Got a substantial Best Buy gift card for Christmas.  Thinking of things to get with it.

• If Leslie’s tablet thing doesn’t work out, number 1 is definitely a drawing pad style mouse thing, they have nice cheap ones from Wacom there. (up to $100)
• Kinect!  For the exercise, I figure. (approx. $100, plus some extra for the games)
• Could always try to get a piano thing there.  They seem to have some low-price ones that are nice. (lowest reasonable price seems to be approx. $130)
• Lapel microphone? Been wanting one for recording lectures… doesn’t look like there’s a huge selection, I really should visit an actual best buy for this (appears to be a serviceable one for $30).

On the latest considerations:

• Leslie’s tablet isn’t working out so well, so this is a strong argument to get one of the drawing things.  They look like fun!  However, there is a serious consideration: the videos I’ve made so far didn’t seem to require hand-drawing stuff, and I’ve made pretty good use of my drawing skills with the mouse so far, so is this really important?  I’m mostly worried what happens if I get it and then never use it.
• The kinect is attractive but again I’m worried about not using it sufficiently.  I have a somewhat stable gym routine now, which costs money, so the kinect theoretically can replace it, except the kinect seems to build cardio more than strength and I need strength, and cardio hasn’t been a problem anyway since my apartment complex has treadmills/ellipticals.  Then again, I know straight cardio is inferior to HIIT, which the kinect supposedly can provide.  Again I wonder how much I’m overthinking this.
• The piano I see on best buy is awesome and I want it

LATEST UPDATE: With some cleverness, I am able to get all three, unfortunately due to some snafus I won’t be able to get any for a while.

LATEST LATEST UPDATE: I got the piano (which I haven’t been able to play enough yet but at least I have it) and the mouse stylus (which I haven’t used much yet but I have plans) and a microwave and lapel microphones.  I passed on the Kinect, which is lucky since there isn’t space in my apartment for it right now.  Perhaps when I upgrade apartments…