Xpression.v2

Money, how I loathe thee. Money, how I love thee. Old english, how I hate you.

This weekend has been one huge monetary dilemma for me. Yesterday, I ordered my Dad’s Father’s Day gift from my sister and I. We’re going halfsies on two Pioneer DVR-111D DVD burners for him. He wanted two DVD drives so I thought the burners would be better suited. Plus, the Pioneers are solid models so he should have them for a while. I may pick one up for myself eventually.

Gifts don’t end there, unfortunately. My sister has yet to pick out what she wants for her graduation (she only graduated last week). I then have to take into account bother her and my dad’s July birthdays. On top of all that, I owe my mom $51 for various gifts for my grandmother. Jesus Christ people, spread this shit out.

I also need replacement blades for my electric razor. Well, I think I do. Maybe the burning sensation and lack of a smooth shave is a new feature I’ve only stumbled across recently. Unless I can get to the Best Buy in the city, that’s going to cost me about $35.

But, wait, it gets better. This morning I was awoken at 6am to a loud buzzing noise from my computer. For a reason beyond anyone’s understanding, my video card’s fan decided the card was too warm and it had to go on full blast. That’s nice and all, except the card has been between 37 to 40 degrees Celcius since the day I got my system. Turns out this fan just keeps throwing itself into full blast mode every few minutes and it makes this really loud whirring noise while doing so. Being that I don’t want to have the fan burn out and my card die on me, I’ve already ordered a Zalman VF700 (the 100% copper one). That’s another $33 down the drain. The irony is that I was going to buy the same damn part a few months ago and decided to not waste the money. If I had only known.

So, if you can spare it, can I have a penny or 20,000 for my thoughts?

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