I got one

Yep, today I got my black 30GB ipod. And I must say, I’m in love. Not only is that the sexiest damn piece of kit now in my possession, but it’s the best MP3 player I reckon I could hope for. The quality of sound’s excellent and I’m only using the default speakers. Navigation’s excellent also. The click wheel’s a dream and I’m getting used to it all fast. I’ve yet to try out its video option but I’m liking what I’ve seen so far very much and banking on it not breaking, though even then I’ve a warranty which I’ll extend nearer to its expiry date, I think I’ve got my money’s worth.

Job Hunt Part 2

Okay, so originally I wanted to settle for a tidy sum of twenty quid a week. That would’ve done me fine and seen me comfortably go out each weekend. Since then however, my ambitions have been realized somewhat and no longer do I want to earn a score, I’m now looking for something that will get me somewhere in the region of £100, enough to comfortably see me out each weekend and to save enough to be able to afford a lot of stuff that I want. Basically, £100 a week is a lot of money for someone my age and I’d be mightily happy with that even if I had to work a twenty hour week which is kind of the current aim.

Yesterday, I stepped up the hunt and asked for some application forms. We were in little luck. There were no vacancies about and few even had application forms to offer. I ended up with one from Homebase and a more promising being told to apply online at Currys. Unfortunately, they’ve no vacancies there either but I’ll keep checking. The hope is that I’ll find something sooner rather than later as I’m running dangerously low on the money I got for my birthday.

The Lord Of The Rings (Novel)

Last night I finished The Lord Of The Rings, the novel, for the first time. An epic read it proved to be, in excess of one thousand words and told as three tales. I’m a slow reader and aside from when on holiday, I only indulge in reading at night before I go to bed. I don’t read much either, getting through more than two chapters per read is what I’d consider my limit. You can imagine then that it took me a fair while to get through it. It did indeed. And I feel it something of an achievement almost that I’ve reached its end. It was a frankly amazing novel and I expect, despite its incredible length, that this won’t be the last time I’ll pick it up.

Moving on, now that a new book is required, I’ve decided to revisit John Grisham, one of my favourite all time authors who initially aided with my getting into the reading hobby. That honour maybe I owe more to the first trilogy in the Harry Potter series but novels authored by Mr. Grisham certainly helped. Indeed, I recall reading ‘The Brethren’ when I was still rather young and at the time, it was probably the most adult targeted book I’d read. Now revisiting, I’m planning on tackling a new task in ‘The Partner.’ And I guess I’ll let you know what I thought once I finish it. Be content in the knowledge that it shouldn’t take me nearly as long to complete as The Lord Of The Rings did.

In other news, I published my first film review over at the not so curiously named ‘The Film Review.’ I reviewed Goal, in this particular piece, a football centered movie would you believe it which boasted cameos from David Beckham, Zinedine Zidane and co and to boot, was rather alright.

I want one

An Ipod that is. Regular readers will know that my birthday passed recently and I’ve yet to get anything off my mum because I opted to have my party instead. I agreed to wait patiently until the end of the month. Still, I couldn’t think of anything that I desired. A watch, maybe, but such a prospect didn’t exactly thrill me. No, I wanted something I could look forward to and an Ipod met that description well. I’ve enjoyed using my Sony Walkman a great deal but at 1GB, I filled it up all too quickly for my liking. Don’t get me wrong, I could and did delete and replace stuff that I liked at the time but I’d prefer it to be all there, personally. Not only do they have more space. They’re just pretty darn cool.

Which bought to my next dilemma. Which one do I get? Well I ruled out the shuffle on the basis that I like to see what track I’m listening too. I’m one of those who recognizes a song but gets really annoyed when I can’t place it and it’s common that I can’t. Space would be an issue also. I wouldn’t scrap my current MP3 because it was too limiting only to get an Ipod that suffered from the same problem. The Nano was more interesting. Especially its 8GB option. I sided against this because I’d heard they break fairly easy, because you get more than thrice as much space for an extra £20 with a normal Ipod and because the normal Ipod isn’t that big to begin with anyway. Basically, the negatives outweigh the positives from where I’m standing.

So I just went for the Ipod. Or at least, that’s what I will go for and at the weekend hopefully. It’s much an improvement from the original model having gone through four large changes in its lifespan and is considered a part of the Ipod fifth generation. It’s quite frankly the bollocks and I can’t wait to get my hands on one. 30GB’ll be quite enough to handle my music, I think. That’s far too much space anyway so though I considered it, the 80GB model would surely be money down the drain. It tempted me, I’ll admit but I don’t see how I’m going to exceed 30GB and by the time that I do, if ever that be a date, I’m pretty sure I’ll be able to get myself a new and much improved model for my money – especially with the Iphone not far off the horizon. It looks terrifically sexy in black too not to mention that it can play videos should I want it too.