John's Blog

God, I'm pathetic. Just dangle the latest piece of technology in front of me and I start to salivate like a dog in heat. After finally talking myself down from the ledge after seriously considering getting a new iPod and selling the old one on eBay, now I keep hearing other new toys calling out my name. Over the last few days, I've been convinced that I "need" (not just want) either a Treo 650, a PSP, or the XBox 360...not that I'd be likely to find one. What is it that is so darned seductive about these gadgets that makes me lose perspective? When did I turn into this crass materialist who craves "stuff"? This too will pass...maybe.

I just miss the satisfaction of a good first person shooter like Half-Life 2 to get out my frustrations. It's been awhile since I've been bitten by the gaming bug (the original Half-Life was new then), so maybe this is a delayed reaction. Maybe just buying a new desktop system with gaming capacity would be a good way to go, but I always go crazy adding more bells and buzzers. More memory, bigger hard-drive, better graphics card, make sure it has the media-center PVR stuff thrown in, and that quickly becomes a bigger chunk of change than I had planned. I'll probably just wait till after the first of the year to torture myself and sort out my options. Instead of Half-Life, I'll just punch walls.