Music

Since my new toy is due here within the week, I separated my music collection into 9 sections in order to get through it as quickly as possible. I'm ripping all of my music first, then my hubby's. Our tastes are so different that in the event of a divorce we could quickly and easily separate all the music with no quibbling. We had only 1 CD in common when we got together 10 years ago, and we each had a collection of approximately 200 CD's. Then, once I get my new toy I'll be able to "rip" my tapes to mp3's as well.

When he uses my vehicle and first gets in, my stereo is playing my music at volume level 5 (my vehicle always starts it at 5 if it was at 5 or louder) This is a godsend for him since he used to get in my old vehicle and it would still be at 9, where I left it.

The next time I get into it, the stereo will be in one of the following states:

1. my music still playing, volume turned all the way down (why he turns the volume knob, rather than hitting the power button is beyond me)
2. his music playing, volume at about a 3 (assuming 10 is the loudest, 0 is the lowest)

His music consists of country (any variety) and some older rock.
My music consists of mainly 80's alternative, punk, industrial and others, consisting of a fairly diverse sampling which does not include country.

We recently received a memo at work that we are no longer allowed to listen to music during the daytime work hours. Personally I think this probably does more harm than good, since most people have the music on very low (.5) and use it more of a white noise/background noise situation. Now instead everytime someone has a phone conversation or walks by my cube it's distracting. Even muzak would be a welcome respite. At work I'd usually play soundtracks, giving me a variety that wouldn't be offensive.

For the curious, the 1 CD was Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Greatest Hits.

New Haircut...

Well, I went to get my hair trimmed last night and pick a new style to grow it into. So, basically, I went with the thought of growing it out long again. Alas, I went and sat down with the hairstyle book and wasn't really finding anything that stood out. There were sooooo many cute short styles though... Sooooo, off with my hair...

Apparently it was a drastic decision, because I had people stopping in all day today to see my new 'do. Granted they all said it was cute or pretty, etc... but it felt weird knowing that it was being talked about.

Ah well, it's short, easier to maintain and bonus, Paul even likes it! And he usually prefers long, curly hair.

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I'm fond of ellipsis... can't you tell? What's your favorite punctuation?

New Toy...

This is my newest toy!!!
A Samsung YP-T7Z Digital Audio Player... My gift from Paul for Valentine's Day. Unfortunately I don't have it yet though... :( It won't actually be here until the end of the month.

I'll review it after I've had it for a week or so.

Hockey...

Hockey season is almost over... *cries* It really does make the winters a bit more tolerable up here.

The NCAA Men’s Hockey West Regionals are a little over a month away (March 24th and 25th) for which I have tickets, 4th row... Woohoo!!!

I was going through the NCAA stats and my fave, #7 TJ Oshie, is tied for #2 under the Game Winning Goals stats!!! He's also up there for Power Play Goals... Woohoo!!!

WE WON!!!!!!

I'm so excited... my heart has been racing and we won!!!! I only wish I could be in Florida with my Dad and brother for the celebration, since my hubby doesn't really care... I still have a Gold and Black pennant from when the Steelers won their first, I was born in '74 and the Steelers won the Superbowl... I can only assume it was a very good year for my dad! :)

I don't know that I'll be able to sleep well, but I'm heading to bed.

Vagina Monologues

My darling sister gave me tickets to the Vagina Monologues for Christmas. So, I went tonight with a friend of mine... Paul wasn't up to going out really, but I think he would have enjoyed quite a bit of it. It was interesting, hilarious, sad, and riveting. I think Paul even would have liked at least half of it. The one that touched me the most was the one regarding the Bosnian refugee women. I was just about crying.

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Geek? I suppose.

My sister was telling me about how her iBook has hot corners. Immediately I was jealous. I wanted them too. *laugh* I'm a geek and love little utilities to make my life easier. Well, I couldn't find anything to mimic these hot corners on the PC (doesn't mean they aren't out there). Yet, I still coveted them. So I wrote my own.

Disclaimer: I don't know how hot corners on an iBook really work so my vision may not even be close. I guess I don't really care.

I was concerned about opening apps I didn't really want to launch, so my hot corners require the ctrl key to be depressed to activate. Also, I made the tolerance adjustable up to 25 pixels. When the utility is minimized it sits in the systray, so it's not an app on the taskbar.

If you want to try it out, be my guest.

Download it here