like christmas two weeks after christmas

this is the computer that chris built, atop the desk that he also built. i supposed that if you want to get wrapped up in semantics, he assembled my desk rather than built it, but overall, both the desk and the computer on it are quite impressive. i now have a great new computer with capablities beyond my wildest computer-related dreams. i couldn't even list all the things this computer can do- but that's mostly because i'm not sure about a lot of the spelling. what, you ask, am i going to do with this powerful new machine?

probably just use the word processing program. nothing too fancy.

christopher may not be the kind of guy you'd want around when your car starts making funny noises or emitting strange fumes, and he may not be the type of dude who knows exactly how and where to weld something, but when it comes to the pc, he's something else. i suppose i knew that chris was capable of building a computer, but i have to admit that i had a feeling i'd come home one evening and find that he'd haphazardly attached everything to everything else with strips of scotch tape. he would say, "now, your computer's ready to go, but you won't have any sound. and the disc drive won't work. and, oh, you know the monitor? totally useless." i think i'm just used to my dad's way of doing things where, in order to fix one thing, you have to totally break two or three other things. really smash them beyond repair.

this new computer is giving me a newfound desire to compute. i'm pounding away at my novel in process (my nip, if you will) and i've also purchased a new used computer game from one of the fine sellers at amazon. now, i'm a little embarrassed of the title, but let's just say that i'm out of the intended age group by at least twelve years.

but nancy drew is ageless, right? i mean, she's been around since... oh, crap, i've given it away.

in her honor, i've name my new computer 'drew.' i would call her 'nancy,' but that would make me think too much of my mother, who never did get the hang of all this technological nonsense. as an example, for the longest time she called 'nintendo' 'utendo.' and you should see her with a mouse. hysterical.