Finally, my vengeance for Firetech getting an iPod only a few days after me, ruining all my gloating fun (mine's still twice as big, the ladies like that)!

First, I got a Wacom tablet, Intuos3, 4x5". Yup, same one as you buddy. I've only had it for a few hours, but it makes using a cursur fun again. It also comes with a 5-button mouse, and no matter how cool the uni-button mouse that all Macs have, nothing beats right-clicking and scrollwheels.

Second, I GOT A POWERBOOK. Its in the mail as of this moment (in Shanghai, Canada, according to Fedex tracker), but good God it'll be here in a few days. Its a 12" G4, 1.5 GHz, 768MB RAM, 100GB HDD, and it comes with a free iPod mini! So awesome.

It's gonna be great for going to college. What's that? I'm going to college? You betcha! I'm trucking it out to George Mason University to major in Computer Science and minor in Religious Studies and Linguistics. I'm not nervous at all, although it hasn't set in that I'm leaving behind Casa Grande and all my friends. I'll miss them all, I'm sure, especially you, buddy. Also, I won't be coming home on any visits, at least not for a good while, because I'm losing my license August 18.

Fuck that, right? OMG MARIJUANA. When can we learn that it's okay to let people have fun? I'm the guy to go to if you want the straight facts on all drugs, but here's the thing: it shouldn't matter if it can kill you or not. It's my goddamn decision, don't make it for me. Big Macs will kill you too, and no one gives a shit. If you're worried kids will do it, and they shouldn't (I'm a hypocrite, but it's true), then be a fucking parent and don't expect the government to handle this for you. Here's a short story. In Firetech's neighborhood, there is this guy who flips out if you drive faster than idling. He chases people down for going 25 (the speed limit), yells and makes desperate angry screamy freaking-outs if you go 20. Is it my job to make sure his kids are smart enough to not play in the street? Do I have to administer an SOL test to each one before I visit Fire? NO. It's nobody's job but the parents, stop being pussies. Sex ed doesn't belong in schools, but it has to be because parents are too ashamed of the thing that made those children. If I OD on ketamine, do I kill anyone but me? Shut the hell up, I hate everyone.

"What is this, a freak-out?!"