the sound of music

I have succumbed to temptation.

Went out and bought a new mp3 player to replace my Creative Zen. Once, it faithfully played music upon command. Today, it can best be described as residing in a persistent vegetative state. When you shine a light in its eyes, the pupils dilate, and its hands and feet respond to touch. But the trail of drool leaking from its mouth tells you all you need to know.

I'm sorry, Creative. In the words of Air Supply, though it's gonna hurt us both, there's no other way, than to say gopodbye. It's time to pull the plug (literally) on you and let you go to the big Creative scrapyard in the sky. Located right next, and looking remarkably similar to, the Apple scrapyard.

Anyway, I've gone and bought a *quelle surprise!* an ipod nano. I know, I'm about 25 years behind everybody else. But hey, you can't beat the classics. Besides, I have never been a 15GB man. The 2GB in this one is more than enough for me. Good timing too, consider that the damn GST increase is less than a month away. It's small, it's lightweight and it's easy to use, just the way I like it.

So there's music in my life again. Will there be more to come?