Damn my consumerism

I bought an iMac. 

I know, I know, I can’t afford it. But I’m impulsive that way. I looked around for used Macs and stumbled across Mac “outlet” stores around Denver. The first one I went to had an old Mac, but it didn’t run Snow Leopard. Corona SDK requires 10.6, which is Snow Leopard (not to be confused with the regular Leopard ... oh, the things I’m learning about Apple computers). Those who tell you how easy they are aren’t telling you the whole truth. I’m very lucky I didn’t buy an older used Mac online. I would have assumed I could have upgraded to Snow Leopard. I couldn’t have. Some (or all?) older Macs were built as deadends. They CANNOT be upgraded, which I found out at the first outlet store I went to and asked if the older Mac could be upgraded to Snow Leopard.

So I drove to the second Mac outlet store and lo and behold, they had gotten in a shipment of iMacs from a school that were within my imaginary budget (the iMacs, not the schools). Without hemming and hawing (or hawking up a juicy) I bought one. And, yes, I’ve had some buyer’s remorse. Why am I spending this money? I probably won’t even finish making a game or app for either the iPhone or Android platforms. I’m just throwing away my goddamn money. What am I doing?? But I eat some cheddar popcorn and pretend I don’t hear that voice in spite of the fact that I’m known for giving up on projects. I get all excited and gung ho early on, but as that excitement wanes, so does my ability to stay focused. Then another project comes along and I get excited about that. A year later I suddenly remember I had been working on something awhile back, now what had that been?