Will Bridges

About 2 months ago I got a new laptop. A pretty nice one at that. The first thing I did was uninstall Windows Vista and install Ubuntu Linux. I was happy about this because I haven't had such a nice laptop in some time.

Sadly, last week my laptop was stolen out of my car. Someone broke my passenger side window and took the case with laptop inside out of my car and left. You're going to say "Damn Will, why'd you leave the laptop in your car?". Well, I was only 4 rows from the door of circuit city, it was broad day light, I was only gone for 15 minutes and I had the laptop bag on the floor board. I didn't think anyone would notice it. But, someone must have been watching for that. Oh, a special thanks to the Rivergate Circuit City, who has no cameras outside but has 20,000 inside the store. Another special thanks to the Nashville Police Department, who had me waiting for them for 3 and 1/2 hours in one of the hottest Augusts in Nashville's history so I could file a police report. 

So, I actually got the laptop on rent to own through Aarons. I like Aarons… since I have terrible credit. But, also they have really nice things and they don't jack up the price really high. They also charge no interest for the first 90 days. So, if you pay off your stuff in 90 days you don't pay any interest. Great place. But, like I was saying… I was renting to own the laptop from there. They don't have or offer insurance on theft. Great… So, now I will probably have to pay like $1,200 to Aarons for a laptop that someone else has. Though, I did call Aarons corporate office and they said they may be able to lower the cost for me due to the cicumstances. More on that later. If anyone sees someone with a nice, new HP laptop with a 17 inch screen and it's running Ubuntu… punch them in the face and then email me.