I will have this bag come hell or high water.

I’ve been on a search for a stylish laptop bag that doesn’t look like it was made to either 1) scale Everest or 2) hold Jimmy Hoffa in one of many secret zippered padded wireless media compartments.  Some of those bags are so complicated! Straps and pockets and zippers, oh my!  I don’t want to have to be tutored by NASA before I can store my computer.  I do want a little extra space so I can store my peripherals and maybe a notebook… paperwork, that sort of thing. But nothing that requires an allen wrench and and a secret decoder ring.

Sure, I’ve found some cute ones, but they’re all for those laptops made in Lilliput.  WTF?  I see all these people at Starbucks with their weensy little laptops, typing away on something that looks more like a Speak n’ Spell than a PC.  How do they type on those things? All my code would look like qoikng[wpnq-[rqgpbnpEN if I had one of those.  Not to mention a neck that tilts at a 90 degree angle. I’m 5’10 for pete’s sake.

I bought this pink and black cheapie job at Target to hold me until I found a sturdier bag, especially for travel, but it’s again, made for the 14” or smaller screens.  I would have kept on using it because I like the style alright and I like the inside a lot, but I’ve got a 15.4” screen. It’s proving to be difficult to find a decent, cute bag.

Of course, I finally find one I really like (mikey actually picked it out — “That’s SO ’Moxie‘, babe.”) that’s reasonably priced 4 days before I leave for SXSW and now I have to see if they’ll ship it quick like a bunny.  Chop chop!