Thursday, May 4, 2006

Personal Fitness, English, Art, Bio
...Are all that stand in my way (school-wise) before ACen.

The anxiety meter is on the rise. I'm excited, and due to my over-active imagination, I kept thinking of random scenarios today during math...since that's a daydream class anyway.

Bellpickle keeps on taking various shapes and forms, though I still can't shake the whole "Asian-Chii" look from my mind. X3 I'm estatic, I tell you~!

As it turns out, the carpool is arriving at my house at around 8:00am on Saturday. XD Jarrod, my Haku-Junior-friend, is being my transportation. ^^;; He asked me yesterday (during writer's club, after school) what time I would be ready. Jumping up and down, I jibbered excitedly, "Anytime! ANYTIME! I'll be so excited I probably won't sleep anyways."
"Okay, so then...be ready at eight. I'll call you before we come. We want to get there early so we can zoom through check-in."
"Hopefully."
"Hopefully."

I managed to snag up an additional cool 20 bucks in spending cash for the con by the mowing the lawn. XD (I live on nearly an acre, with a buncha nooks and crannies X3).

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Time for another rant.

Anyone who's been watching TV lately has probably seen Apple's new ads to try and get people to go into computer oblivion. to buy their stuff. Personally, I find it difficult to find even stupid amusement in the commericals.

For those of you who haven't seen them, it's sorta like this: There's a white screen with two (men) in the center. One's about forty and wearing a suit and is balding, and the other is about twenty and is all relaxed and yeah. The suit guy is a PC, the "cool" guy is a Mac. They swap comments back and forth (for like, six seconds) until the PC guy indirectly admits his "inferiority" to Macs.

I personally call the commercials, "Apple's attempt to be funny."

I'm a bit different from the rest of the computer market, mainly because I've actually tried both computers. I've always found Macs to be a pain in the ass to find junk (you hover over icons while the bulge and destroy the screen until a little screen pops up telling you what the program is called). If anyone remembers my Thanksgiving post, where I rambled for a while on the awkwardness that is Mac, than you know my side of situation.

On a sort of related not, I recently discovered how ugly the iPod is. =_=;; I was staring at the back cover of an electronics magazine, and staring long and hard at the iPods. Suddenly, (outloud), I muttered, "...You're ugly."
X3

Anyways, back to my rant.

I've never quite been able to figure out the "superiority" of the Mac, and apparently, the commericals are trying to prove what's wrong with my thinking. The first one I saw is when the Mac guy is going "I got reviewed by [so and so], one of the most respected electronics reviewers." (Can't remember his name right now, but it's right on my mind...)
To which I scream, "He's only the biggest Mac freak on the damn planet!"

Or the virus one.
My response? "You don't have superior defense. You're just too unimportant for anyone to give a damn about infecting you."

Or the "iPrograms" synching thingie.
"Wow, must be living in the age of 98. There's Word, and Movie Maker, and Media Player, and Messenger, and Office..."

Mainly what aggrivates me, though, is the portrayal of the people in the ad. The majority of Mac users are definitly not "hip". The majority of Windows users are definitly not "old". Windows emcompasses every age group, from adults to children, elders to teens.

I dread when I go to NIU to become a graphic designer. All they use are Macs. -_-;;

(At which point, I'll start screaming, "I can't see a damn thing, lemme go get my laptop!")
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