Merry Christmas!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

This will be an odd one. Becca and I will be traveling all day. :D

iTunes GRRR

okay, I'm not upset or stressed over it but...

I got an iTunes gift card (thank you Kisers) and decided to use it. I guess I just don't quite have the right mindset for buying music at the moment. I'm really not sure what I want. There are a couple of albums I want but I think I'd rather get the CDs than simply download them because, well, CDs are a higher quality than the compressed files that are sold online. I'm not really an audiofile so I probably shouldn't worry about it. Actually, I probably can't tell the difference, at least not on any sound equipment I have right now. I'm only worried about it on albums I think I'll love. All the other stuff I can download without being bothered by it. I'm just having trouble finding something I want. I find some things to get. I was looking mostly for "secular" music from the early to mid nineties. It's stuff I didn't buy then because, well, I tend to avoid pop music, but somethings filtered down through the culture into my psyche and now make me want to buy them... for old times sake. I found some songs and added them to my shopping cart. I didn't do things right so I actually ended up buying 3 songs with my own money instead of the gift card money. It's a good thing I didn't have the shopping cart loaded up with songs for the full amount of the gift card... of course, that still wouldn't be too costly to me.

I'd like to find some cool new musical favorites. Some music by Christians, but not necessarily "Christian" music. I feel like being a fan again, not just a consumer. I have a large collection of music (98% legal) but it's starting to feel stale.

Somehow, though, I just don't feel like searching for the perfect songs. They didn't have a lot of the things I was looking for. Maybe I'll break down and buy the albums I want and forget about future quality concerns. Maybe I'll just buy some of the songs that are in Karaoke Revolution so I actually know more than two songs that game.

What did your website look like in 2000?

Here's how mine looked.

http://web.archive.org/web/20010613105117/dwburman.com/oldsite/

I've had a website online since at least 1998... I think back as far as 1996. This was the first decent looking one. :D

Can home be a when?

Can home be soon?

House church Christmas party is at 6pm on Sat. I hope I don't forget. I signed up to bring drinks (I think) so I guess everyone else hopes I don't forget.

I got my oil changed today... about 1,200 miles late. I don't know why I did that more regularly with poorer quality car.

Well, I don't feel like writing much so you don't get to read something clever and entertaining from me. I guess you've come to expect that. It's not like I try very hard.

Good night.

The dryer (which broke sometime last week) was fixed yesterday. Yay. I have a full complement of clean clothes again.

My cell phone is still out for repairs. Apparently *I* provided misinformation so the phone went to the wrong place. It took them over ten days to realize they couldn't handle it in Indiana so they shipped it to Texas to be fixed.
hopefully they'll get around to fixing it before I go on holiday. grr.

so interesting, eh?

Movie, Underwear and Phone Update.

I watched Sky High tonight. I enjoyed it. It's nice to watch something lighthearted and family friendly once in a while. I won't say it was the best film I've ever seen or that it wasn't predictable. I mean, there were things I didn't predict but then again I'm not the best predictor even when the predictions are somewhat obvious. Yes, it was formulaic and will most likely be over played on one of the Disney Channels.

Also, today was the first day in my life that I wore boxers. I'll spare you the details.

My phone is still out for repairs. I should've gone through T-Mobile to get it fixed. I may have been able to buy a cheap replacement for $20. I don't know. Someone I know did that with another phone company.