A posh family, with sandy blonde hair and pullovers came in today:
"Toby, darling, ask Daddy if he'd like anything to eat, please?"
"May I have some beans?"
"Mummy, ketchup!"

Oh, they were priceless.

Yesterday I played international multiplayer Mario Kart DS against "Claire", whom I knocked off the track (it was the N64 classic Rainbow Road) semi-accidentally, causing her to quit the game in disgust. Presumably. I tried again against two other players who were way better than me (although I came soooo close to winning several times) and although I lost, it was still fun. Portable multiplayer Mario Kart. Is there anything finer in life?

David Tennant is looking more and more like Phoenix Wright. Or maybe not.

Anyway, I've finally given in and bought the cheapest Wacom Volito2 graphics tablet to replace my semi-functional Aiptek HyperPen, which should make illustration in Photoshop a lot easier than struggling with my current tablet which has a 80% chance of not actually working at all. So that means to complete my uber-graphical setup I need two DVD tower things to store DVDs/stick my speakers on, and a cheap and cheerful V7 20" TFT monitor.
Because I went down to PC World to check out their 19" monitors, and I decided that 19" widescreen actually does look really small, whereas 19" 4:3 looks... big. And later I was looking 'bout on Dabs.com and found that they had a 20" TFT monitor for £120, which is £10 more than the 19" one I was thinking of getting. It doesn't have DVI, and it probably lacks colour depth and contrast ratios and stuff, but to be honest, 20" is massive. If you're going to get a big-ass monitor, why not get a lucicrously big-ass monitor. It's as big as my TV, and the viewing area alone is bigger than my entire monitor. Reviews seemed pretty glowing, too. Frankly, considering I've been happy with an old LG with much lower specs than the cheapest 20", I reckon sheer giganticness will outweigh any problems with contrast or whatnot.

Still, it ain't good for me finances. Assuming Shaun still buys my old monitor, that's £60 for a new one, £100+ for a continuation of driving lessons, and possibly even £155 if I choose to get myself an iPod. So I've got an income of £420 per month or so, and god knows if I pay tax on that - why aren't you taught this at school? - and if I avoid splurging money on large purchases I'm spending 'bout £60 a month on transport and phone and food (blimey) and... I also owe my mum £400.

Gah, it's just buying stuff that gets me. Of course I don't need a new iPod or a new monitor, but what's the point in working if you can't spend it on stuff?