my sort-of well-documented struggles with the iPod have resulted in me 'giving up.' that is, rather than continuing to fiddle with this damn firewire card or spending time on the phone with helpless customer support or dropping the 30 bucks to see if some local computer company can fix it, i've headed into work to play with the damn thing.

so i've installed itunes on one of my coworker's computers (he's got the proper port), and i've spent a few hours over the past few days loading on some of that there music. (after working hours, no less. pathetic.)

so i've gone from, i believe, 23 cds on the 'pod to a total of, according to my count, 60. this includes 27 of the top 50 that i compiled about a year ago. the two highest-ranking records i'm missing are the strokes' is this it? (#7 - stolen) and neutral milk hotel's on avery island (#8 - i don't listen to it often, but it sure is great when i do).

other than that, nothing going on right now, i guess. things regarding personal future will get a lot clearer come mid-afternoon tomorrow, i hope. and either way, the cats have a big game with the mighty boilers tomorrow.

and there exists a good chance i'll see the cats live on saturday.