This Holiday Season - Someone better get my dog and I an iPad

Wow! I can't believe it's already been a year since last Christmas. It's crazy, yet expected since stores have been shelving out decorations since October. There seem to be a lot of cool, new gadgets for people to jot onto their lists this year - I personally like the new iPad Pro. It doesn't help so much that I'm a tech junkie - worse I'm a total Apple freak. So I can't help myself. The reason I like the iPad Pro is not for its ridiculous size, but the $100 stylus, it doesn't come with. Besides, I can use it to awkwardly take videos of my dog running about and hope I don't trip and smash the thing. My dog Chloe and I can curl up on the couch this winter by the warmth of the fire and watch Disney princess movies all day! Yeah, I've been doing that practically every Christmas Break. I don't know why I still call it that, I was home-schooled in high school and I'm college-aged now, so I don't *actually* get a holiday break, but like that will stop me from taking one! I still remember getting on the bus with the feeling knowing that for two glorious weeks, I don't have to go back to class. One reason to love elementary school. Wait. Why am I still entertained watching Mickey and Minnie? Classics! That's a word kids of this generation do not understand and I'm bringing it right back into my books, oh yeah! Plus having winter vacation gives me a solid reason to play computer games for twelve hours a day, everyday, for two whole weeks!

Ahem, getting back to what gift I want, I mean I do have a Wacom pen tablet, (for those of you who don't know what that is, it's an alternative input device, so it replaces your mouse with a plastic USB pad and stylus) - but this iPad is fantastic for artists, being able to draw directly on the screen with apps like Sketchbook. It's costs a bit, $1000 here in Canada. I don't know which of my family members want to pitch in to get me this one, but I have a track record being the spoiled one who always gets what she wants (satirical smile emoticon.) I have a plan. I'll let them know in order to draw out concepts for my cartoons I NEED this iPad. My Galaxy Note is abysmal after all. So, why don't I just buy it myself? Why would I do that? It's the season of giving isn't it?

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