Spending Money That Isn't Yours

- or, rather more accurately, money that you simply do not have...
indeed, i have been on a small spending spree - one triggered, i believe, by my recent release from the bondage of the 40 hour a day work week (didn't see that coming, i can tell you!).
in the last five days, i have:
a) gone online looking for shoes (it's the woman in me), and then decided on boots - eventually, went to jon fluevog's website and found the most gorgeous looking boots, on clearance, for half their original price (hell yes i ordered 'em!), only to find they had been listed in error, and were not available in men's sizes - curses! so, i'm still looking for a sharp pair of footwear....
b) i went ahead an purchased a ps2 game from japan that, predictably, i cannot play on my ps2 (will someone please find the uber-asses that decided on 'region-coding' being a good and/or necessary idea and kick them for me? repeatedly?).
now, why did i buy this game? well that you should ask...
the game in question is based on the single most influential pop culture artifact of my life - the anime series Macross.
now, when i was younger, it was known as Robotech, and was part of a 3 series storyline that was rather cleverly assembled from three unrelated shows from Japan that always seemed to migrate from channel to channel, and broadcast time to broadcast time.
consequently, i never saw ALL the episodes until just a few years ago, but, nevertheless, this first of the three interlocking storylines always was (and still is) my favorite.
if you can imagine Star Wars with better writing (gasp!) and acting (double gasp!!) and a more believable romantic triangle (triple gasp!!!) and add an engaging plot (cardiac arrest!!!!), then you have Macross - the best existing example of a 'space opera' (the music's pretty catchy, too).
but, alas, i cannot play the game until i either modify (and, more than likely, ruin) my ps2 OR purchase a japanese ps2 (how is it that no one is selling these cheap - not even used??).
still, i knew all this when i bought it, and, given the chance, i'd probably do the same thing.
c) oh, and, i went to best buy and purchased the second season of The Wire (incredible show - just amazing) and the first season of Robot Chicken (if it's even half as funny as Toy Fair Theatre - clearly its inspiration - it's money well spent), and volumes 3 & 4 of the second season of Ghost in the Shell.
whew!
so now that i have free time (no job!) i have taken the path of least resistance (credit!) and will soon regret it (no money!).
pray for me.
oh yes - next installment, my scathing review of 'V for Vendetta' (the movie, not the comic)......