time out

been reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenger. What a book! Both romantic, intriguing and quite inventive a plot. I must admit to not being too interested upon hearing the title. It sounded somewat sci-fi and maybe a little like Thursday Next's Dad from the Jasper Fforde series of books (which I love btw, and with whom i had the good fortune to meet and interview and have sign my books)

but i was wrong and i am so glad i found the book at the queenstown library and borrowed it. now i just want to own a copy of my own! although it is quite possible that i might not actually read it again anytime soon. its like my friend and cds. i burnt him a copy of the killers but he loved it so much he went to get his own copy. whereas i am actually quite content with just having a copy of cds although i do love some albums so - like damien rice's O n Muse's Absolution. i guess for me using the ipod has changed the way i look at music. in the sense that because i dont actually take out the cd to listen to, i dont reall see the need of owning the actual stuff. (of course when it comes to a band like pearl jam - yes i know, still stuck in the 90s - i want to own every studio album and do. except for that 'best hits' one they just released which i think is bullshit. of course owning EVERY pearl jam album is ridiculous cos of the numerous live albums they've had out)

but another friend recently got his hands on a g4 20gb ipod. and that poor fella doesnt reall know how to use it. i think it's been a month since he's got it and yesterday i had to teach him about playlists and on-the-go playlists which i dont think he truly understands. i put it down to the fact that he's a technologically unsavvy 30-year-old. now if i could only convince him to hand over his ipod, i've run out of space on mine! i never thought that was possible on a 40gb but ladies and gentlemen, i've got more than 4000 songs and that seems to be about it.

maybe i just have to go out and get another one...