hopefully this will get sorted out.

Also this month I need to get a gift for my cousin Merric. he is turning 11 or something. Man I am getting old. I cannot remember how old he will be. Dam family that I care about and have to get gifts for:)

Saturday

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Today I went to my dad’s to get my suit. he then dropped me at Rich’s so I could hang out. Rich is right by the subway so it was a snap (in theory) to get home. We went to Pizzeria uno and then walked around Austin street for a while. We then went back to his place and amanda and I got our ass’s wooped by rich in 90’s trivia pursuit.

I got home a little while ago. I cleaned up my apartment. it really needed it. Now I am winding down and writing a bit. Then I will watch the latest episode of MI-5 that I am Tivoing now. Besides the cleaning a nice relaxing day.

Painful Shoes

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Last week I went shopping and replaced my really nasty old Doc Martin’s. I got another pair like the ones I was tossing. My feet have been hurting like hell all week. It takes forever to break these shoes in but when done they feel great. If I tried on any other pair of shoes and they felt that bad, I would not buy them. With Doc’s it is expected.

Turns out according to Best of the 80’s Strikes Back if I was living in 1987 I would have street cred with my new Doc Martin’s. I thought that was funny when I watched that the other day.

I shouldn’t complain that much about painful walking. Gretchen had toe surgery Friday. She was limping around today.

We (Jay, Gretchen, Cari, Danny, & I) went to see the incredibles today. It was funny. We had to goto 2 different theaters before we found one that didn’t have a huge line. Thankfully we live in Manhattan

Shopping

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Jayson and I went shopping at Macy’s after work today. We are never good shopping together. We make each other spend money. I bought 4 new pairs of paints, 3 shirts, and some socks. For me that was allot. I got so much since they were on sale 50% off. My problem is I bought a type of paints that I never had before. I was not 100% sure on the size and if I will like them. If I do like them I am going to get more… Jayson also spent some $$$ on paints.

He got me buying the dockers paints that are wrinkle resistant and stain resistant. You can pore coffee on the paints and they wont stain. They will dry fast also. Water beads right off of them. I like the fact that I can wash them in the machine and not have to iron them. That will save me $ on dry cleaning. My current khakis get nasty fast. I hope these dockers wear better.

And I said I would not spend allot this month since I want to move. Oh well:(

Sunday Shopping

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I went shopping sunday. I didn’t even need to leave my apartment. It was nice. I picked up a bunch of summer clothing from the internet. I am liking the LL Bean website recently. I got their mail catalog, marked what I liked and punched the item numbers into the website. Should have my stuff in 3-5 business days:)

I also did the laundry sunday. The shopping, laundry, and all the work I did was enough. I was borderline with getting a headache all day so I didn’t push it by going out or doing anything far from home.

The next online shopping I need to do is order some more fresh direct. I am low on dinner food.

eBooks And Other Apps

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I bought an eBook yesterday. To most that would sound like a confession of a first time eBook buyer. I can safely say that I have been buying eBooks since 2000. When I traveled with Datastream I would put ebooks on my then Pocket PC (an HP Jordana) and use it to read when I was out to dinner or something. I used to travel by myself. It was boring at a hotel or restaurant eating by yourself. Instead of bringing a book with me to dinner, I would just have my Pocket PC that I was carrying anyway. It made things easy. I have read a few books on it.

I haven’t read any books, let alone eBooks in a while. A few people have recommended me to read the Da Vincii Code. Instead of buying the book I got the eBook at Palm’s ebook store. it was only $9.99. I put it on my iPack and am reading it using the Palm eBook reader. Palm was smart and made a reader for the Pocket PC, Palm, Mac, and the PC. I can read the book on my Treo 600 or my iPack. The iPack is better since it has a much nicer screen. I am on chapter 4. I will let you know how it is.

I also downloaded a few other free programs and utilities for my Treo 600 off of palm’s new software site, Palmgear.com. I found it when I was buying my eBook. It looks like it is competing with Handango. I like the way they setup the site. They have a my favorite software list so you can keep track of the latest versions of software you like or own. It also tells you how long you have left on trial software you have downloaded.

I didn’t buy anything, but I got a few freeware utilities that look cool. The latest filez program, a drink mixing program and a few others.

The Treo 600 Shipped

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I got an email a few hours ago saying my long awaited Treo 600 finally shipped out today. Fedex says that it will arrive tomorrow (Tuesday). Hopefully they are right. I hope I actually get good use of it. From what I saw when I had the AT&T Treo 600 for two days in november I think I will be happy. I will know tomorrow.

Maybe A New iPod???

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I have been pondering purchasing a new iPod. I like the one I have, but I am running low on disk space. Unfortunately I don’t use the iPod as much as I would like to, but sometimes it is a life saver on the train. I am trying to figure out if it is worth it to upgrade. I would make a few $$$ on my old one, and the new one would have a bigger hard drive.

I have over 9 GIG’s of music now. In order for me to get everything I want on my current iPod and still have drive space for other stuff I need to filter playlists in order to keep the music under 8 GIG’s.

I am starting to use the iPod as a portable hard drive. it is nice to drop stuff on it, and plug it in at work and use it. As a portable hard drive it is a bit expensive, but as a music player / personal storage, it is nice.

Instead of buying the new one, I am also looking at spending AMEX points for one. Not sure if I want to waste points on gear. A decision is forthcoming…

Free Gifts

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As a thank you for all the crazy work we have been doing, my company took Keith and I to Best Buy and we got gifts. To tech guys this is a very good thing!!! We both got HP Ipaq 1945’s. Keith was going to get a portable DVD player but the check out girl said some bad things about it, so he got the same pocket pc that I was going for. I had the 1910 before but it didn’t have bluetooth so I got rid of it for my Treo 270. I like the pocket pc, but wouldn’t have gone out and gotten one on my own. As a gift it was a nice surprise.

I got out my old Xircom Realport2 Bluetooth card, and am trying to configure it to sync with the pocket pc. I am also getting my Sony Ericsson T-68i unlocked so I can use it with the bluetooth on the pocket pc. I will play with this setup until T-Mobile finally releases the Treo 600 sometime in March.

Normally we get steak dinners for our major projects, but this was a very nice change of pace. It is nice to get recognition for job’s well done!!!