Something to mull over.

Note to myself: if you put a remote control in between the pages of a loose leaf binder, the binder will not lie flat unless you remove the remote again. Hm ...

Here I am, wrecking my brain once again. Honestly, sometimes I wish I was stupid, so I could not think as much as I do.
What it is that gets me thinking? Well, essentially two things:

1. Do I want to get an iPod for my birthday (which, btw, is only 12 days away) or not? In fact, I do want one, but now I got a cheap mp3-player from my neighbour (which makes me lose my temper every two seconds, cos it doesn't work the way I want it to) and I still have my MiniDisc-player which I just love but it's got a crack in its casing and so maybe it's going to die very soon - these two make me feel bad about getting another technical device designed to play music.
2. Do I want to pre-order Breaking Dawn with amazon (they will ship it on August 4th, i.e. I'd have it August 5th or 6th) or do I want to try my luck at some bookseller's in Vienna? I have tried to get hold of a copy of Eclipse in Vienna two months ago (shortly before the release of the new edition) and after 3 hours of hopeless searching made my way home to order it online after all. Nevertheless, if they had it someplace - I would have it on the day of release and not one or two days later. However, if they don't have it, I would only be able to order it on the 4th and hence they'd ship it on the 5th and I would really have to wait until the 6th to finally hold it in my hands ... Is anyone still following???

Any suggestions?