Christmas In May...

Okay, so I've been on a bit of a purchasing spree of late. My replacement laptop finally got here and I have to say, it's pretty sweet. After using the same laptop for over 6 years, it's nice to have something this new. The old machine was just chugging along but finally gave out in style with a cracked LCD panel. The T60 widescreen is pretty impressive:



It came pre-loaded with Vista Home Premium and since I'm no longer in IT, I really don't care to have the Business versions installed. Plus, the functions that I needed in the past from XP Pro are now in this version of Vista. I do have to admit though, if the "sidebar" scrolled and was located bottom-center, this would be an even more blatant ripoff of the Mac OS. All of this is pretty and all but when you have 1GB of RAM and the Aero interface is noticeable slow at times, you really have to wonder if it's actually a good upgrade. I suppose time will tell.

My purchase that I'm really happy about is this:



A Takamine GS330S. I had to leave my Washburn D10S behind when I made the drive out here and I've had that thing since high school. It was a great birthday present from my dad when I was a sophomore and perfect at the time since I was going through my WSP/Jam Band phase in life and John Bell was jamming away on one onstage. That thing survived college and grad school so while it had some good memories associated with it, I'm happy to be trying a guitar. The guy at Guitar Center also took some money off the final price since I was trying to decide between the Takamine and a less expensive Fender so that was pretty cool. I've always wanted to get my hands on a Takamine and since this was their value model that has gotten some great reviews, I'm hoping it will live up to the "hype." One thing I thought that was interesting was the fact that the sales guy recommended a guitar humidifier since it's so dry out here during the summer months that acoustics crack quite frequently. Makes sense I suppose. Anyway, maybe some of you Guitar Hero nuts should try your hand at the actual thing. I promise that you won't regret it. It's easy to learn and is always good at a party.

Anyway, so now I'm spending my evenings after work fiddling with my new compy or guitar which is nice since the weather isn't unbearably hot yet so I can do both out on my patio and enjoy the weather while it's still decent.

Got some fraternity brothers coming into town this weekend. Should be rowdy!!