I am a Consumer Whore

It's been done. I've done it! And I'm not taking it back (hopefully). I purchased an iPod today. A little blue Nano. I'm still thinking of a name. Lil' Blue didn't like my laptop, or my laptop didn't like the new iPod. So I've set it up on my desktop and everything works fine.

I have discovered the vast and fascinating world of PodCasts. So far tonight I've listened to Garrison Keillor tell me about what exciting things happened this day in history, and I've seen how to cook an asparagus omelet. It's quite exciting for me to discover these things. My reading might be slowed down now.

Speaking of reading! I've discovered a most wonderful author, Michael Chabon (possibly pronounced: Sha-bone). As of today, I've read 2 books and 1 novella by dear Michael, and I've loved, loved each one of them. It's so great! I'm also currently reading H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds and it's great as well! Books can be so invigorating.

Hopefully this little iPod will help me block out the annoying noise of people on the train and I can relax more on my way to work. I'm looking forward to listening to new and exciting Podcasts and possibly learning something new.

This week I have a Wednesday night bike ride planned, which will hopefully be well-attended and fun. Then over the weekend Andy and I plan on doing a little anniversary camping down south. Possibly visiting a familiar Red Wing coffee shop and getting our frequent buyer cards stamped. Good things!

I want an iPod

It feels blasphemous to say after avoiding iPods for about sevenish years. I'm going to buy my first mp3 player and it's going to be an iPod Nano. Other products for the same price offer the same amount of storage, but are harder to get at. Being that I work in the Mall of America and the Apple store is right there with tens of eager "geniuses" competing for my attention, an iPod is the best and easiest purchase. Though, with a $200 price tag, this little 8 gig harborer of music will be mine only after some saving. And, since I'm not prone to making big purchases like this (unless the price tag is in pounds, then I don't realize what I'm paying) it'll be nice to wait on it for a bit.

I like it in blue.