ti-89: bought

when my brother started taking UMTYMP last fall, i (in a strange moment of kindness) gave my brother my ti-89. i figured i wouldn't need it anymore, that i was going to med school, and leaving any use for a graphing calculator behind me. then, of course, after a couple of months, my brother lost it. and my parents had to get him a new calculator. at which point i realized, THEY DON'T EVEN MAKE THE TI-89 ANYMORE! it has been replaced by the ti-89 titanium, an uglier, heavier, more memory version of the ti-89 i first got in high school.

the more i thought about it, the angrier i got! mostly at myself for just offering up my ti-89...just like that! i've now lost it forever! AND i suspect that my brother purposely "lost" (ditched it somewhere at school) the calculator so that my parents would buy him the ti-89 titanium that all his classmates had. i guess what i thought was a nice thing to do actually condemned him into being the kid with the shitty calculator. (he was probably like the kid with ti-83. totally lame.) but...i was quite attached to my calculator. in fact, i HATE the heavy titanium version!! so ugly and heavy! OMG SO MAD AT MYSELF!

this past week, i have again been thinking about my lost ti-89. even though i won't be doing a lot of math in med school, graphing calculators are still way easier to use than scientific calculators!! even if you are just doing arithmetic, the big screen with multiple lines and memory is essential! HOW CAN YOU STAND A SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR?!?! anytime you do anything your previous line disappears from sight! WHA! so, even though i just got 2 (one pink, one yellow) GREAT calculators in taiwan, i decided, i would just die if i didn't get my ti-89 back! SO...i made my first ebay purchase tonight! $74.01 + $6.99 shipping for a (the seller claims brand new) ti-89. is it new? i have my doubts. but at least, hopefully since the seller claims it is new, it won't have any obvious wear. actually, another seller was selling one still in the package! but...i just had to know TODAY that i'd have it...and that sale wasn't going to end for 3 days.

i actually should have another graphing calculator, my first love, the ti-85. but, i can't find that anywhere!! it should be in my room...BUT WHERE IS IT! alas, i loved the solid look of my ti-85. i like the functionality of the ti-89, but aesthetically, the 85 is my true love! i am tempted to buy one of those on ebay too! the 85 you can get for like under $20 i think!

anyway, i feel much better now that i have won the bidding on my 89.