MP3 players and drawing tablets

Once upon a time, there was a little high school sophomore Miki. For Christmas, she received a fancy new mp3 player of the SanDisk variety.

It looked like this:

Being one with good forethought, she decided to invest in a 2-year protection plan from her SanDisk provider. This was especially good because she was clumsy and dropped things a lot.

Within the two-year protection period, 
I dropped it on some pavement
 something awful happened and it mysteriously stopped working.

She took it in, and with a bit of magic and a lot of luck, the employee granted her a gift certificate for the amount that was originally paid for the SanDisk.

Following this pattern, over the course of five years the SanDisk became a Zune, Zune became a Walkman, and the Walkman served me well for just under two years before I brought it in for a repair. It ended up in the Geek Squad's 'defective merchandise' bin and I was given a gift card for $140.

..Which means that I've effectively taken advantage of the Geek Squad's protection plan so that I only pay about $50 (give or take) every two years for a new, $125+ mp3 player. It's kind of magical.

This brings me to where I am now:

Instead of keeping with the theme this time, I did not walk out of Best Buy with a shiny, new music box. There weren't any that I was super crazy about that were also in my price range, and I've been thinking about investing in a drawing tablet for a while now.

I decided to try out the Bamboo Capture and see 1. if it was a good fit for me (and for keeping my wrists from getting too sore from my excessive Internet use) and 2. if I could get used to drawing with electronic pens.

We'll see how this goes. I'm not entirely convinced that my e-drawing skills will catch up with my paper drawing skills fast enough, but at the very least, it'd be nice if this device can help me avoid carpal tunnel -- or at least put it off for a while.