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Last year I made a promise to myself to find more time to read--despite the pressures of the day job and writing. I failed miserably. This year I'm trying again, proving that there is an optimist deep inside me:*

Books read: Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, Dearly Devoted Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth by Simon R. Green, Dead Beat by Jim Butcher, Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs, Moonshine by Rob Thurman.

Ratio of books purchased to books read: 5 to 1. (See optimist).

Books started and abandoned: 2 (titles withheld)

I'm way behind the curve if I want to read 52 books this year, however there was a massive period of writing in the middle there so I may catch up.

1, 2, 3 books you're out )

In other media news, so far I've loaded 16 CD's (195 songs or 13.3 hours) of music onto the iPod, and managed to create my first playlist. Since I'm only using the iPod at the gym for the moment, I already have enough music to hold me for the next 3 or 4 weeks, and I've only used about 20% of the storage space. I'm amused by the various genres that are assigned to the albums--what I consider to be Rock is arbitrarily divided into Alternative, Metal, Pop or Rock--I think I need my own classifications of CrankVolume, MustSingAlong, MustBopHead, AirDrumSolo and PedalFaster.

*Note: And yes, he was delicious.

Shiny toy!

Mar. 24th, 2007 02:40 pm
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Whee! I bought an iPod Nano today. I've wanted one for a while, but couldn't justify spending the money. Finally decided that a) I deserved it, and b) it would help motivate me to workout at the gym where I'm usually surrounded by TVs blaring programs that drive me crazy.

So it's a "To Patricia, From Patricia, Happy Early Birthday" present. A very big deal for someone who remembers back when the dividing class line was who could afford a Sony Walkman and who couldn't. I was on the have-not side of that equation, so this is also a bit of delayed gratification.

Anyway, cheerfully loading CDs and investigating options for sports holders. Looking forward to the gym tomorrow!

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