Does that make me too normal for you?

[cyrano]

I am so fucking TIRED of getting lost in my own back yard. After an appointment in Los Gatos this morning, I tried to get to work without the aid of a computer, which was obviously a big mistake. Because I ended up deep in some thicket of posh little homes on a hillside in what I later found out was Cupertino. I had to call the office to ask for directions from wherever I was, and that still didn't keep me from getting lost once more where I failed to specify whether I needed the north or south freeway. I need a fucking GPS. I've known this for some time, but I've kept putting it off. If I'd had the time, I would have driven to .... Radio Shack or Frye's or Best Buy or wherever the fuck they sell the things, and picked one up.

However.

I have a new desktop, complete with my upgrade to Windows XP. This will let me do things like watch Netflix Instant Movies, and a few other things that demand an XP OS. In order to move stuff like my music, my playlists (all 101 of them), my software, I think I need an external drive.

Last night at the gym, my little 256MB mp3 player gave up, and the audio jack can't keep music going stably to both ears. So I need an mp3 player, before I get on an aeroplane. And I looked at the Apple website at iThings and found a couple within my price range.
And neither of them work unless I'm running XP.

I'd budgeted to buy one new toy this month--the external drive. I might be able to swap out the GPS device. However, the mp3 player is essential to going to the gym, and is pretty important for anything involving airports. I can try to find a non-Apple mp3 player and continue to fight with iTunes when I shuttle music around, but I'm getting tired of that. And I haven't checked to see if other mp3 players need the XPlove as well.

If I need XP then I think I need the external drive. Because I am not manually recreating over 100 playlists. But it means I'm over budget. And I've already planned November's unneccessary spending. So there.

Comments

[murdoch.livejournal.com]

I can lend you GPS. I kept forgetting to put it in my car...

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I would be happy to try it out. (: