On a whim, I bought a drawing tablet earlier in the week. Not a wacom, but one that actually seems as good, and for less. Shortcut buttons, zoom wheel, and a 15.6 inch screen. All for $150+ cheaper than the 16" wacom, which didn't even have shortcut buttons. It's in transit, though no idea when it'll get here. Still, I'm rather happy about the whole thing. I'm not a huge artist or anything, but I dabble at times, and a decent drawing tablet is rather necessary anymore. Pity I can't easily transfer my sketchbooks into digital, but I'm going to have fun testing out all the various options. I had a period of time where I had a cracked copy of photoshop, and got decent at making user icons, so at least I'll be coming at it with a little history. Heh, I might even occasionally draw along with Drawfee.