A week ago, my father finally answered my prayers and purchased a gorgeous new twenty-two inch widescreen computer screen. The bliss!

It was hard to convince my father. He insisted that a huge screen was not a “need”. I insisted it was, citing a report about how larger workspaces increased productivity.

Finally he gave in and I spent a happy afternoon picking out a good-looking screen. In the meantime, I also convinced my father to buy me a new mouse and keyboard. The old ones were too loud, I said.

The store was crowded and we had to look for associates to help us with our purchases. The sales employees were thankfully on my side in picking the greatest (and most expensive, to the salesman’s delight) and best mouse. We spent eighty dollars on a good mouse.

Next came the keyboard. It had to be light, I said, nitpicking. Since my father had told me we weren’t getting a laptop. Later, he told me we weren’t getting a new desktop either, and I therefore listed all of the components of a computer, requesting upgrades for each part (therefore in effect getting a new computer).

My dad disagreed and told me we were only upgrading the screen, keyboard, mouse, graphic card, and some memory for the computer. I agreed reluctantly and we began our search for talent to add to my new computer.

It was certainly a fun experience, and when we arrived home, I looked at my new things, and hooked them all up to the computer.

The screen was gorgeous. I opened three windows side-by-side and looked at a few pictures. Beautiful.

The keyboard was equally comfortable, although the layout wasn’t standard. My dad was not too happy about the price, though. Apparently the screen, keyboard, mouse, and graphic card together was $500.

The computer I had picked out was $600 in total, including the screen; the computer I had built on the Internet, that is. But it’s okay with me if I get a huge screen.