Generally, I don’t have any problem finding things that I would like to own. Being somewhat of a tech geek, I’m always on the lookout for the latest and greatest (as well as the cutest), but these aren’t always things you can put on a wishlist for other people to buy for you.
So I default to things like books, games and videos, in that order. But even those become sparse when I don’t consume what I have or if nothing good is coming out. Or, and this is the case every year, I haven’t even had time to really look over what I got for Christmas before people are asking me what I want for my birthday.
This is the problem with having a birthday so close to Christmas (a little over a month after). I’d much rather celebrate my half-birthday in August, but that doesn’t work out so well either, since it overlaps slightly with the someone else’s birthday, and no one celebrates “birthday-delayed-by-four-months” so I’m stuck with February.
Which, living in the Northeast, means my birthday is filled with ice, snow and general icky winterness. Plans are frequently delayed by bad weather and I’m usually very lethargic and uninterested in the winter season. I have to say I disagree with anyone who says that living or being born in the cold adapts you to it – I’m exactly the opposite. I really dislike the cold, I’m almost always cold except for certain times in summer when it reaches 80F or higher, and if I thought I had more choice in the matter, I would not have picked the Northeast for my permanent living location. I can’t dress the way I want, I don’t have the energy I do when it’s warmer, I struggle to be optimistic through the end of March, thinking “Spring is coming and then it will be Summer.” over and over again.
All of this adds up to the fact that the things I really want can’t be bought for me, right now:
- a 64GB iPod Touch { Apple, this one is up to you! }
- summer weather! { travel and lightboxes do not count. I need the warmth more than the light, and travel is too brief }
- to lose weight instantaneously without icky consequences { I’m working on this but faster is better… haha XD }
- to have the knowledge of all 1945 common use kanji implanted into my head { doing this manually is so tedious! XD }