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So I got the 512mb ($99) iPod Shuffle like a week ago. And I didn't open it, mystifying my coworker Dan (who has one) and probably many other gadget-oriented folks. I don't really have an excuse, except I was doing other things. Yes, these things included scrapbooking and watching "Band of Brothers" on DVD with my husband, and other things that could be pushed aside, but it just didn't happen. So yesterday afternoon I decided it was time. Being a sort of techno-idiot, and having iPod software and iTunes already installed on the computer in question because my husband has an iPod (this somehow interfered with my personal ability to fully load the updated iPod software from a CD that came with the Shuffle,) I succeeded in getting one, and only one song (CHuck Proffitt "SummerTime Thing" from Live on the Mountain Vol. 9) on the thing. Otherwise, no dice.

MSH was able to easily fix my problem this morning before work, and I quickly loaded 5.5 hours of my favorite music onto the Shuffle, and still have room to spare. I am grooving to it at work, and will groove to it tomorrow morning as I drive to the Beav. I don't know if it can be overrated, this digital musical player thing--it's like listening to a radio (I"ve got it on random *shuffle* mode, see) station that only plays your favorite songs!! "Love You Madly" by Cake right before "SOlsbury Hill" by Peter Gabriel followed up by "California Love" by Tupac with Dr. Dre (I think. Nothin' but love fuh ya!) Naturally I'm about five years behind with this particular revelation, but it says "nice marmot" at the top, not "highly up-to-date and totally relevant." If you have the means, I highly recommend picking one up. I am waiting on the armband, especially since I probably have a few weeks left (a week?) during which it will still be cool enough to zip the Shuffle into the pocket of a light running vest.

In other news, Susse and I went to the funky lil Harvard Exit thyatah lastnight for "In the Realms of the Unreal." (I'll wait while you Google that; add Henry Darger.) It was FASCINATING!! No time for a review now, but if you have the opportunity, SEE IT this weekend. I was totally mesmerized.

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UPDATE: Mountain Con's "North to California" right after "California Love?" What are the odds?! I love it. Shuffle on, little white gadget. Shuffle on.