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Listen.
It's QUIET.
(The boy is at daycare. Chris has to go to the office.)



In other news, I am apparently a penguin according to this quiz. This is freakishly accurate. (link from deza)

I have no homework to speak of. I'm going to lie around and probably spam my writing journal for a while. Dave told me yesterday that I'm likely getting an A in workshop (*shock!* *snoopydance!*) and also that I don't need to hand in anything else because I'm about 2 pages short of 30 and he's happy with my performance so far. So one final essay and I'm DONE, and I have a whole week to do that with, yes I do.

(I honestly was shocked when he said that. I was hoping for a B. I have this terrible tendency to underestimate myself.)

W00T.

I wonder if this works as advertised ...? *hopes*

Edit: DUDE. It works like a CHARM. *snoopydance* Now I don't have to transfer my MP3s to my PC first. (It advertises itself as working in Panther, but it's working in Tiger just fine.) And now? I can use the MP3 player I already HAVE, with a much lighter computer. *eeee*

Edit 2: Why don't I get an iPod? Several reasons:
(1) I'm quite satisfied with the Zen box, and it still works fine.
(2) As far as I know (this is borne up by Apple tech support, I think) you can get a Mac-formatted iPod OR a Windows-formatted iPod, not both. We're looking at getting a windows-based media server in the fairly near future, to use as a TiVo replacement, and I want to be able to hook it up to that, too. And I still use my PC occasionally.
(3) Well, there was that thing with the battery class action suit ... which I know is being settled, but it bugs me that the limited battery life wasn't disclosed. I don't like Apple's marketing regarding iTunes and the iPod - I suppose it makes sense, given that it's their most popular product in ages and also the only one where they hold a significant market share, and the iTunes music store has to kowtow to the music industry, which has a history of being stupid. It's better than Napster, which is now just one enormous long rental agreement you keep paying for, but I still don't care for it. I'd rather use the product I have, which works well and thus doesn't need replacing.