Wishlist, 1st Qtr 2009

Another wishlist, another reason to goad my private donors (you know who you are) into buying me my obsession du jour. I should know better, and some people will wag their fingers at me if I say that sometimes we exist solely to acquire a succession of material possessions. A cellphone, a car, the newest iPod, bragging rights to having traveled to the Maldives.

Shallow, I know. Morally bankrupt if that's the only philosophy you subscribe to. But nonetheless an astute observation of the way of life in the 21st century. You are what you own. And besides if you shop - as long as you can pay for it, you help the economy. I know, Obama says so. And we all need heroes in times like these, so yes: SHOP SHOP SHOP!

Actually, what a convoluted way of saying that I'm really only salivating after one thing, a laptop bag for my new laptop. I'm going to stare at the below images of positively chic laptop bags, and summon the powers of attraction, a la The Secret, until they physically materialize before my eyes. Or maybe I can just buy one, to save time.