Purchase List

Word on the street is that Banks (including mine) are dying. Bonuses will suffer so no big $ bonus this year? Nah I think it'll be ok, us IT folk are not that leveraged, plus giving out $50k to peons in IT is a drop in the hat to these guys. But who cares, I'm trying to get promoted to AVP thats my main goal for 2008.

My list of stupid things I am thinking of wasting money on lately:

• MacMini
• Shuffle iPod
• New Cell Phone
• New Backpack
• Gym Membership
• Digital Camera
• Timberland Boot Company shoes
• Chinese Tourbillon watch

Yeah living without purpose means spending w/o meaning. However I see I blew thru ~$10k recently from traveling, so I am trying to slow this bad trend down a bit.

I ponder if the economy is in a dire recession. All indicators are such, but the nation is in denial. If the money is flowing out of the US and dollar is weak, then the masters of the universe already know what is really happening. That being said, yes the US is trash.

On the work front, I heard that BeeGiiAye my old company had some major projects that went bust. I think over-engineering is a danger that banks have when they get too many architects and become IT top heavy. One needs to review the concept of "the rise of worse is better" to build simple solutions quickly to solve immediate needs. Seems like hackery, but in reality its how a fast moving Investment Bank needs to operate. Time will tell.

I been slacking lately. But I did hit the gym. I am progressing in life.