Things I'm Currently Obsessed with Purchasing;

Being that I've been programmed by society to be a greedy, materialistic pig, I have an in-built desire to procure items. What's more, I have an in-built desire to make lists of the items I wish to procure. Given that I know a lot of you are the same, I figured I'd take the time to make a bit of a wish list. You know, for gits and shiggles.

CBGB T-Shirt

I'm hoping I can get one of these while on the American road trip.

Cowboy Bebop Remixed Box Set

The definitive box set of an absolutely amazing series that I fell in love with just before moving from Brisbane to Melbourne. As a result, many of the show's melancholy themes of isolation and reminiscence have a strong aspect of sense-memory for me.

Converse Shoes: Black Pinstripe and American Flag designs

The idea is to be able to wear the pinstripes in some casually-attired business setting. It's a dream I've had ever since spotting them in the shop. I saw the American flag ones being worn by Spike in seminal Brit teen drama Press Gang and thought it'd be cheesy fun to wear them on the road trip.

New Glasses

These are a bit of an essential item, but the decision lies in going with either rimless or thick-rims.

My original idea was to get rimless, but given my strong facial features (translation: big nose) and the impression that rimless is on the way out, I'm leaning more and more towards thickies. Browsing through an optomotrist's is now essential. Just as I've been wanting to do for the past ten years now, I'd like to get some prescription sunglasses at the same time, but I'm thinking that'll probably be too expensive.

And finally, the big ticket item;

A laptop

Preferrably one that can run goddamn KOTOR. But yeah, it'd be helpful to have one for writing.

Where am I going to get all the money for this stuff? Aren't you just a stick-in-the-mud!