iPod Touch Myself

I blame this on my MySp friend and co-worker, Jacquie.
At work a few weeks ago, she says to me, "Oh, here, Kristen. You'll appreciate this since you're into all this technology stuff." And she pulls out this 16G iPod Touch that her honey had gotten her as a surprise. It's got Wi-Fi access (free), hold tons of music & photos & tons of applications & planner/calendar/organizer functions.
"Ooooh!" says I.
And thus began my quest to save money for one of my very own! I didn't want to pay for the internet access on my phone (which I'll upgrade around my birthday-maybe that will get another blog, too, since I've already picked that one out, too) and there are Wi-Fi areas all over the place, including my house & the hospital. My brother has the iPhone, which is really cool, too, but I didn't want to pay that much for a phone or the internet access. I had an older model Blackberry for a while but I wasn't pleased with the phone funcion part &, again, the fee thing. I've been borrowing my mom's iPod Shuffle. It's cute & holds a lot of music but I didn't like the no-screen thing to see what I'm listening to. (Cuz I can't tell just by listening, right?) Poor Mom has trouble figuring out the tech stuff so she didn't miss it for the year or so I had it. (Don't worry, I've already given it back, preloaded with a bunch of her songs & instructions to send it back with the new music she wants included on it.) So I went shopping to compare prices. I wanted to get the 32G Touch cuz I've just got that much stuff I can put on it but couldn't find it in any of the stores. So, a 16G will be OK. That's still -what?- 30hrs of video or 7000 songs or something like that. I'm sure that'll be enough. Everywhere I looked the price was the same so I prepared to pull out my saved money & spend it. Then I Googled the thing looking for coupons or sales.
And, lo! I found Best Buy where they offered a 32G iPod Touch for the price of a 16G! Now, you realize the 32G is short $400 by a few pennies so to find one nearly $100 cheaper...whoo-hoo! I bought that sucker online! Then had to wait. Man, it was killing me. That was Monday night almost two weeks ago, in the wee hours of the morning. I thought I'd have to wait a couple of weeks. That's OK. We went to the zoo on Tuesday. Then I worked Wed-Fri. Wouldn't have had time anyway...Man, where is that thing?
The following Monday, Chuck wanders in after getting the mail, fiddling with something. "Wait," he says, "I have to put this appointment on my calendar."
"What are you talking about?" Chuckles doesn't use things like that. He's still stuck in the stone-age. Won't even consider getting a cell phone & pretends he doesn't know how to use one. "What is that? What do you have? That's mine!"
Sneaky man ran off with my new iPod! We four girls chased him down the stairs, screeching like idiots! OK, maybe not screeching but you get my point; with 4 girls (2 littles, 2 bigs) it can get quite loud. We ain't dainty & prim. Didn't take long to get the thing charged...swoon... I'm in iPod Touch heaven now! The only I'm missing is external speakers-apprently I bought the First Gen, but that's OK. I've spent most of the last week and a half fiddling with the thing. Loading CD after CD after MP3 onto it, filling the home screen with free applications (which I've actually used) and getting giddy over finding a version of Tetris (you've got to understand-I love that game & have been in withdrawal since my original Gameboy version got fried. Sob. Couldn't even find it for my Nintendo DS. Double sob).
I let Meg have a gander at it. She put pins in the map. "Look, I found our house! Gigi's house!" I plugged it into the iDog & let the little girls listen to "Across the Universe" while bathing. Most importantly, I downloaded the digital version of Supernatural Season 3. Wow. Crystal clear, even on this small screen. Those Winchester boys looked mighty fine! I might put a movie for the girls on there, just to pacify them. Then I had to go online & order a few accessories. Couldn't find any Bad Company CDs anywhere, so ordered two of those. Bought a case but don't like it, so I ordered another one, plus a wall charger adapter, cuz I've been using it so much I have to recharge every day. I've got an iTunes Gift Card coming in the mail, too. Went to Rhapsody Online & used MyCoke Reward coupons to get 20 or so free MP3 downloads. I'm all for this free stuff. Self, I says, you've got to control yourself. No more ordering stuff. Wait til the Gift Card gets here & you can get a few more movies or something. I've already got a few in mind...."The Iron Giant" (great flick! I just found out that Vin Diesel was the voice for the Giant) or "Bolt" (current fave of the littlest) or "MacGyver" (my all-time fave). Maybe "Wall-E" (which is totally adorable, for an animated flick without much dialogue. It's amazing what the sound effects guy can do to make those robots express themselves but, hey, it was the dude who did the sound effects on Star Wars. Need I say more?) I've got over 200 photos on that thing, too. Hours of music. Tons of apps. I've even got a calorie counter to aid in my quest to reach a healthier weight. (I'm not fat, just big boned. Right, Cartman? Not quite like Garfield, who's fat and happy. I'm relatively happy, just not with my state of health. But that's another blog.) Anyhoo....
You know the status bar that shows how much space has been used up on your iPod? Only about half of it is filled. Supernatural takes up most of that but I'm not complaining. All the photos & music took up just over one section on that bar. Dude. What can I find to fill that? So that's it. I'm obsessed with this thing. Whip it out whenever I have to wait for something & play Tetris; don't forget to put in my calories; update my Cozi.com calendar or my contacts. Now I've got to tear myself away from it, make myself go to bed at 1:00 AM instead of loading up another CD or downloading another app. Oh, but wait! I forgot about "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Aliong Blog"! If you haven't seen that, it's awesome! Josh Whedon made it; stars Nathan Fillion, Neil Patrick Harris. They sing! NPH does so awesomely! So there you go, Misfit T. I've informed the masses. I've stepped up and admitted it.
"Hi. My name is Kristen and I'm addicted to my iPod Touch." I ain't goin' to no twelve-step program either!