Dorkspree

i am now the proud owner of a flash mp3 player. an iPod it ain't, but it serves my basic needs for a flash drive (to transport my personal files and mp3s out of my office pc) and voice recorder (to monitor the progress of voice lessons). this is the very first gadget i've ever bought myself since i started working.

my boyfriend, meanwhile, is now the proud owner of a portable hard disk, mp3 player/4MP digital camera/digital camcorder, printer/copier/scanner and battery-free wireless mouse. with the exception of his second-hand playstation 2, these are the first gadgets he's bought himself since he started working. (as you can probably tell, his job pays infinitely better than mine.)

all in the span of one weekend, the nerdgasm in g's corner of the world must be catching.

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in other news: another pinay designer makes waves in vogue. kewl. are her wares really this year's must-have? judge for yourself here.

the past two weekends' reads: audrey niffenegger's the time traveller's wife is highly original, luminous and wonderful. had me in sniffles from beginning to end. as you can probably tell from the title alone, claire naylor's love: a user's guide is an unwieldy pile of poop that hopes to ride the wave of bridget jones and berdorf blondes. (major peeve: it isn't even written as a user's guide, which would have been decidedly cuter.)

my sister turns twenty-... er, sweet sixteen on wednesday. i thought her birthday was today and gave her her gift already. dumdum. at least she liked the gift.

first day of classes today. can't relate. how sad.