On Christmas Eve I dropped my mp3 player. Sad! It had survived so much. I'd had it for exactly two years (it was a bit of a dinosaur) and it served me well. I am now observing a period of silence, living without music - but not really. I just have to use cds all the time and my family has been exposed to my musical tastes more than usual, for better or worse. (Adrian complains that all my music is too sad.)
I've ordered a new one, though, and it's on its way. Yipee! I have to work for my dad to pay for it, but it'll be worth it. It has more functions than my old one and is smaller, but still 30GB. Hopefully that's enough for a while. My last one was more than half full . . . now I have to load my music library again, which may be time consuming. I'm hoping it shows up before school starts again; I don't think I could survive the next two terms in studio without music. Scary thought! I just have to be very very careful not to drop it like the klutz that I am.

My weird, music-related anecdote for the day: In all the news coverage about James Brown's death he's hailed as the "godfather of soul." I thought out loud and had to ask my brother who, if Brown was the godfather, was actually the "father of soul"? We googled it and it's Ray Charles. Now I know. And I guess there's no mother, but Aretha Franklin has been called the queen of soul (to Elvis' "King"? But he's a different genre! I'm confused.) Ask a silly question . . .

I pick Molly up from the airport next week. I was insanely jealous when I dropped by her place at the beginning of break when she was packing up that red backpack to go to Germany. When I saw her throw on that pack (my old friend!) I have to admit to a sharp longing to pick up and leave again. It's not like I wasn't invited (they tried very hard to convince me to go), it's just the pursestrings holding me back. I guess while they all met up in Germany, the crew decided to plan another reunion in Alaska this summer. I hope that if it actually comes together I can go. I'd love to see all those folks again! -and do some sightseeing too. Nuria's already saving up.

So here's to 2007!