the big switch

so i did it. i bought a mac. i didnt want to buy a computer just yet, considering my other one is like 2 year old. but ive had it. my dell has stopped working. the battery doesnt charge and ecen if it is plugged in, it still doesnt work. so i called dell from the last 10 min of life of my dell from skype only to get talking to a foreign gy who kept asking me to repaeat myself. i ust yelled finally, MY COMPUTER IS GOING TO DIE IN 5 MIN....I NEED YOU TO TELL ME WHATS WRONG. he told me there was a discrepency in my acct (look back 2 months ago when dell lost my computer, sent me a new one, and i ened up with 2 dell computers and gave one to my mom. ) so they basically thought i was someone who stole the computer and couldnt help me fix it, even though i technically still have a waranty. so i hung up and called kayla to vent about my dell hatred. then i decided to go to nagoya to the apple store and buy a new computer.

so tody i went. i talked to a nice japanese man named paul. haha and told him i needed a new computer becaue mine is done. and all my friends with macs are happy and im not. haha. so i bought a computer. then he kept asking me to buy these other things, but i told him id come back another time and get more.... i can only handle spending a certain amt of money a day haha. but then he threw in the whole .mac thing for 18 dollars. apparently it was like 98 or something. so i got a big old discount from paul.

i even got the computer in english with an american keyboard. life is great. so i picked it up after 2 hours (and card buying and chatting at starbucks with some of my favorite people in japan)


so i got home and took it out of the box, and it was all ready. i didnt have to install everything. it ws already done for me. so i sit here wondering why i even got a dell in the first place. oh well. i guess i appreciate this computer more. and i love that i can just go to the store and they can fix it if i have a problem.


last night i went out with tomomi to dinner and karaoke. its sad when my best score for karaoke is with the japanese song i sing. i get like 75 out of 100 for the english songs, and i get an 82 and 86 for the japanese songs. go figure. i dont even speak japanese.

i finished my first week of teaching by myself. it wsa good. i have a lot to learn. but i enjoy it.

ok, off to play on my new computer.