To start: Yes, I’m missing a lot of posts. That is due to a work-related time vampire that I am just not going to discuss because it’s entirely too suck-tastic.
And now that I’m here thanks to the wonder of one of the few holidays we haven’t destroyed completely in this country*…..
Except that I’m here later than I expected because, it’s officially post-Thanksgiving-meal-consumption for me, which is my stated prerequisite for starting up Christmas music. And I wanted friggin’ holiday cheer blaring before I started typing. So, I sit down at ye olde PC…..about 2-3 hours ago.
Trouble is, I had hell getting MP3s loaded. To own the truth, I am still playing them ones-y, two-sy.
In the off-season, when I’m shifting files around on computers to make space, or set up a new drive, the first thing to get shuffled aside in a less-than-orderly fashion, are the Christmas MP3s. It’s generally done because, well, I won’t need them until after Thanksgiving, and of COURSE I’ll get them organized again before then.
Except I don’t.
So, here I am, ready to start rockin’ to my Danish Santa Rap, Juleman, and….where the hell was that file?
First there’s the consolidation into one location, then there’s dumb-ass iTunes and it’s molasses-in-January loading process (although, I suppose I shouldn’t blame iTunes totally….I have fairly extensive collection of holiday tune-age. By-product of being a practically-Christmas-baby). During this process, I get fed up and start my internet search for the killer-app to replace this nightmare that we call iTunes. Download a few. Install. Realize they won’t fit the bill, go back to loading iTunes. And here I sit, just now attempting to get this thing posted while a folder sits open next to this window so I can right click on a Christmas song and tell it to play in Winamp so as not to disturb the goings-on of iTunes (why don’t I just use Winamp?!?!?!)
Then again, the real time vampire in this is probably my own lack of organization….
*Though we’re working on it–I mean, whatever meaning it had, racist or not, is pretty much gone–but so far it’s still a mandatory day off. Except for those poor SOBs in retail. And because of that, the slippery slope is in place to make this into another work-day for the rest of us where only those with vacation time and forgiving superiors can manage to take the day.
This entry less-than-thoughtfully composed to the following soundtrack: “Kaj i kanen” - Kølig Kaj; “Podsafe Christmas Song” – Jonathan Coulton; “Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa” – Stefanie Hertel & Stefan Mross; “Christmas Wishes” – Anne Murray; “Throw The Yule Log On, Uncle John” – The Christopher Wren Singers; “Wenn ein neues Jahr geboren wird” – Claudia Jung.
