R.I.P. iPod Ver. 2.0

Wednesday, I was delighted to receive a $200 iTunes gift certificate from my boss. I started to buy music and transfer it onto my iPod still contemplating the possibilities...

Then, it happened.

Not noticing that my iPod had been plugged in correctly, it died in the process and I was greeted with a series of error messages.

When I turned my iPod on again, it was empty

Nothing.

21 GB of music.

Over 3,000 songs imported over the last year.

Gone.

I felt like a family member had died and my girlfriend broke up with me during the funeral.

I almost wanted to go home sick for the day.

For anyone who has an iPod and uses it to its fullest capacity, they know how much work goes into it.

Most people just load their music and listen to it never really exploring the potential of iPod/iTunes.

I had some 30 playlists for every whim I might want, such as...

"Paisley Park"

"Adventures in Neo-Soul"

"Prince vs. Michael Jackson"

"No Skips Allowed"

(yes, I realize how corny I am)

I just don't have the energy to do all that again.

At least not yet...

So for now I say goodbye.

Goodbye to the 90's songs I'll never find again, playlists that got me through days of work and rough nights of sleep.

Until I fuck this up again.

What I want for Christmas...

What's the point of having a website if I can't make demands of my friends?

• Arrested Development: Season One
  
• Greg the Bunny
• Locas: A Love & Rockets Tale by The Hernandez Bros.
• Bone: Volume One by Jeff Smith
• Banana Republic nylon expandable messenger bag
• The Originals by Dave Gibbons
• The Wire: Season One
• Altec Lansing inMotion iM3 Portable Audio System (for the iPod)

Well...get to shopping!

Tuskegee Experiments '04

I'm Speechless

And of course, The UK tells us what is happening in our own country...but we were the first to report Julia Roberts' twins birth.

Who Wan Fi Artest?*

What a weekend!

I half-expected Jim Lampley, Steve Merchant & George Foreman to offer commentary on the fight. I think Ron Artest has a good furture as a welterweight.

My feelings on the matter:

1. I don't think Ron Artest going into the stands would have bothered me as much if he has grabbed and pummeled the right guy. The second he grabbed the guy NEXT to the guy that threw the beer. He lost me.
2. What the fuck was Stephen Jackson doing? He looked like he was just dying to fight.
3. How did Jermaine O'Neal get less games than Jackson when he cold-clocked that guy on the court who had already been hit twice by Artest and was being held back by someone else...nice punch tho.
4. I don't appreciate how David Stern is not commenting on the actions of the Detroit fans who were in the wrong. If these jokers aren't punish, what kind of message does that send? You can throw things at the monkeys but don't worry, they can't touch you. This ain't the zoo!
   

* I am taking total credit to making that up. If you see anyone but me with a shirt that says that, tell me so I can sue.

Wow b/w We R In Need Of A Musical Revolution

Damn Lebron.

Sign me up for the Lebron James Bandwagon

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We R In Need of a Musical Revolution
I want something moooorrre...
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