It’s 2:46 in the morning. Currently, I’m ripping songs onto Itunes in anticipation of the Ipod I finally garnered the guts (and the Christmas money) to purchase. Scott, and Jenna the Ipod, would be so proud.
I’ve had a great 2005. In fact, aside from a few sad items, this year turned out better than any that I can remember.
I’ve experienced the new wave in entertainment with satellite radio, I’ve seen the rise and fall of my beloved sports teams, and I’ve begun, thanks to a schedule change, to enjoy my job more than I ever did.
I’ve followed my dreams and developed new ones. I’ve become an “amateur” writer – not just a guy that can write, but a guy that DOES write, and does it for the pure enjoyment (though, admittedly, I’d love to be paid for it.)
I’ve looked into being a journalist. I’ve looked into being a bookstore owner. I’ve looked into being a sports writer. I’ve looked into being a magazine contributor. I’ve even succeeded at dipping my beak into some of the waters mentioned just now.
I don’t make New Year’s resolutions, so I’ll save you from that. However, I do know that I’m ready to make the jump into something more productive. I’m ready to make this blog better, wider in its scope, and, ultimately, get it ready for a nationwide audience that may, perhaps, want to know more about a kid in South Dakota whose dreams seem to be bigger than his ability at times but who never lets that stand in his way.
Happy New Year, everyone.
corey, when you get an ipod know this, you don’t get to do anything else for at least a week. you think i’m joking right? nope. i got one this year too and while i love it, a LOT. i was blown away by how long it takes to make it useful. but it’s totally sweet. i take the bus for forty-five minutes to work and forty-five minutes home everyday, so i like to put it on random. it’s so great to hear bad religion followed by otis redding followed by bill hicks followed by jay-z. i think that the rule is you are not allowed to skip any songs on random, unless you suck
God, tell me about it.
I’ve spent a great portion of the last four days preparing for my iPod’s arrival by re-ripping all of my MP3s at a higher bit-rate. I’m currently at the D’s. We have 500+ CDs, and I’ve gotten trhough about 150.
Still, I’ve only collected 5 GB of songs. It’s awesome that I still will have room for 25 GB more. I’m anxiously awaiting the random feature to go from Bruce Springsteen to Whirlpool to Louis Armstrong to Sage Francis. It’ll be as if I’m listening to the greatest radio station of all time, sans commercials.
here’s the hardest part of the “no skipping songs” rule. rap cd intros. even i have faultered from time to time.
See, I’m just not putting anythign on the iPod that I wouldn’t want to listen to anyway — so no rap intros, and no crappy filler songs.