Sitting in a cafe in West Bend, WI

Well, here I am, waiting to interview with an insurance company in about a hour. I got here a little early, so I decided to do some exploring. This was the only coffee shop I've seen in this quaint town. I didn't expect a small place like this, out in the styx (I've always wondered is that spelled right for the context? Does that saying come from the Greek myth or is it sticks... like your out in the woods? I prefer the romantic spelling.) to have wifi access, much less free wifi access. Sometimes you just get lucky. Well, I'm thinking quite a bit about this interview, so don't expect any complex philosophic discussions. Right now I look like I never thought I would. I look like a stiff, a suit, a full fledged yup. I'm depending on my acting skills to get me through this interview. I've observed the behavior and mannerism of the robots around us, and feel that I should be able to get away with it. If I do get this job I will be living in Milwaukee. A good town by all accounts. I plan on stopping in there for a little while after this (if I feel positive about the interview) and scope out some of the neighborhoods. I'll blog what I think later.

I want to talk about a beautiful little device I got for my birthday, and generally on technology and asthetics. I just got a 4th gen 20 gig ipod for my birthday. This thing is so amazing. I have put almost my entire cd collection on it and I have only used up a quarter of it. They also make a 40 gig, and I hear that they are coming out with a 60 gig for Christmas. I thought that I liked music, but someone who can fill up one like mine and also needs another twenty or forty gigs is crazy. I strongly recommend one. They do cost 300 dollars but it really is worth it. I also got this nifty fm transmitter that fits nicely on top of it and lets me play tunes wherever there is a fm radio. I have made the switch my boys, and boy am I happy. I got this here Apple powerbook in July and now with my ipod... well, asthetically, they are both simply beautiful. Apple is showing the world how to produce technology that is not only extremely reliable (my mac has never crashed, I have had about twenty windows up at once and never see any lag) but beautiful to look at and use. Viruses don't exist for this machine. I have a firewall, but, and I've checked this on several websites, virus protection for a mac is a waste of money. The con is the lack of games and other compatibility issues with Microsoft, and of course the price. Still I will never return to the evil empire. God I love the clean lines and attention to detail on both of my Apple products, they are a pleasure to use, and working pieces of art. It's not enough that they design the machines well but the way they package their products is so interesting that it's like getting a christmas present when I open up the box. The only difference is that I'm so careful with opening them, they are so impressive that they are beautiful enough to display as well. Well enough of my spiel, I'll let U2 do the marketing from now on.

Hey I'll talk ta ya'll later, I gotta put on my yuppie face now.