I REPEAT: I am ON my OLD LAPTOP.
Now, it's hooked up to the tv since the backlight is still broken, BUT I can see all my old shit which is craaaaazy!
What happened with the whole "I'm gonna get a new laptop omg blahblahblah" thing was that, APPARENTLY one can only buy a 15-inch Macbook Pro for like $3500 now. Because the 15-inch is only made with one operating system or whatever the correct terminology is.
Basically, it's super expensive because it has the super duper computer attached to it as opposed to the 13-inch which has the basic bitch computer model that I need.
"Why didn't you just get a 13-inch?" you might ask.
"UMMMMMMM.... !!!?!??!?!" I might say.
BECAUSE I NEED SPACE. I am an ARTIST and I need a big ass fucking screen, alright?
"Why didn't you just get a PC?" you say?!?
"UMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!//!?!?!??!?!?!??!?!1111"
Anyway... once I found out that I had to save more for the one I wanted or get one I didn't want I decided to go back home to mull it over. You know, take a minute with the ol' thinker-tank, noodle bank, feel?
I thought with my ol' thinker-tank, noodle bank for a couple of days. I budgeted my money to see how much longer I'd have to save in order to get the two extra inches that this bitch, rightfully deserves.
The results were not pretty. I'd have to save like all the way until April!! Meaning, I'd DENY myself fun purchases for an entire THIRD of the year. 2019. The year that I've decided is super important for some reason (more on that later).
Now, I don't know about you but not having fun for an entire third of a very important year does not sound ideal at all.
I mean girl, I've got an absolute shit ton of things I want ranging from a haircut, to a vape, to a reiki course (yaaaas bi'ch), to a tattoo, to a fucking nintendo switch (animal crossing is coming out soon and you know ya girl gotta get it).
AND THENNNN! B is coming to visit me for a week in May and I need savings for thaaaaat OBVIOUSLY. Duh.
No dice; can't wait.
So I was like, "Aight. MAYBE, I can live with a 13-inch."
My old sketch book has a 13-inch cross-diameter so I was like pretending that it was a laptop, comparing it to my old laptop (fun fact I've only had two laptops in my entire life and they were both 15-inch); I wasn't vibin' with it :/
I ask some of my friends their opinion on the matter; both guys, both with 13-inchers (LUL- damn).
BOTH OPINIONS WERE USELESS. They both think 15-inches is way too big, and they like the teeny tiny.
I mean, I guess asking them was one of those tests to see what you personally really want to do, you know? Where you ask someone something and if they say what you wanted you're happy but if they don't you suddenly realize the answer you wanted to hear? You know?
Then my noodle bank thank-tank had a think that IMO was a good thought: repair your fucking laptop.
DA-DUUUUUUUUN!!!!!
Like woah man, genius.
Now, I'm not too sure if you guys know what happened to my OG, or if you CARE about what happened, or if anyone other than B is even reading this, but imma recap for you. Back in 2014 (August I believe), BB and I were play wrestling on the bed with the laptop sitting there helplessly. BB is winning, I r struggle, and water gets knocked onto my LITERAL, BABY (the laptop, the laptop is my baby).
Baby doesn't not like that, baby's eyes won't open. Mint is furious. BB says he'll fix it.
SPOILER ALERT:
BB DID NOT FIX THE BABY.
I bring the laptop to a repair store to figure out what's wrong with it, turns out the backlight is just burnt out. That's why the actual computer turns on, and the screen does not. Seems like a cheap fix! Just chaaaange teh lightbulb, duhhhh.
Nope, WRONG BITCH.
It's $700 for that, and in 2015 (when I got it diagnosed) laptops were like, what $1500? So November/December 2015 Mint was like, "I should just try to save and buy a new one" lmao that poor, poor, unsuspecting idiot...
ANYWAY, fast-forward to now (when I low-key have my shit together avec actual DOLLARZ SAVED), I'm like, "OMG BITCH JUST FIX THE LAPTOP, YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH IT, YOU KNOW HOW MUCH IT'LL COST, VOILA! FIX IT, BOOM LAPTOP THAT IS RIGHT SIZE, BOOM SAVINGZ FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU WANNA BUY".
So this is kind of the stage we're at because I'm still thinking on it to be honest.
