I had to get hoof dressing tonight, so I went to the tack shop up in the big shopping strip. On my way I had to pass Staples, so I went in and got myself an iPod Shuffle, the smallest and least complex of the download-player things. Baby steps. My brother has one that someone gave him, in turquoise. It's cute and tiny.

I don't mind my CD player, but it will be nice to not have to worry about losing my grip on the thing on the bus. Also, I have a few music tracks that people have sent to me, and rather than saving them up and burning them to a CD so I can listen to them away from work, I thought it would be more convenient to put them on a playlist and load them on the iPod. (I'm assuming the people who sent me the tracks--and you know who you are--will not object, since I'm not copying or distributing, I'm just listening.)

Anyway, I know the Shuffle is as low-tech as high-tech gets. But it's cute and tiny and purple.

I'm sure we'll be very happy together.