Not watching the Superbowl. That’s for damn sure.

I AM, however, installing an older version of iTunes (5.0.1) on my computer since the newest version (6.0.2) has been crashing on me all the time. I don’t even use it to sync my iPod - just to buy music - and still, it is wretched. Also, if I want to get music I’ve PURCHASED LEGALLY through iTunes onto a CD, the stupid DRM protected format (.m4a, .m4p) of songs on iTunes won’t burn onto a CD without using iTunes to burn it and even then it’s problematic since it won’t combine .mp3 and .m4a formats together on a disc. I don’t use iTunes to burn CDs. I use Nero. I don’t use iTunes other than to access the music store.

Hence, I downloaded another program called JHymn which ties into your iTunes account to make sure you are authorized to “strip” the songs of their digital rights encoding and allows you to convert them to .mp3 format and make a mix CD for your car or whatever with the music you have legally purchased. However, it seems Apple grew wise to this software - though JHymn does take pains to make sure you’re legit in the music store before stripping your songs - and decided that with the newest version of the iTunes software, it would change it’s encoding protocol to nullify the effects of JHymn.

Bastages, is all I have to say. Thankfully, I only bought two songs in the new version of iTunes because - guess what? - song downloaded in the newest format are not compatible with JHymn and I’ll have to purchase them AGAIN to get them in a strippable version.

Dude. It’s only 7:20, but I feel like I’ve been awake for soooo long. It’s probably because I got up at 9 a.m. and have been running around all day with my brother helping him shop for things for his new apartment… sheets, mattress, bed, towels, hamper, vacuum cleaner, pots/pans, knives, shower curtains, etc… he’s not domestically inclined.

Anyway. Tomorrow and Tuesday I am bossless at work. I have lots of stuff to work on, though, so it will be fine. I’m even going to bring my earphones and a mix CD and listen to music while I work on my spreadsheets, InDesign documents and email email email. It should be fun.

Update: BASTARDS! I can’t even purchase songs using a version lower than 6.0!! Forget this. It’s a good thing I only had $2 worth of credit left in the music store from my last iTunes giftcard. What crap! I still love my iPod though. I will find ways to feed her. Well, as soon as I get her a new battery next week. Pobrecita.