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June 10, 2004

yes but i deserved it!

Over lunchtime today I bought a poorly illustrated Taschen Gründ edition of Alice and a 1999 Manual of Netiquette from the street booksale, where the crappy meets the misprinted under enticing bright orange tags. I wanted to reward myself for having affronted a scary needle at the doctor’s office, and having succeeded in biting my inside cheek to blood instead of passing out. I know it is a very boring old-fashioned phobia, but the terror is real, and have reached quite laughable heights over the past years. Plus I always need a rationale, no matter how stupid, to back up impulsive buying. Anyway, I rewarded myself with a couple of books but still it wasn’t testimony enough as to the exploit I had just accomplished. So…

I came across this silly
thing, and a very strange feeling took a hold of me, both pleasing and urgent, like a rush of warmth, or strange little growing waves, that carried me to the cash register… Oh no! Oh yes. And now it is gently resting under my desk and I truly don’t know if I can manage to make it until 5 o’clock, because I am filled with such strong urges that even though I keep repeating to myself “needles, poking, veins, needles”, still my mind wanders back to promises of the infinite delights to come tonight!

Posted by nathalie at June 10, 2004 3:48 PM

Comments

You got the NES edition SP! Wow! I know this is the very same piece of hardware I already own, although very attractively repackaged, yet it requires every iota of self-restraint in my bones to not rush out and buy one.

Just say the word if you want game recommendations!

Posted by: sean on June 10, 2004 4:09 PM

This is welcome news, though I now fear what it would take to get you to buy a Gamecube…

Also: Wario Ware!!!

Posted by: jacob on June 10, 2004 4:16 PM

congratulations! needles are scary.

Posted by: sentry on June 10, 2004 6:14 PM

i’m going to abuse my extended warranty at best buy to trade for a classic edition gba sp. and now you can start a thread in chomp to ask for game recommendations!

Posted by: chris on June 10, 2004 8:07 PM

non-breaking news : i am an impulsive fool. my gameboy honeymoon turned out as intense as it was shortlived, as i visited two different stores after work and got mad because they were both out of wario ware, then i stopped to ponder how pricey all these games are, and how you can’t even rent them at the videostore… so i went back to the store, and asked for a refund.

but then! i realized the gamecube has the same price tag as the gameboy, only 129,99$! what a fool i have been. so in order to reward myself for my lunacy, i bought a nice gamecube, and am in bliss all over again. please, don’t laugh.

Posted by: nathalie on June 10, 2004 9:09 PM

this logic appeals to me.

Posted by: chris on June 10, 2004 10:02 PM