TODAY DEFINES FABULOUS.

I investigated prices from various online retailers and concluded that it would be cheapest to buy the iPod from the Apple Store nearby, so Mom and I stopped by early this afternoon and made life just that much more beautiful. I have an iPod! I shall call it "Squishy", and it shall be mine, and it shall be my squishy. No, actually, I'm still deciding on a name. I think it defititely needs an "I" name, like Ivan or Ira or Isis or Isengard or whatever. And I have the sneaking suspicion that it's female, unlike all my previous prized electronic posessions. It's so preeeeeeeeeety! I might make some pun off "Isopod", which is the scientific name for the insect commonly known as the "doodlebug" or "roly-poly". Anyway, she's a 30 gig iPod Photo. She has a color screen and over 3/4 as much memory as my entire laptop, yet smaller than a deck of cards. She has a white belly and a shiny silver back.

*blinks*

My god. iPods are this generation's Pet Rocks.

Okay, anyway, next I called Dell tech support in hopes of finally getting my CD player issues resolved to I could actually rip my CDs to download my music to my iPod. Two hours later and Jimmy was running like new. Better than new, in fact, as I'm not sure my CD player ever really worked properly. Mmm, gotta love the mad rush to fix all technical problems before one's warranty expires! One month left. :D

Life is brilliant and fabulous and yay for shiny new toys! Any suggestions for what to name her? They need not necessarily be i-names. Any thoughts on the matter are welcome.

I HAVE AN IPOD!!!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!