The Importance of Being Idle

Stupidity Leak

So, the PSP came out in Europe yesterday. Not terribly interesting right? Except for some almost inexplicable reason I want one! Go on, ask me why I want one, ask me. Nope, I couldn't tell you. I don't travel much, and when I do I'm driving, so its not like I'd be using it then (to avoid crashing see?). The whole movies on the move thing is actually pretty cool, but then having to buy movies AGAIN on UMD is actually pretty annoying, so that wouldn't be it either. Y'know what slim justification I'm clinging to? I want an mp3 player, and the PSP can do that. Never mind that the cost of a decent sized memory stick alone (say a 1GB deal) is about the same price as a budget(ish) flash-memory mp3 player, or that I want the mp3 player for music when I'm running and the idea of running with so precious (and notoriously delicate) a piece of hardware as a PSP on my person fills me with fear, for some reason this justification is kinda working for me. And then of course, it can do the game playing and movie playing thing too, so suddenly its extra functions are cool add-ons... I fear its only a matter of time before I buy one, then sit here in this very chair playing WipEout or Lumines...
See, my brain knows that buying one is really stupid and pointless, but for some reason my brain isn't really in control at the moment, which is a shame 'cos it usually rules my life with a fist of iron and stops me doing all sorts of things I might enjoy. Maybe I should just sate my desire to spend money by spending a little more than I should, but nowhere near the insane amount required to get a PSP. That might work.
The whole New Orleans situation is really quite stunning. I mean, this is the richest nation on the Earth, but for some reason it doesn't seem to be able to get off its arse and organise any sort of rescue effort, at least on a governmental level. Adding insult to injury Bush gives press conferences where he just looks like a smug prick, smiling and being smary and saying all the wrong things and I end up wanting to punch him (although I usually do want to punch him, to be fair), so I can't imagine how the good folk of Louisianna feel. I can't help but wonder how different the response might have been if this had happened in a state with a little money, rather than to the poorest people in America, but I imagine that serious flooding of New York would have been taken a little more seriously...

posted by BadMonkey @ 11:55 AM