jessie, dear sweet friend that he is, gave me his laptop this week. how is it that i have such wonderful friends who take such good care of me? martin did the same for me a few years ago, and while the computer ended up dying a quick death from my own hands, he still was so kind to think of helping me in this way.
anyway, i digress. the point is that jessie got a new laptop and so he set me up with his top-of-the-line apple laptop. it's amazing to use this machine and feel connected to the 21st century in this way. i'm sitting here in an internet coffeeshop known as jumpin' java and i'm actually blogging from it right now. this coffeeshop is one of those that's totally an internet one where everyone is on their laptops and no one is talking. i've been here before but never fit in very well because i haven't had a laptop. now i do and i feel like i'm part of the scene. it's such a quiet scene and i wonder how many of my fellow participants are actually online trying to connect with others out in space when we're all a literal seat away from each other. but then, life is intimidating that way. side thought: intimi-date and elimi-date are awfully similar...

ok, back to the point. i have a laptop now and i'm using it and i'm actually doing tech things i didn't understand 5 minutes ago