{"id":879,"date":"2006-09-07T23:51:55","date_gmt":"2006-09-08T03:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/07\/like-this-comes-as-a-surprise-to-any-of-you\/"},"modified":"2007-07-28T12:28:49","modified_gmt":"2007-07-28T16:28:49","slug":"like-this-comes-as-a-surprise-to-any-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.very-simple.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/07\/like-this-comes-as-a-surprise-to-any-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Like this comes as a surprise to any of you…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Actual conversation (with a co-worker\/friend) at work today:<\/p>\n

co-worker<\/b>: You’re going to hate me. After all of that talk about getting a mac, I bought an HP.
\nMe: <\/b>I don’t hate you. I love my mac, but I get that they’re not for everyone (particularly someone who works on a windows computer all day).
\nco-worker<\/b>: So, are you ready to go to Italy?
me<\/b>: Just about. I haven’t started packing yet, but I have lists, I’ve ordered boxes, and I took a trip to the apple store on 5th avenue last night and picked up a few things.
\nco-worker<\/b>: Like what?
\nme:<\/b> oh, just some power adaptors, a travel backup drive for my laptop, and a set of speakers for my iPod. Oh, and a wireless mighty mouse. All stuff I sorta needed for six months away. I needed more power adaptors so that I can plug my airport in full time.
\nco-worker<\/b>: you have wifi at home?
\nme<\/b>: of course. Besides my two computers, I’ve also set up a wireless receiver on my TiVo so that I don’t need a phone line for it to update. Oh, and this way I can stream all of my music from my computer to my stereo system.
\nco-worker<\/b>: …….wow. you really are a dork.
\nme<\/b>: (laughing) yeah. you should have seen me in high school.<\/p>\n

(Conversation then devolves into just how much of a dork I was in high school, with the academic league, math league, new jersey science competition (where we, yes, spent our saturdays travelling around the region in order to take competitive tests<\/i>. Voluntarily<\/i>).<\/p>\n

Of course, the conversation made me think about this little essay<\/a> by Sars the other day. <\/p>\n

This is what happens when I’m not busy at work. Funny how they stop giving you new deals to work on when you’re a week away from leaving the country for six months!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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