congrats!

my good friend is picking up his dream car today. ja, ja, i know, consumerism, blah blah.
in this case, though, it ain't a status symbol thang at all, but in fact is a lifestyle thang, which i approve of.

if you're buying visible things for the impression they'll make or the supposed status they confir, then you are in my humble opinion horribly misguided.

if, on the other hand, you buy things for the actual and real pleasure they'll bring you independant of outside opinion then huzzah! you're eating the creamy filling of capitalism without getting the stomache ache of llemming-land one-upmanship.