just a thought

i'm trying to convince dave that he should be my muse. i've stolen his computer and am writing. i think he should pose nude for me to inspire me.

he's not buying it.

New keyboard!!!

So I've been wanting to replace my keyboard for a while. I had a The-Cheapest-Keyboard-On-The-Website, color: white model that I loved-- very low action, very quiet keys, not sticky at all, very lightweight, cute. The problem: Well, there were a couple. The first problem wasn't so bad-- all the letters wore off within four months. So my keys are mostly blank. That was ok because I'm a touch-typist, but it was annoying when doing shortcut keys and you weren't sure which one was which, and it was awful when typing one-handed. For whatever reason. 0:>
Another worse problem: I dropped it and some keys fell off. A couple times. I stuck 'em back on but... the spacebar didn't work if I hit it with my right thumb.
I _always_ hit the spacebar with my right thumb. always.
So, it was becoming a royal pain the ass to type.
Also, with my current setup, my keyboard cable wasn't long enough. I bought a ps/2 estension cable, but kept having to switch it back and forth between my mouse and keyboard depending on which i was using more, because it was $20 and i couldn't afford two.
So, I bought a new keyboard.
I bought a Mac keyboard.
hey, man. It's cute, it's light, it's nearly silent, it's got two USB ports, and I got a 10' usb cable to extend it. So. I am over here. Now I am over here. (bonus points if you can place that quote. More bonus points if you phone me up to do the voice. Bonus points can be redeemed for a pat on the head. Or butt, depending who you are.)
Very sweet keyboard, anyhow, and USB hub. This is its maiden voyage. Windows wanted me to install it, but then i clicked "cancel" and it shut up, and it works now. So, whatever.
It's really adorable, and the open-apple (splat) key works as a window key.
Sadly, the volume adjustment and cd-eject keys don't work. Awww. but everything else does.
And it's CUTE.

And three times the price of the same thing in generic brand, except the generic one had louder, stickier keys, was a gray/black mixture, weighed more, and had higher, more difficult action.
So...
i invested in a nice keyboard so i can enjoy my computer more. It really is really quiet.
dave is joking that i'll buy a mac accessory by accessory....

he had to drag me away from the little bitty 12" Powerbook. It's so cute. It is so freaking cute. I want one so badly....

Dave's still explaining to me that buying the more expensive option in this way is good for the soul. if I'd bought the cheaper keyboard, he reasons, it would have probably been OK, but would have quietly oppressed my soul without me really realizing what it was. Like Jersey City, or his old car Jimmy. They quietly oppressed his soul. Every time he went to use them, they would quietly disappoint or antagonize him, and just generally make him less happy than he could have been. So, in this way, spending $70 on what could have cost me $5 (they had a rebate deal on a cheapo "multimedia" keyboard) is feeding my soul.
Sure, whatever. I think it's cute and happy. I'm pleased. I will write a novel now. Or, design a website.
I am cleaning my room. that's a start. I couldn't do anything with my room in the state it was...

Dave's making me a really elaborate dish for dinner. He was trying to do it all quiet-like so that I wouldn't know, while he was copying over the recipe and going to the grocery store and all, but I saw him copying the recipe and figured what it was. Also, I was at the grocery store with him because I needed tampons and didn't think he'd appreciate being sent out to buy me tampons. Especially as I couldn't remember what size I wanted. And tampons are expensive and i'd forget to pay him back, for sure. So that's not fair. He shouldn't have to buy me things to stick in my vagina.

Ew. i grossed myself out. Right, I'm going to go back to thinking about how yummy dinner will be, and how I don't have any idea what he's making me. (I'll tell you what it was later. It will have been really, really yummy.)

update on dave cooking for me

Yep, it was shrimp szechwan he was cooking.
sooooo goooood.
he claims to have added too much water to the sauce so it was thin. meh. it was a bit thin, but i enjoyed it. flavorful.
that's the dish his father used to make whenever he wanted a special kind of lovin' from dave's mom, apparently. which is kind of cute and kind of scary to think of.
It's a good recipe.
It took Dave about two hours to make it. I took a nap and played on his computer. It was pleasant.

Now I should finish cleaning my room, but i probably won't. Oh well. :-D