River: You gave up everything you had. Simon: [Chinese] Everything I have is right here.

'Safe'


Buffista Music II: Wrath of Chaka Khan  

There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.


Sue - Oct 26, 2004 1:08:19 pm PDT #5610 of 10003
hip deep in pie

I knew she was sleeping with one of her co-writers. I jsut wasn't sure if it was Ward.


Betsy HP - Oct 26, 2004 1:14:11 pm PDT #5611 of 10003
If I only had a brain...

We don't say "live-in girlfriend" any more, do we? Just "girlfriend", and it's pretty much assumed you're having sex, but where is entirely your own concern.

Otherwise, there'd be "bonk-on-the-back-stairs girlfriend."


Jesse - Oct 26, 2004 1:36:25 pm PDT #5612 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

My jackass boss repeatedly referred to his "live-in girlfriend." Even better, his "pregnant live-in girlfriend." Even BETTER, she was a senior staff member, too.


billytea - Oct 26, 2004 3:06:39 pm PDT #5613 of 10003
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.

My jackass boss repeatedly referred to his "live-in girlfriend." Even better, his "pregnant live-in girlfriend." Even BETTER, she was a senior staff member, too.

I suppose it's a step up from "the godless tramp I'm shacking up with".


Alicia K - Oct 26, 2004 5:24:59 pm PDT #5614 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

So where can I go to find out basics about an iPod? I've been to the Apple site, but a lot of it goes over my head. Where can I go to ask questions and have them answered in terms I can understand?

Because this magical U2 iPod is calling to me. Even though the special features probably don't equal an extra $50,

Alicia K wants this badly. Because this Alicia K, she is often a sheep. But she sees already that her OS is too wimpy for this magical iPod, and figures she'd better see exactly what she's getting herself into before shelling out $350 for this pretty, pretty thing.

And Alicia K will stop referring to herself in the third person starting nnnnnnnnnow.


Lyra Jane - Oct 26, 2004 5:53:50 pm PDT #5615 of 10003
Up with the sun

So where can I go to find out basics about an iPod

It is the awesomest awesome that ever awesomed. That said ... Basically, all I can do with mine is load songs and make it play music, so I'm probably not the person to answer your questions. Do you have an Apple store near you? They would probably be able to help.


tommyrot - Oct 26, 2004 5:56:40 pm PDT #5616 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

But she sees already that her OS is too wimpy for this magical iPod,

Can your computer handle the necessary OS upgrade?


Alicia K - Oct 26, 2004 6:37:31 pm PDT #5617 of 10003
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.

I'd have to look on my XP box (I got it as a gift a few years back but never saw need to load it), but I think it might. Do all MP3 players only work on Windows 2000 or later?

Lyra Jane, that may have summed up most of what I needed to know. Other places I looked got into deep speak about Lossless and different file types and that made me go "huh?" I just want to burn songs to MP3 and listen to them without having to carry around a bulky CD player.

And all the hubbub about crappy batteries - was that overblown, or something that they've sinced fixed?


Kate P. - Oct 27, 2004 4:45:34 am PDT #5618 of 10003
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love

God, I want an iPod so bad. But I doubt my computer would be able to handle it (my operating system? Windows 95).


Lyra Jane - Oct 27, 2004 4:59:41 am PDT #5619 of 10003
Up with the sun

I just want to burn songs to MP3 and listen to them without having to carry around a bulky CD player

When you install iTunes, the default is to burn songs from CDs to a non-MP3 format (I want to call it MP4, but I suspect that would be wrong.) But it's easy enough to change the option so everything is an .MP3.

The alleged problem with the batteries is that they stop being rechargable after a couple of months. I've only had my iPod for five days, so I can't say.