Songs and Songs

iPod update: 2363 songs on it now. In one week I loaded a little over 2300 songs onto my computer. I did this by spend almost all my free time sitting in front of my new computer and loading CD after CD into it and hitting 'import CD' over and over again. It was fun although exhausting.

I didn't even touch the Netflix DVDs that I have at home. And the thing is... is that I'm only about 3/4 of the way done. But I did create a new playlist last night. I was so dedicated to it that I was up 'til 1am with it. This made it super hard to wake up today. Thankfully I wasn't late for work but I was only 6 minutes early, which for me at this new job is cutting it close. I'm usually 15-30 minutes early for work. But I'll be laughing all the way to the bank when I get my quarterly attendance bonus from work. $500 is a good amount to motivate me to get to work on time.

I have been looking at craigslist for bikes and I'm getting a slightly better idea of what I want as far as a road bike goes. I asked by friends for their advice and my friend Ben came through in spades, giving me super sage advice. He clued me into a place on the south side on Western that fixes up donated bikes and sells them for only $70-$99. A road bike for less than $100... awesome!

I'll probably also by myself a custom-made messenger bag. One that can transport a laptop too.

Oh, back to the iPod. Those ear plug things? Awful. I don't know if it's something about my ears but they don't fit in them comfortably. The left one keeps wanting to fall out unless I jam it in there, which I'm sure is not a good idea. And the sound quality isn't quite that great. On top of it all, it irritates my ears have something rubbing on the ear cannal entryway. The ear irritation is on par with the pressure I have on my ears when I have a headcold. Weird ear pressure issues and such. Not fun since my body is the type to create a sickness if my mind seriously thinks I'm getting sick. It's like a self-fulfilled prophecy with my body.

With getting a bike for around $100, and a messenger bag which will be another $100, that leaves $300 for extra perchases. I should probably use it to duplicate my two-year old headshots. Ugh... it's frustrating in how lazy I can be.

Jury Duty Summons

I got summoned for Jury Duty yesterday. It's for April 7th. It will be fun to see what it's like for one day... but I really don't want to be picked. A one-day jury duty experience is fine. Anything over a day would be awful. I would actually have to listen to a case and learn law stuff. Not fun. I'd rather have my Law & Order courtroom experiences. [Side note: L&O Criminal Intent is awesome.]

In bigger news, I got my new laptop computer yesterday. It came a day early and that was nice. It's a MacBook Pro - you know, one of the fancy new ones - and it's great to have something top of the line for a change. I like telling people the model of computer I'm getting but a split second afterwards I get a pinch of guilt for flaunting my super expensive purchase in people's faces. I think in two weeks or so I'll back off and begin being vague when I talk about my new computer. Or at least indicate that in the past I've always had shitty computers and it nice to treat myself for the first time ever computer-wise. Plus, my parents are helping me big time with the expense of it.

I got 29 songs put on my iPod that I bought off Rich a month ago. That was nice.

The next week or so I'll be a hermit while I rip my whole CD collection to iTunes. And I'm going to love the whole process.