Spanspek

Today is my birthday. I have been reminded of it several times over the past few days and it is always a little surprising as it's the last thing I've been thinking about.

Daniel announced that he was giving me a new laptop. I suspect there's a certain amount of self-interest there because he mentioned specifically that it starts up "really, really fast". That way he can begin watching Thomas the Tank Engine or Thunderbirds on Youtube, or start playing his Pippi Longstocking CD-ROM sooner!

A new laptop would be very nice, but it's the sort of item I would really want to get myself. It's of too great a value for a gift. I'd want to feel I'd earned it.