I got a cord that puts my laptop's screen on the tv screen because I wanted to see how slow the laptop is before making the decision to fix it or not (it's a 2011 model).
If the laptop seems full of enough life to warrant putting money into fixing it, then I'll do it, because fun fact, Apple scared the hell out of me by saying that if one thing goes wrong with the new MacBooks, you need to replace the ENTIRE thing. Why? Because they're making them in one giant piece now as opposed to parts. This could just be a sleekness of design or some shit but I see it as a way to encourage paying monthly insurance on a goddamn laptop, and if you DON'T pay the fucking insurance, then you gotta spend another GAZILLION dollars for a new one.
Fucking ridiculous. I'm that person who's super against warranties and insurance and shit. I don't know if I totally UNDERSTAND the USE for them but from what I have gathered, it's bullshit LOL
Like say someone crashes into your car and doesn't have insurance to cover it. Are they gonna pay it out of pocket? HELL NO, DO THEY LOOK LIKE A FUCKING LAW ABIDING CITIZEN TO YOU? THEY HAVE NO FUCKING INSURANCE!!!
And like with warranties there are so many little "fine print moments" that whenever you need to use the warranty, the thing you need it for isn't included.
PLUS, I don't know if you KNOW this or not but IIIIII am a broke ass fucking bitch who doesn't have TIMEEEEE or MONEYZZZZZ for your dumbass, cultish fucking scams APPLE.
My moto is just like... "don't break it". I told the guy at Best Buy this and he was like "Ya okay but like... you broke your last one."
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!!!!!?!?!?!#??!#@"!#JK$@HJ@HJ$G@E!!!!#!#*!@#^&!@
So ya, that's where we are on the whole "laptop situation" lol
I also had another think where I remembered T4 season is comin' up and I might get a refund! I might not though, that'd be just my luck lol BUT, if I DO get a good one, I could put that into getting the new 15-inch if I'm still dreaming of it; or I could bend and get the 13-inch... who knows? Not me obviously.
Honestly, thinking back to the whole "if something goes wrong with it you need to replace the whole laptop if you don't have insurance" thing... I would have spent the same amount of money on that new 15-inch laptop as I did to buy the car I'm currently driving... that's fucking nuts lmao really fucking nuts. I don't wanna spend that much, even with a refund cheque.
UGH I KEEP CIRCLE THINKING, THIS IS POINTLESS.
Okay, conclusion time:
I'm not getting a new 15-inch
I'm not getting a used 15-inch (bad juu-juu lmao I just can't, plus people at Best Buy didn't recommend it either for the same reason)
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I just took out my old sketch book to try the sizing again and NOPE. The size reminds me of this little laptop my mom had way back in like 2007 or some shit; the idea was like one of those "notebook" devices before they were invented... ugh I'm explaining it weird; it doesn't matter, I just don't like it LOOOL I'Z ARTIST.
So I guess we've concluded together that imma fix this lil bitch since I'm not ready for the new models. If I get a year out of it that's all I need to be happy I think. CAUSE LIKE BIG THINGS ARE HAPPENING THIS YEAR. AND SO LIKE, NEXT YEAR, I'LL BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE SUPER EXPENSIVE LAPTOP EASIER SINCE I FEEL MONEY COMING MY WAY WITH A NEW CAREER PATH APPROACHING THIS YEAR.
Final conclusion of conclusion:
It's a good thing I decided to go the way cheaper route because I spent $140 on a vape already, $40 on a journal (I FINALLY finished the jumbo journal I bought in 2012 and needed another with the same paper quality/coil size because apparently- as we've seen with this post- I don't fuck around when it comes to where I write things down LOL), $350 on makeup, $500 on clothes (killer discount made it $200), $200 on groceries/toiletries (I moved downstairs and thus have my own kitchen- woo food control maybe.. hopefully), I'm planning on getting my belly button pierced ASAP ($90?), my reiki course is $300 (t-minus two weeks!), and I'm a call away from a hair appointment.
Also I need to do some work on the car (new expensive brakes or some shit- $500?), I have an addiction to crystals (I really want a $200 piece of moldavite), I need new shoes, and want new bras/underwear.
So like... thank the lord because 2019 is all about awesome purchases and fun adventures.
✌️✌️
♥,
Mint.
