Only 20 shopping days left!
What a weird day.
Scorpio. Scorpio to the left, Scorpio across the aisle, Scorpio on down the row, yeah verily, they were just everywhere. Now, to the “astrologically attuned” some of this might make sense. Even to someone not so attuned, it makes sense, see, it’s the month when Scorpios all celebrate their birthdays so the little Scorpions come crawling out.
Standard Scorpio advice: don’t ever cross a Scorpio. Just don’t do it. It’s not a healthy endeavor.
And just general disclaimer, about what’s going on, astrologically? Like I’ve suggested before, and like I reiterated so many times on Scorpio Sunday? It’s just fixin’ to be really cool – or hot – in Scorpio land. Stay tuned.
Unrelated retail therapy notes:
I’ve been wanting – not needing – just wanting an Apple Mini iPod. I mean, this item falls in the “desire” category, not the “need” arena. Not even close. I mean, I’ve got one 40 Gig iPod now, almost stuck as part of the sounds in here. Works fine like that. But the other evening, I was busy ripping the complete Ring Cycle (4 operas, 2 CDs in the first opera, then 4 CDs in the subsequent three), and I was thinking, after I got done, that I needed a way to carry that kind of music, or any other kind of music I listen to infrequently, with me. Besides, of course, on the computer.
So what I was thinking, since I’m starting to list a few items on eBay, I could just pick one up there. I’d seen some starting out at a low $100 point, and that seemed reasonable enough. Only, when I went back to look at the listings again, most of the mini iPods were closing at $220 or higher. Plus shipping? That’s not more than a few dollars cheaper than buying one in a store, or online. Plus, online or in the store? Guarantee guaranteed. Is the $20 worth the difference?
I unplugged the iPod from the sounds set up and plugged in some earphones the other evening. For a little while, I was cleaning, working, and moving around – no problem – and the sounds through the earbuds were even better than the stereo. I could hear parts of the tracks I hadn’t heard before. New depth and range.
Just wonderful. But I wasn’t about to leave the ambient sounds unplugged. I’ve all but forsaken CDs and tapes, not too even mention vinyl, as the source for recorded music. And I really can’t imagine wandering around the trail, or downtown, and being bereft of audio stimulation, that is, not listening to the sounds of the city. Odd, the times that I want the little iPod? Late at night, when I’m working or cleaning.
Hitting the trail? No way, I want to be stuck in the sensory overload of the town, the trail, the wherever. I wonder about. Folks who want to be cut off from the aural stimulation of what a place sounds like, whether it’s the background din of traffic, or, on some lonely nights, a lack of noise? Sometimes it’s the simple rustle of a critter in the leaves.
No, I don’t want to be cut off from that kind of sensory input.
But when one of my obscure play lists cycled up, I was busy and the music provided a good background to whatever the task was. Laundry, I think.
I’ve got a commute to and from San Antonio next week. Now, if I can just fiddle with the accounting for the weekend, I might have made enough to buy a baby iPod. As road tool, of course.
