epiphany

Voices, Rain and I-tunes

I'm trying to speak for my classes today. The one this morning went OK, but I was wearing out toward the end--and that with drinking 1.75 liters of warm water in the course of the two hours!

Did I ever have to go afterwards.

I have one more class about 20 minutes from now and then will attempt to give my lecture. I've warned my parter repeatedly that I may not be able to talk, but he seems to think I'm faking or something. That's probably because my voice has been going in and out, and it's been in pretty well when he's been around. But if I were to type like I'm talking, you'd probably miss a few important words or sentences. And try teaching oral English like that! ;-)

In other news, it's been a rainy day. I forgot my umbrella at home this morning even though I thought to myself, it looks like it's going to be a rainy day--better take your umbrella! Fortunately, I always carry a beat-up though incredibly useful small umbrella in the long pocket in my backpack. At lunch I used it to get home and pick up my big umbrella.

And for those of you with a Mac or Windows 2000/XP (sorry, not available for Windows 98, Mom--not that you listen to music on your computer), you really need to download your free copy of iTunes. I've been enjoying it since the day of its release for Windows, downloading free (and legal) music et al from Mars Hill and other sources. Last night was my first time importing the music from a CD, and it was brilliant. The program checks on an internet database for the CD. If it's listed, iTunes automatically fills out the track names and artist/composer information for you. All you have to do is highlight a track on the CD (or all the tracks if you want--you can choose) and drag it into a new playlist. Voila! Your CD is copied to your harddrive and you can listen to your heart's content without even having to type in track names or organize the playlist.

I love it!

Posted by at April 1, 2004 1:18 PM