Let's be capitalists

[taotrooper]

Okay, so... my stepfather is getting fired again, so we're going to be sorta poor from next year on until any of us gets a job. (Technically I'm still finishing my degree out of spite, but I've had a coder's block for months now and I'm too shitty to finish my thesis. Curse the day I came up with such an elaborate project! I want to get a job, but they want me to graduate first, except I'm too depressed to work on the thesis and their attitude won't help, and so on. It's a vicious circle, I swear.)

THE POINT IS... I kind of want to spend the money my grandma is giving me in something cool, as mom's present was already clothes and a pair of boots. Grandma still sends me 70€ as allowance every month, but besides putting some bucks away for the March/April 2011 NDS gaming clusterfuck I've decided to save up. Maybe I can convince my family to use that shit on, you know, food or bills. You know, guys, I'd be less useless if you let me give you my money or get a part-time job, just saying! I'm sheltered because you force me to be such! You idiots!!

I keep going OT because I'm bitter these days, sorry. So anyway, yeah. One last cool buy. Is it worth it, though? Or should I spend it in tinier things?

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To be honest, the one I'd use the most is the e-reader since I have a lot of, ahem, legally dubious e-books in hand -which I can never read because reading on PC is tiresome. I can also read manga and comics, technically (no idea if it's legible, granted). The downside is that it's pricier than the other presents: the one I want to buy is 169€. But yeah, I think it's a good idea overall, and that model already brings a collection of classic books built-in as bonus. But if I'm going to get it I should be fast, because right now the shipping in FNAC is free for the holidays.

External hard drives are always a necessity. OTOH, I've developed a bit of a phobia to HDDs in general after so many times of them dying on me. I'm so unlucky, sob.

My DVD player isn't working anymore, so I might as well get a Blu-ray one so I'm not behind with the ages. I don't actually HAVE blu-ray discs or plan to buy any, but it's pretty cool to have the option open. Of course, from the expensive presents, it would be the one I'd use the least in comparative. I would use it, but mostly for normal DVDs and DivX avis.

Well. Derp.

Comments

[sha-chan.livejournal.com]

Pero un provecho más inmediato y práctico? :o Es decir, yo he sobrevivido hasta ahora con DVDs, pero sí, el disco duro tiene mucho màs espacio, peeeero es un más. a largo plazo.

Mala persona, quiero ese e-reader DB!1!

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Soy muy floja para quemar cosas, siempre se me olvida y no tengo remedio. Me pego a mí misma cada vez que estoy obligada a formatear o se jode el disco en donde estaban. Meanwhile, mi padrastro es el opuesto completo, que no usa DVDs y cuando se le acaba espacio va y compra otro disco duro *facepalm*

Si me gano la lotería un día, te mando uno de regalo ;^;

[sha-chan.livejournal.com]

Yo no me olvido de recordártelo, pero estaba esperando un poco más a que ya tengas cosas que quemar |D; Aunque, he de admitir que si pudiera hacer lo mismo que tu padrastro lo haría '-'/

Awww ;A; <3

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

No lo tomes de ejemplo, que mamá le riñe por gastarse la plata que no nos sobra en esos cosos. Incluso cuando está de paro. Es un inconsciente.

De hecho, ahora quiero comprarle uno a todas, ya que estamos soñando ♥

[sha-chan.livejournal.com]

... no, claro :| Señor, aprenda a ahorrar Dx

E-reader sisters del amor ;A;!