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[earthbelow]

Spring Slump continues.

I managed to type a whole sentence on my novel. Go me. Somedays, you have to remind yourself that progress is progress. Even if it's microscopic progress made at the rate of which glaciers overtake continents.

So I figure, if you do the math, by the time I finish my novel the continents will have gotten back together. Which'll be great, because then I can just take the land bridge over and say hi to everyone in Russia.

*But*, to my credit, I've been faithful to embodiment. A lot of entries are now just about me kvetching and being tired and promising myself that really, really *really* I will get off my duff and do something. I've fallen behind on my plan to be a more visual journaler as well. Still, an entry is an entry.

I think even after I get out of college, I'll continue to take night classes. Particularly history night classes with semi-young professors who have great senses of humor and who can make Pope jokes out of MC Hammer lyrics.

No, really. I can prove it:

Student A: So, uh, between the two Popes* which was, I guess, legit-er

Professor: Legit-er?

Student A: Yeah, legit-er

Professor: Well, that's an answer I'll get to in just a second...(tap on mouse to forward slide show) I guess they were both just too legit to quit.

Class: *groans*

(*For the history buffs on the f-list, this is in reference to the Avignon Papacy aka the Babylonian Captivity in which the Pope temporarily set up shop in Avignon, France because it was a lot nicer in the summer than Rome and there were less riots and he'd already built a palace there and moved in and you know, once you get your palace how you want it with the curtain and the furniture and the bishops, its really hard to make yourself leave)

In fact, I think I'll do a "greatest hits" quotedump at the end of the semester. Because history is a lot funnier than most people think. Especially when you learn that during the Middle Ages, that several churches claimed to have the foreskin of Jesus Christ as a relic*. I am not making this up people.

(Again for the history buff, the Catholic Church doctrine teaches that Jesus ascended whole and bodily into heaven. However, Jesus was *Jewish* and as a good Jew would've been circumsized and there's nobody to say where the foreskin of Jesus ended up. Luckily in the middle age they found the foreskin. All five of 'em. Because apparently, Jesus was circumsized a lot.)

Also: Anyone know anything about iPods? I need help.

- Meg

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[wisdomeagle]

A lot of entries are now just about me kvetching and being tired and promising myself that really, really *really* I will get off my duff and do something.

That... pretty much sums up my entire eight-year paper journal project. With added "squeee, she is so hot!" to liven things up.

[thousandpages.livejournal.com]

Hehehe.

Well, there is squee in mine. And a few pretty pictures. And gleeposts.

But mostly, it's kvetching.

BTW, what's your project?

- Meg

[wisdomeagle]

Well, it's not so much a project as... 24 journals full of words, words, words, and occasional html. I started keeping it right after spring break of sixth grade and have been pretty much daily faithful to it since then, even if I only write a sentence or two.

[br0ken_dolly]

what do you need about ipods?

speaking of jesus...

http://kellinator.livejournal.com/863212.html

Heehee. i know what you n andrew dooooooooooooooo...

you make eye babies!!!

[thousandpages.livejournal.com]

Okay, so my iPod suddenly started eating battery way faster than it should of, so I though, okay, I'll just reformat it and reupload my stuff. No problem.

Only, when I connect the iPod to my computer with the USB port, it doesn't even try to do anything. Seriously. I left it on for like two hours and nothing. And all I get is the "do not disconnect" and the program says it's waiting for the iPod.

I've tried everything. I have no idea what to do!

- Meg

PS - Me and Andrew? We don't just make eye babies. We make tongue babies. In fact, we make every kinda baby except the real one.

[br0ken_dolly]

oh my! ...that's a lotta babies.

hm. andrew might be more of an ipod expert in this case, but isn't there a way to cycle/reset the ipod, erasing it all and starting fresh? although maybe that's the same as reformatting. anyhow, it almost sounds to me like the battery wasn't cycled properly to start (whcih isn't your fault since they say you don't have to cycle batteries any more, which is BS), *or* the lil brain in the guy was just spinning too much-- draining it's own battery until it finally burnt out this last time you tried to plug in and do a format/restore.

do you have the external plug? My suggestion is to try charging it with that, and THEN try to plug it into your computer. Maybe it's just being grumpy.

i dunno tho, i don't think that'll work, cuz if the computer won't talk to it (even if the battery sucks and it's running off USB power), i think it might be a sad day for your ipod :(

is it still under warranty?

i had some ibook issues and whenever i went to the apple store and sat at the counter while they worked and watched everyone come and go, there were lots and lots of ipod issues and beyond the occasional idiot who didn't know how to view pictures or play from a playlist, the solution to EVERY problem was full replacement. when i asked about it, they said that the nature of its technology was such that it didn't even warrant a repair. anyhow, even if it was out of warranty, i think they offered replacements for some of them for $35? i forget the details now, though, but i thought it was fair. definitely worth checking into if the lil guy doesn't start responding soon. (PS: my suggestion is to go to an apple *store* cuz the mac geniuses they have working there are MUCH smarter and more fair than any of the schmucks they have at the other end of the support line.)

[nightsinge.livejournal.com]

I love this entry. All of it. ;>

Dunno 'bout the iPod but there's a large help site with many forums that you can access through Apple. I've gotten answers there before. Good luck.

Hmm...

[tptigger.livejournal.com]

..so if you reformatted it, did you then reinstall the system software or did you just reformat the hard drive? If the latter, you probably need to install the iPod driver software onto the iPod. Can you connect it as a hard drive instead of trying to plug it into iTunes? However, I've never had to do that, so I don't know how.

Re: Hmm...

[thousandpages.livejournal.com]

I did that, too. I reinstalled the software and I even went to my mom's laptop to see if it was my computer that was being stupid.

The iPod has something wrong, physically, I think. Because it also overheats and makes a strange grinding noise.

I think I'm still under warantee. And we do have a nice Apple store here near my house, so I figure it's worth going in and asking. If it costs less than $50 to replace, I'll do that. But if it's more than $50, and not fixable for less than $75, then I'll just have to say bye-bye iPod and start saving up for a new one.

I hate that, because I've had this iPod not quite a year yet. And I really did ♥ my iPod.

But thanks for trying to help!

- Meg

Re: Hmm...

[tptigger.livejournal.com]

If you haven't had it a year, it should be under warranty. Which means the nice Mac geniuses should either a) help you fix it or b) send it Apple to fix.