Sweet Catastrophe

I’m getting really, really excited about all the electronics that will soon be in my possession!

After dinner last night we went sort of window-shopping. We checked out the possible video cards that would work with my computer. Ryan explained to me the different options that each of them opened up and we narrowed it down to what I absolutely want to have, and then the optionals and finally the things I really don’t care about.

We didn’t look at harddrives, though I meant to. Ryan already knows what I want there.

Then after some gratuitous glances at Wii games, we looked at the GPS devices. It really hadn’t occurred to me at all that I could just wait and get one for my Birthday, but Ryan hinted (err pretty much stated) that’s the plan. There’s a really cute Garmin out that’s bright red, and aesthetically he really wants me to have, but it’s missing two of my must-have features. Now that I know it’s gonna happen, I’ve started some hardcore research into what I want–what all the different features really are and which ones I’ve gotta have.

So far I know I’ve got to have text-to-speech, which means it actually says the street names instead of vaguely announcing that you turn in X-amount of yards. Also I learned in my research tonight that some units don’t automatically re-route you if you take a wrong turn. Uh yeah, I’m gonna need that. That’s probably the most reassuring feature for me. Without that, I might as well have a talking list of directions.

So I’m excited about getting most of those by Christmas at the latest. On top of other random goodies here and there!! =)