The Idea...

Here is my new idea.... It gets me up to Washington to have a good time with my friends, and it also helps fund the purchase of a new computer.

Back in January, I decided I might try to sell my PowerBook G4, because it was getting very slow. However, things backfired when, in a VERY accidental drop, its screen died and part (a lot) of the case became warped. Basically, it is not a useable laptop computer anymore. Add to that, the fact that it is very prone to overheating, and thus, heat-related failures. Being that this is basically my only reamaining computer that is considered to be useable (especially considering my digital imaging and music situation), it is time for a new one, especially before college starts.

So, if I can raise X amount of dollars before Y date, My PowerBook G4 and I will travel to Washington, and my buddies from Washington and I will do Z to the PowerBook.

For X, I will need enough money to buy a new computer, either while I am in Washington or when I get home from my trip. Of course... there are a few supplies I'll need on my trip, and I'd like to have a small budget for miscellaneous things such as eating.
Y date, is when I take the trip, or a week or so beforehand. I need to reserve my spot on the various Amtrak trains at least a week before I make the trip. I would like to make the trip in early August.
Z... is what ever my audience thinks would be appropriate to do to a PowerBook G4. I could theoretically explode it, let my friends brutally smash it with baseball bats, hammers, etc, run it over with a car, throw it like a frisbee - several times, or a number of things. I could even run around Seattle with a friend or two, with the PowerBook, and a camera, and photograph it with and around various Seattle landmarks.

Hopefully I can rig something up!