So, the pile of Things Going to College with me is steadily growing larger and larger. It now consists of several posters, some stuffed animals a mattress pad, a lamp, a mirror and various storage containers and other objects. It is being added to constantly. I can no longer access my closet due to it. Soon it will be flooding into the main area of my room. I'm rather excited about this.
The one thing not added to the Things Going to College is a new laptop. Mainly because Dell and the deal they have with my college sucks. I found, customized and nearly ordered the laptop I wanted. However, upon checking out I needed to put in the "company you work for" for the employee/student discount. I had gone through this whole shopping experience under the impression that my student discount was working. It wasn't. Unbeknownst to me, the only laptops I can purchase from Dell with my student discount are significantly more expense than the one I customized. With the student/employee discount that I now can't get, the laptop I wanted cost $740 instead of $960. The only two laptops I can get with my student discount cost significantly more than the other discounted one. About 600-700 dollars more. Now, I don't know about anyone else, but there is no way in hell I'm paying 700 more dollars for a laptop that is supposedly discounted. I'll just as well pay the 960 for a non discounted laptop that I acctually want. It's still 500 dollars cheaper than the crap from my college and I seriously doubt that not having one of the 'recommended bundles' for the college will hurt me in any way. Because, let's face it, if it does then that's complete bullshit. Hopefully, I'll be able to use my cousin's employee discount and have her order me the laptop and then just write her a check. The damn thing is coming out of my pocket I am not paying 14 hundred dollars for a laptop. I don't care if it will last me through my college years. Maybe I'm just cheap...I don't know. I don't think it's unreasonable to think that it's crap to pay more than a thousand dollars for a laptop with a DISCOUNT. Maybe if it was even a nice laptop for 14 hundred, but it's really not much better than the one I customized for myself!
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Anyways, my roommate still hasn't called me. My mom still says that she's probably just on vacation because it's a holiday weekend and to still give it time...but I have known that she's my roommate for the past week and now I'm starting to get antsy. I told my sister that if I haven't heard from her by this coming Friday that I'll start to get desperate. I don't know what I'll do. I'll probably just freak out a little. Because right now I'm just left with the image I have from Facebook stalking her. Horses and country music. I'm books and rock music. I've ridden a horse once in my life and that is an experience I do not wish to repeat. There are a total of two country songs I can stand without feeling like I'm going to lose my lunch. I hope to God that her Facebook page is deceptive and she's not what I've imagined her to be. Of course, my Facebook page makes me seem like a shallow, emo music-loving, book nerd...oh wait, that's EXACTLY what I am. Damn... Ok. I need to stop freaking out and Facebook-judging people. You cannot judge a [face]book by it's cover.
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So. Who wasted 7 dollars to go see The Last Airbender? I DID! It wasn't that bad. I mean, there were some redeeming qualities to the overall suckage. But it definately wasn't worth all the hype or the money it cost me to buy tickets and popcorn. If you're an ATLAB fan and wanted to go see the movie, I'd say wait until the DVD comes out and then Netflix it or something. Don't go see it in theaters or buy it. It's not worth it. I won't rant about it as much as I intended to because, let's face it, I could go on all day and you know me and rants; but, let's just say it was a disappointment and leave it at that...
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So, anybody have any fun plans for the 4th? We're setting off small fireworks in our backyard. It's illegal to have anything bigger than sparklers or fountains in our state. It sucks, I know.
