Hello BIG TV...goodbye, BIG TV

Well, I got word of my bonus from work the other day, so I decided to go buy a big screen TV I wanted. I had been looking for some time because I wanted to buy one with my huge tax refund I got (having a house and dependents pays) this last month. Well, that didn't go so well, as I had some credit card debt that needed to be paid. So I thought, "alright... bonus time then!!!" Well, so when I heard about my bonus, I jumped the gun and got this TV. It is a Panasonic 43-inch lcd projection HDTV. DVD's look really good on it and most digital cable channels look good too. Although, the SD channels on the low end (channels 4-20-ish) look a little blurry.

I haven't had a chance to see what HDTV looks like yet, but it seems as though I won't for a while. I'm gonna return this prized beauty tomorrow and be a responsible person and use most of the money for bills. College loans, credit card debt, that new A/C had to buy for the house since the old one went out last summer... it sucks to get rewarded and not really see much come out of it.

Sure I'll be closer to being out of debt, but while everyone else I know (especially in my line of work), is getting nice houses, nice cars, big tv's, multiple computers, pda's, game consoles, high dollar food, I must put up with my old stuff for a little longer. Although, I'm gonna at least buy some parts to upgrade my computer just enough so I can at least play some modern computer games on it. I will probably buy this 30" widescreen Sanyo TV from good ol'Wal-Mart later too. It was only $560 (or so). As much as I hate the idea of big corporate America, I have to admit that having Wal-Mart helps gives us poor folk a chance. Damn you college loans!!!!!!!!