Zeo's Thoughts and Wanderings

Why have I suddenly and without warning developed an insane desire to own a Nintendo DS Lite? I've never really been interested in game systems before, and I'm almost violently opposed to getting a PS2, but for the last week or so, the idea of a DS has gripped my mind. We even went by Target last night after dinner to see if they had a display model I could toy around with (they did, with a demo of Big Brain Academy, one of the games I'm interested in). I even went to Amazon and compiled a wishlist of games I'm interested in (mostly things like BBA, Sudoku, and other puzzle games). In fact, I even went around to eBay and found one with four games and accessories, and have a bid on it. The bid's only to fifty, and it still has three days on the auction, so I'm fully expecting to be outbid, but the fact that I even MADE the bid boggles my mind.

I don't know. It confuses me.

Plus, there's a temp agency calling me about a job. Apparently it's something that needs my "skills" in print and document services. When they first called, it was for third shift. Not what I want to do. They asked about second shift: not something I CAN do, since I have meeting twice a week. But now, they're calling with a first-shift position. When they'd asked before about salary requirements, I told them $10 or more an hour. If this job they're calling about is first shift, $10 or more an hour....the only things that would keep me at OfficeMax would be a) insurance, and b) company loyalty. And truthfully, since my endo appointment went really well this past Monday, the only thing I need my insurance for is prescriptions.... But I'm not going to get ahead of myself. If they call back today, after I get home from work, I'll get as much information as I can out of them (like, what company is it for, and what's the pay rate. It may be crude, but I _have_ a steady job, and I need to know ALL the facts before making a decision to leave it).

ETA: I got outbid at the $50 level, went up to $75, was outbid again (same person), and tried $85, proxy outbid. The retail value of the auction is over $200, so I wasn't surprised. Saddened, but not surprised. I'll have to wait until after work, see if it went up anymore, then ask Matt about increasing a bid when I get home.