Having acquired a job that won’t pay for much of anything, I’m thinking about the material things I crave, mainly plane tickets (Boston for Thanksgiving, Beijing for winter holidays), a fleece jacket, a shinier digital camera (five minutes initial research points to something like Canon EOS 20D), not to mention vague thoughts of a working mp3 player, or something as simple as a Bundt pan or a new pair of bike shoes.

Oh, and books, but there’s very little that prevents me from buying those.