You ever have someone you want to thank at work or school or something, so you get a bunch of people to pitch in and buy the person some flowers or a t-shirt or a restaurant gift certificate or something? Right, me too. But when that "bunch of people" are Absolute Writers, apparently they think bigger.
They bought me an iPod. And not just any iPod, but the world's greatest iPod. With the extended warranty. And a big gift certificate to iTunes.
I mean... seriously!
I got the e-card today, which says: "Your friends and fans at the Absolute Write Water Cooler want to thank you for all your efforts on the behalf of other writers everywhere. With love and appreciation from..." and a list of 52 writers who are part of the forum, plus a few "anonymous"es. I've been staring at that list all day, trying to figure out how to say "thank you." I mean... they bought me an iPod! I've never even seen an iPod in person before. It took me until two years ago to get call waiting, for crying out loud.
I feel so spoiled and so touched and so excited! This is me, "practicing" using my iPod before it was charged. ;)
I've loaded The Police's Every Breath You Take: Singles onto it, and an Amazon podcast. Granted, the album is from the early 80s, but still-- I feel so with it!
If you're reading this and you were part of this ridiculously cool effort to spoil the heck out of me, thank you so much. I'm going to be floating on air for a long time.
Oh, and PS! The mammogram? It was disappointingly mundane. I was expecting to come out of there with some kind of comic fodder, at the very least. But truth is that it took about 5 minutes, didn't really hurt, and my squished boobs didn't look all that strange. They took four X-ray pictures and told me I was fine. (Then there was a brief period where they told my doctor they changed their minds, but they changed them back. Or something. Doctors are weird. I'm fine.) Thanks for all the we-know-you're-really-going-to-be-fine, but-best-wishes-anyway-just-in-case type of notes. Sorry no machines went on fire. Maybe next time.
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Yay! You'll love it a lot!
ReplyDeleteMine has a bunch of 'Rat Pack' songs and Stephen King's On Writing so far - and I got it for Christmas.
I just loaded Indigo Girls: All That We Let In, and am listening to it now. :) I'm not sure if I'm doing this right, though. It seems that I have to load them onto my computer and leave them there, right? Because the iPod updates itself whenever I plug it in, so if I deleted songs from my computer, it deletes from the iPod too, right? I think there must be a way around it, because I can't leave too many songs on my computer... this iPod has more memory than my computer does! ;)
ReplyDeleteDawno... love you.
Gee, are you sure you like it?
ReplyDelete(kidding, kidding)
Smooches,
Lisa
Ah, hell. Now that we know how easy you are to spoil a little bit...
ReplyDelete*eg*
I can't help but smile and laugh through this whole entry. You're so cute, Jenna! It is like watching a little child open up a gift at Christmas.
ReplyDeleteJenna
ReplyDeleteConnect the iPod, and when iTunes opens look at the Preference setting (iTunes/File/Preferences/iPod/. You'll only see this setting when the iPod is connected.
You might want to choose Manual. Or you might want to use the option to Synch Playlists. You can read about it here, though the stuff about synching Calendars won't work for you becuase you're not using a Mac.
Which gives me an idea . . .
Oh yeah, I forgot.
ReplyDeleteConsider me the tech support person.
I'm sorry I couldn't pipe in to buy yo your iPod, I'm short on money now more than ever.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm so glad you're happy with it! You have helped so many people fulfill their dreams than you deserve much, much more!!
Woohoo! So. Were ya surprised? :)
ReplyDeleteHave fun with it! :D
An IPOD is like the coolest gift ever! Have fun! Good music choices, too.
ReplyDelete...I didn't even realize you had a blog until you sent out that email yesterday.
ReplyDelete...what am I thinking? Everyone has blogs! Of course you have a blog!
/me is a ditz
Anyway, I'm super happy that you're digging the iPodness of it all. We all love you bunches and don't you ever forget it!
I've never mentioned my blog in public before. There's not a lot here, but I want to feel free to talk about mammograms and things, so I've kept it quiet, figuring my friends will find it eventually. And here you are. :D
ReplyDeleteI'm listening to Aida now. So far I've loaded Jekyll & Hyde disc 2 (I lost disc 1!), Pearl Jam's Vitalogy, Bo Bice's The Real Thing, a few Indigo Girl albums, Erasure's The Innocents, The Police singles, and Aida. I'm waiting for it to be a reasonable hour right now so I can drive to my parents' house and pick up my CDs... I never took them with me when Anthony and I moved, because I have no storage space in my house. But now I'm going to figure out how to load them all into my iPod, then return them to my parents' house. ;)
This is so cool. I told Mac last night that I feel like I'm rediscovering my favorite music.
Lisa, Anthony tells me that he has a hard drive I can hook up by USB to my computer, so I can store all my music there. I don't know how that works yet, but I hope he'll show me today! Thanks so much, tech support person. ;)
You gals are so cool.
Anne, I had no idea anything was in the works. Lisa and Mac were very sneaky!
I'm so glad you like it Jenna! You so deserve it - you put so much time and energy into keeping us children in line, I can't think of a better gift.
ReplyDeleteYou really need to find better music to listen to, Jenna...
ReplyDelete;-)
But I found Jekyll and Hyde disc 1!
ReplyDeleteJeeeeeeeena! Let me in..let me in! Only for such a sweet person, I would sign up to leave this message. Seems like you're having a lot of fun with your new toy. I have about 500 songs on mine. Isn't the sound quality to die for? You look so iPodish in the photo. ;) Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI was on pins and needles waiting to hear that you'd gotten your little surprise. Your reaction was worth the wait! Mac and Lisa rock, huh? :)
ReplyDeleteJenna,
ReplyDeleteI'm thrilled you are enjoying your ipod :) You deserve it!
I am a little surprised though ... No Bo Bice?
Love and Hugs,
Chac
Hey Chac! You must have missed it... right here...
ReplyDelete"So far I've loaded Jekyll & Hyde disc 2 (I lost disc 1!), Pearl Jam's Vitalogy, Bo Bice's The Real Thing..."
See? #3! ;)
Vanessa, you're too cute for getting a Blogger account just for me. GRIN!
Anne, yeah, they're pretty A-OK by me!
I bought the soundtrack to Wicked yesterday. Never heard it before. I'm excited!
I'm glad that lump turned out to be nothing. (It's great to be happy!)
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously glad you went for that mammogram, too. You're right, the first one is a rite of passage, when you realize you're such a grown up. (Anyway, be proud, really proud!)
KML