All in the Golden Afternoon

"How's bout we make a bet?" I asked

"Oh? What did you have in mind?" She responded.

"You say you know how many of those drinks will fit in the machine?"

"Yup?"

"If you have too many in the cart, or too few, you buy me a pop, if you have just enough, as you claim, I buy you one"

"Hm... Deal"

And she finished throwing the carbonated drinks into the shopping cart, ...

That is what Buddha allegedly said when asked what one had to do to reach "enlightenment".


Ever since I began working, I've noticed a certain... Shift. It's like I'm becoming more... Docile? Happy? I'm less aggressive, not doom-driven, and not eager to pick a fight with the first person that looks at me (in a way that I interpret as being) wrong or says something that I, for whatever reason, perceive as being an attack on the very foundation of my self.

...

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($189.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z77 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($224.99 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($79.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 560 Ti 2GB Video Card ($278.98 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 ...

So, I got a job today. Cashier, at the local grocers.


I was unsure of what I'd do with the money, after I paid for gas, and if I could not think of something worthwhile, I would turn down the job. Too much work, when I could be spending my summer break sitting on my ass all day enjoying doing absolutely nothing other than reading Manga, watching Anime and playing video games. Then I saw this, this, and this, and I made my resolve.


I will take this job, put ...