I know the prompt says \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Something I Crave A Lot.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t that redundant? If you crave something a little, do you really crave it?<\/p>\n
Cravings are typically associated with food or attention. Sometimes people crave food when they aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t getting enough attention \u00e2\u20ac\u201d or sometimes if they are getting too much of the wrong kind of attention. I wonder how many formal studies have been done on the relationships between those two cravings. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a rhetorical wondering. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t wonder enough to research the answer. If you happen to know or wonder enough to check, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d love to hear what you find out, though.<\/p>\n
I guess I crave new technology toys. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m certain I have many more than I need. I have two iPods, two iPads, a Mac Mini, a MacBook Air, two digital cameras, and a host of associated gadgetry. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s within a three foot radius of where I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sitting.<\/p>\n
Predictions are out for two new iPads this year with higher resolution screens. There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always a newer and more exciting MacBook Pro around the bend. But, really, I like to buy the best I can afford and make it last for as long as possible. I justified the iPad2 because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d purchased the base model iPad the year before \u00e2\u20ac\u201d just to see if it was viable. It was, so I maxed out the iPad2 version (still in Wi-Fi, though), so I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t justify a replacement as quickly. I should be able to wait a generation or two before springing for another one. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been planning to buy a 17\u00e2\u20ac\u009d MacBook Pro for about four years now, but I cannot justify the expense. I wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even sure I wanted to embrace the Mac OS X operating system when I began planning to spend more the $3000 for a laptop computer. Reason prevailed, and I bought the Mac Mini back in 2008. I became a Mac convert as a result of that, but I still can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t bring myself to spend more than $3000 for another computer at this point.<\/p>\n
I think I have a few more years left in the Mini, the Air, and the iPad2. that doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mean I won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be tempted. And I still really want an iPhone, but I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not wild about springing for a dataplan. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 eligible to upgrade a phone in November, so I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m keeping an eye on iPhone developments. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll see. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a craving I can control, but I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t always want to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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