Mac Attack

It's a slippery slope, my friends, a slippery slope...

About four years ago, I got my first iPod.  It was an iPod Mini (which they don't even make anymore), and it was brilliant.  I was delighted to carry it around in all its pink glory.

A year or two later, I decided that I wanted the second generation version of the iPod Shuffle.  I bought it from my father, who had moved on to a different iToy at that point, if I recall correctly.

Last year, my computer died.  It was a somber affair, full of heartache and pain.  For me.  I think that the computer didn't suffer much.  After much deliberation, I decided to purchase a MacBook.  With my MacBook, I got a free iPod.  I didn't really need one, but...apparently, you can never have too many iPods.

Now, it's time to upgrade the operating system on my Mac.  I've been avoiding doing it because I'm lazy and cheap, but now I keep finding more products that I want to buy, and I don't want to have to upgrade all of them once I switch my OS.  That's right--this will be a purchase that will then facilitate more purchases.  Not good.

The problem with all of the iProducts is that they interface so seamlessly.  I love them all--they work so easily, without any fuss or trouble.  If you think something should work a certain way, you just try it, and of course, it does!  They are all built so full of logic--I love it.  Logic works for me.  So why is this a problem?  Well, the more iProducts that you get, the more you need/want.  It really is a need, not a want.  It's kind of a sickness, actually.  I'm looking into professional help.  Fortunately, I am a single person, so I can spend all of my extra money on myself without hurting anyone else.

Today, I made another iPurchase.  It is certainly not something that iNeed, but iWant, and so iBought.  iFeel a bit of buyer's remorse, but I think that's just because my iProduct is now on order and not home with me.  Maybe when I get it back to my apartment, I won't feel so silly for iNvesting in something that iDon't need...