J is a patent attorney and his area of patent specialty is software and wireless communications. J is one of those rare people that actually has degrees not only in the areas in which he is practicing, but also in areas he enjoys. His undergraduate degree included a computer science component (with physics), and his Masters degree is in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Before studying law, he worked for a few large computer and wireless communication companies.
What this translates to for our relationship purposes is that much of his free time is spent on his laptop researching the latest technologies. These are not cheap items he is interested in, fortunately, he normally researches something so thoroughly that by the time he is finished and is ready to purchase, a new and improved item has been released, which he then must research and so on. Every now and again, though, he finishes his research before the next generation is available and, well, I always tell him we don’t need it or can’t afford it, but that never seems to work.
Today he ordered a Kindle and is very excited for it’s arrival. When he told me about the purchase, I told him that he should not have bought it, that we can’t afford it. He justified his actions by saying we could now cancel a good portion of our cable subscription to recoup the cost as he would be reading more and watching less TV. I told him that was great, but what was I going to do?
According to J, canceling the cable is a fine solution because I’ll have a baby and won’t be reading or watching TV ever again.
3 comments:
Um, you are going to need cable more after the baby is born than ever before. Do you know how much time you're going to be spending on the couch feeding the kid? What we did was got a 6 month cable package when Ethan was first born, then canceled it after that. But trust me, you need cable for those first few months. Do NOT let him tell you otherwise! :)
I'm as big a gadget nerd as J, but maybe a bit more pragmatic. I was in front of the computer at 7am this morning watching the Kindle 2 announcement with great interest, but ultimately couldn't justify the $350 cost. And you should definitely call bulls**t on J's cable idea -- Anna and I have never watched more TV than we did the first couple months after Oscar was born. Keep the cable and upgrade your Netflix to the 4-disc plan :)
For those of you concerned, I want you to know that it'll be a cold day in hell before I let J cancel my cable. And good call on the Netflix upgrade, seeing as I have been wanting to catch up with Mad Men.
Brian, I got to hear J wine and moan last night about how he'll probably not get to fully enjoy his Kindle because it looks like Max might be here before it is. Boo hoo.
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