Oh Aimee, I have things for you, well, for Em. We should get together soon. Before it involves plane rides and whatnot.

News Radio is supposed to go up on the iTunes store today.

I don't have iTunes at work, so does this mean you can buy episodes for some nominal price and play them on your video iPod on the way to work? Is this all the seasons? CAN I WATCH ARCADE ANY FREAKING TIME I WANT?!!

We are living in the FUTURE!

I remember when I turned 29. Nobody believed that I was actually 29.

Ooh, I had that too, on my 29th bday. The waiter was all sarcastic about it. Dude, yes, it is the first time!! Wanker.

I got that, too. Actually, not just on my 29th birthday, but whenever people would ask my age, and they'd be all "Yeah, but HOW MANY TIMES have you been 29???"

Which is crazy, because -- with the getting carded, right? Either I look 20, or I look older than 29. Derrr.

I get tired of people assuming I'm going to be coy about my age. "So, you're thirty and some months, right?" I look them in the eye and say "I'm 46." This is especially fun when some woman who's obviously older than I am has just gone the "Oh, I'm only 35" route. I get looks of such betrayal.

It annoys me to no end that my best friend does the coy verbal foot-shuffle when it comes to her age (because we're the same age). She'll always go all, "Oh, yeah, you know -- ALL women are 29!" and she'll giggle and wink to make it obvious that she's kidding but still won't reveal her age.

And then I go and ruin it by saying "I'm 35. You?"

Cash, I think (would have to check to be certain) my uni computer store has nanos and shuffles at an academic discount price -- that is, I know they have 'em because I was just there a couple of days ago getting melty over the colorful cuteness of the shuffles, but I'd need to check on the discount. Even with shipping, they'd probably be a bit less than through a regular store if you wanted me to get them for you (unless you already have access to an academic discount).

Ah, thank you, JZ. Instant gratifier that I am, I went out and got one small, silver shuffle for us to try. (It was $78 at Wal-Mart.) Specifically because DH is running in a 5K tomorrow and wants it to run with. We'll try it and see if it work for us. If it comes to us wanting a second shuffle (I want a pink one, if I get one for me) you'll be the first one I call.

The new shuffles are totally adorable. And we really are only looking for something we can use at the gym. Otherwise, we have access to our laptop and our itunes library.

And then I go and ruin it by saying "I'm 35. You?"

My sistah.

And why the hell are the 20-somethings bothering to be coy! The only reason they're asking is that they want to be sure you're legal!

How do you respond to someone you don't really know (and have never met) when they randomly e-mail you to ask how you're doing?

I have never been coy about my age. I did, however, lose a year in which I said I was 26 for a year. Then when my birthday hit, realized I actually was 26 and had to say it for another year, during which everyone assumed I was lying that year. Ooops.

Then we did it again with our anniversary one year. Oops.

Evidently the traditional marking of the passage of time doesn't rank particularly highly on our scale of importance.

How do you respond to someone you don't really know (and have never met) when they randomly e-mail you to ask how you're doing?

"I'm good. What's up?"

In other news, someone hung a placard on our door telling us the water would be out today from 9-2. Thee things: 1) They gave us advance notice for routine maintenance, 2) They're doing routine maintenance! Not just, you know, waiting until water is inexplicably spurting across a major highway, and 3) Today the truck came down our alley, so they're specifically working on our area, they didn't just turn off a large area for no reason. Oh, and they got done two hours earlier than promised. Shocking!

It's so bizarre to have actual services.

Happy Birthday Kathy!!!

I'm not your birthday twin, but I turn 40 in exactly one week. I think you and Tom Scola and I should get together and have a party!! Practicalities, shmacticalities.