I called my bank yesterday to find out my balance.  My tax return
came in (direct deposit)!!  So this was the time, the place, the
opportunity.  I have waited so damn long for this day, the day I
*finally* upgraded myself from my dinky leetle computer speakers
to a real stereo system.  I wanted to keep it under $300 by going
bargain basement or possible pawn shop...but I went brand new
basement instead. 

Shopped around Ebay a bit but it was kind of fruitless--all the
receivers were old and undocumented on the web or simply more
than I wanted to spend.  So it was downtown Fayetville, Best Buy,
Circuit City, Cash Converters...nothing too eye catching although
the Bose 201 Series IV looked damn good for the price everywhere
I went...Finally found a receiver I liked at Sears for $160...but their
incredibly retarded check system decline my check.  According to
them, a 549 number check at $200 (tax and warranty) was a "high
risk".  What-the-fuck-ever.  As if I don't write a $350 check every
month for my car, a $139 check every month for one credit card,
and various other $100 to $200 checks every month for credit card
bills in addition.  So i left downtwon fayetville in the dust, picked
up an oil filter, and hit the Post Exchange (PX) where I saw those
same Bose for $159...twenty cheaper than the best downtown, and
a Technics receiver straight back from the factory from an
"undetectable" malfunction = new faceplate, cleaning, etc. and a
$75.00 off pricetag...Add that all up and remit tax (no Tax at the
PX!) and I am now listening to Tori through my Tascam DA 20 dat
deck, Optimus EQ, Technics  SA-DX 930 receiver, and two Bose
201 series IV speakers.  Oh my god but am I ever in heaven.  I
have the lights turned off and I'm back in Oakland swaying to the
"goddess's" feet.  :) :) :) 

Took me nine months to be ale to afford my new setup ($387) but
I am so happy it is here. 
Life can sometimes be very sweet, even if everything else seems to
be going to shit. 

Ahhhhh...enjoying the moment...trying to keep my uncle out of my
thoughts. 

But I wonder if I will ever shop at Sears again.  Then again, for
only $60.00 more I have a *far* superior receiver.  Perhaps it is a
blessing in disguise. 

Course with all the running around I missed the dinner hours at the
chow hall.  In another hour or so I'll be scraping cash for a BK run
probably... 

and I was reading last night's entry--hah hah funny spell
check...should be "about" not "abbot" running throughout the
entry.  Teach me to bother with the spell checker. 

Kelli (dan's gfriend from Pittsburgh) emailed me a few weeks
ago--last night I replied and guess what...things I let slip made her
mad abott Dan and she wrote an email breaking up with him.  I did
NOT tell her "I told you so"  as I did when they first met that it
wouldn't work out.  I will NOT tell Dan  He fucked things up in
another relationship because of who and how he is...yet Dan reads
this on occasion so maybe he'll catch that.  Whatever.  I care not.  I
tried my damnedest to keep them from a relationship, from hurting
each other...it's all on them, not me. 

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