The Dusty Shadow of a Passing Favor....

[said_scarlett]

Just after ten, and already I've made a number of accomplishments!

I did some more potting, some dishes, some brainstorming for writing, responded to a bunch of comments and got some trash out. I do feel a bit badly that I skipped breakfast - I like to have breakfast on the porch and read while I eat and have my coffee or tea - but I overslept a bit. And I did have a breakfast shake.

I encountered another small (and really not important) issue with my computer. It's too old to support Itunes. Or even the Itunes clones designed to work with older computers. Which saddens me greatly, because I'm already bored of most of the music on my Ipod and would love to get all my Duran Duran, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Pink Floyd and Flogging Molly on there. I did try doing the transfering with Media Player, and while the files supposedly transferred...they don't show up on Sadie. (Sadie is my Ipod.)

Oh! Big news I completely forgot! I'm driving! I'm a driver! A year after I get my damn car, but I'm finally driving him! And not crashing into anything, organic or mineral!

My dad's bringing me a grill today. The season of barbecue is upon us! And I've got hot dogs and ground beef....

I slept beautifully last night. And we watched the first disc of Nightmares and Dreamscapes! Battleground was very well executed. Crouch End...never, ever should have been made for television. I was nearly in pain watching that atrocity of an episode. Too much needless build up, poor acting, ridiculous changes so that the entire point of the story is lost, and I swear, it is not terribly difficult to pronounce 'Cthulhu'. 'Kooshoo' is not an acceptable pronunciation anywhere. Kooshoo. But luckily, Umney's Last Case was beautiful. William H. Macy was perfect for Umney, hands down. The first part really captured that 30s pulp detective feel, and the creeping sense of the story was preserved. Nothing but thumbs up for that instillation!

I'm going the shameful but far easier route for one of my costumes, simply because I cannot work with leather and gun belts and holsters are beyond my abilities to afford or craft. So as for purchases needed...it's just a wig and boots. My Ila skirt is nearly done, and then I'm going to be starting on the hat for Nija's Melissa cosplay. I have the fabric, pattern and accessories.

I think I'm going to do some beading while we watch the second disc. And it seems my computer is fully workable. I'll be hopping back into my RPs before too much longer - I figure I'll wait until dayshift to jump back into damned, for sake of ease, and decide when to jump back into CU once I've caught up on what's going on over there. (And keep canon reviewing in the meantime.)

I'm in a terribly Xenogears state of mind today. Maybe I'll try and write fic....

Happy Friday, everyone!

Comments

[ex-talia-sp.livejournal.com]

Yeah...Media Player doesn't work good for putting musics on an iPod. You can only put the files on there if its enabled for disk use, which essentially makes it an 8gb portable harddrive. What you could do, is the next time you go down to Phoenix, bring all the music files you want to put on there, and then go to the Apple Store at Arrowhead Mall and they can put it on there for you. Or else find someone who doesn't have an iPod who will let you put all your music on their computer so you can sync Sadie to it.

Old computers suck. But iz is glad you're back!

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Oh man, you can just do it at Apple stores? Because we actually have an Apple store here in Prescott. (So random and bizarre, I know.) Everyone I know has an Ipod, but is it possible to transfer music in manual mode without syncing the two together? I was reading up on it yesterday, because I didn't want to wipe my Ipod when I synced it with Walter.

Yeah, I'd kill for a shiny new one, but I'll take what I can get! :D

[ex-talia-sp.livejournal.com]

Dude, you have an Apple Store in Prescott?! We don't even have one in downtown Indy. grrrr. But yes, they should be able to help you put your music on there.

As far as I know, there is no way to do it in manual mode, because you actually can't even enable disk use on it unless you have iTunes.

What OS are you running? Because I had iTunes on my XP machine and it worked fine. You might have to update it to Service Pack 2 though.

[theladyfeylene.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes we do. It's tiny, but we have one. Well, it's a moot point, as I found Poddox, which works! It's a pain to use, having to do all the transfers manually, but I'm getting music on my Ipod!

[ex-talia-sp.livejournal.com]

Huzzah!

[summoneddestiny.livejournal.com]

OMG WE HAVE AN APPLE STORE?!?!?!!