it’s compliKATEd

so it’s not like i have a ton of stuff to do everyday, so one of my resurrected hobbies is wooting. along with dealnews, i’ve taken to checking it when i get to work at 7:30 every morning, and seeing the deal of the day.  i’d never actually bought anything, until a week ago, when i impulsively purchased a pair of s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones by Everglide.

this is not as bad as some woot purchases i know about (my brother once bought a faux-suede duvet in a drunken episode of wooting at 3 a.m.), but i’m pretty sure voluntarily owning these headphones makes me just a few world of warcraft victories away from proposing marriage to an avatar on second life.

when i got home today, the box was waiting outside my door.  i opened it hurriedly, anxious to see my new hipster pair of headphones.

now, when i said this was an impulse buy, i really mean it.  all i knew was that these were a pair of headphones, and i needed headphones, and they looked cool and they were $19.99 + shipping.  it seemed reasonable.  so i bought them, without worrying too much about the specs.

so i opened the box, and there they were.  they were, um, HUGE:

“designed for comfort and extended wear!” the box said.

“optimal noise isolation!” the box said.

“instantaneous audio response!”

“3.1 M cable length!”

ok, clearly these are made for someone with more facial hair, body fat, and thumb blisters than i.

but in tribute to my geeky new headphones i decided to take some pictures.  so i played my favorite game on photobooth– stating an event and then making a “spontaneous” face in reaction to it.

appropriately, these suckers make me look a bit like princess leia, so i decided to make my photo sesh “star wars” themed:

“you are the last hope for the rebellion”:

“your dad is darth vader”:

“you’ve been screwing your brother”:

ok, that’s all i’ve got for this week. i’m going to go wash dishes and listen to a podcast on my new headphones on my ipod, which will safely be sitting 3.1 M away on the kitchen table.