Proud Mary keep on burning CDs

I bought 23 songs today for $10.98 - that's $0.48 a song! It all started this afternoon when I had the song 27 Jennifers stuck in my head and decided to research Mike Doughty's other music. iTunes had his CD set (23 songs) for $16.99. I almost bought it but realized I had a gift card waiting for me at home to use (thanks Byron and Sarah!). I decided to wander over to Amazon and comparison shop. They had it for $15.98. I loves me a bargain, so I decided to try that out. There's a handy little MP3 downloader that grabs the files and loads them into iTunes automatically and I could use my Amazon One-Click to buy the album.

When I got my receipt via email (5 seconds later versus 5 days later like iTunes does) it said I got a $5 promotional discount. I have no idea why, but I'm not looking a gift coupon in the mouth. So I got 23 songs via MP3 for $10.98. Take that, iTunes with your evil DRM! I'll make it just fine on my own without you!

Nevermind that Apple just updated iTunes so I can finally use it on my 64-bit Vista machines to burn cds, sync my iPhone and generally not crap out on me. Steve Jobs knew I'd come crawling back to him. And then there's that gift card I have to use up too. Damn him and his beguiling ways. He is the Ike Turner to my Tina.

today was better

Today has been better. My feet are killing me, but the day went fast. And I'm already back in the hotel and prepping for bed. I just have to watch the highlights from the Green Bay game so I can revel in being a WINNER. Someone asked me how tall I was today and then asked me if my husband is tall. When I pointed out that Rich is my husband (who she knows well from working with him), she said "Oh I'm glad I didn't flirt with him!". She also said it was great that we could spend time together during conferences. I couldn't agree more.

Me and my co-worker are going to bed.

feeling blue

We made it through our first day of ALA. Philadelphia has been good to us so far with only a bit of rain and mild temperatures, but I've still been in an "off" mood all day. Yesterday was just better all around. But the machines in the booth are working and I am starting a list of things we'll pack for next year ... things like tin snips so we can actually get into our booth parts.

I think I'll be heading to bed before 11pm so I can be up and at meetings by 8 tomorrow. Here's hoping tomorrow goes well all around and I manage to get my groove back a little more.

I do enjoy our room, though, that look out on Penn Station where Mr. Penn himself keeps guard over us.