Happy Birthday, AldaForPresident

[Vlad!]

Congrats on surviving to age 24, oh ye of the outdated nickname.

Happy birthday, Jess

[enemy anemone]

happy birthday, Jess!

[AldaForPresident]

Thanks!! (I was thinking a while ago how outdated this nickname is, because in The West Wing world this was an election year and the end of the first Santos- the guy Jimmy Smits played who beat Alan Alda's character- term. So sad that I was thinking about that at all.)

I celebrated by not doing any homework (which was not smart and has set me back about a week, I'm sure). And I got a Kindle, which is very cool!

[enemy anemone]

ooh, now you can haul around piles of books without having to haul around piles of books! :D

(if you want, you can change your display name in your profile, in the account related settings.)

[AldaForPresident]

ooh, now you can haul around piles of books without having to haul around piles of books! :D

Exactly! But first I need a cover for it because I am terrified of breaking it. The commercial with the people spilling cereal on their Kindles and letting their dogs lick them and such is ridiculous. I have no intention of letting cereal near mine.

(if you want, you can change your display name in your profile, in the account related settings.)

I considered changing it once but I'm oddly fond of it for some reason. It's silly but then so am I.

[Vlad!]

Exactly! But first I need a cover for it because I am terrified of breaking it. The commercial with the people spilling cereal on their Kindles and letting their dogs lick them and such is ridiculous. I have no intention of letting cereal near mine.

I think that's always the way it works. You think "I'm going to protect this thing with my life", and then two and a half months later you're setting your drink on it because the coasters are all the way on the other side of the coffee table.

[AldaForPresident]

I think that's always the way it works. You think "I'm going to protect this thing with my life", and then two and a half months later you're setting your drink on it because the coasters are all the way on the other side of the coffee table.

This is true. I was thinking about how I used to be afraid to take my laptop anywhere (thus defeating the purpose of having one) and now I put it in my backpack and just sling it anywhere. I finally decided to take the Kindle to work last night, and because I don't have a case or cover yet I pretty much built it a nest in my bag. But twelve hours is a long time, and I got very tired of carefully unpacking and repacking it in all its layers of protection. I eventually just started laying it down on top of the radio in between breaks like every regular book I take with me.