Let's see, quite a bit of stuff to comment on:
If your computer tries to download Windows Media Player 11, run away! Say no, run into the streets screaming, do whatever you have to. I "upgraded" (and we're going to use that term very loosely), and the first thing I noticed was the wonderful shade of brown/green it had turned. It did have a decent enough interface though, and I did like it, it was enough of a change to be noticeable, but they were good changes, not just changes for the sake of change. However, it didn't import any of my music. Odd, you'd think it would do that since it was just an upgraded version, so I ran the import wizard, set it to search through "My Music" (where, ironically, most of my music is), and it found all the songs, but only imported about 100 of them. I then made the frightening discovery that it didn't import any of my playlists. Now, I don't remember what all is on my playlists, because they are set up for me to just choose one based on my mood…and they have the songs I want saved in them. So at this point I promptly ran the uninstall, which rolled me back to version 10.
I was watching "It Takes a Thief" where two reformed thieves rob a house, then show the homeowners how they can be more secure and give their house a security makeover. And the thief stole the couple's dog. I laughed a lot.
FX premiered the show dirt the other day. The other original series FX has done have been huge successes, and since this one was advertised since September, I figured I should check it out. It was quite entertaining, and the photographer Don is such a great character to follow (he has a form of schizophrenia which is treatable with medication, but he doesn't always take his meds).
There was a facebook sponsored group from Chase, and when you joined you got one "karma point" and with it, you could purchase a jimi wallet. They are slim wallets that are made from recycled Kevlar (bulletproof material), and it holds a whole bunch of stuff (six cards, and up to three folded bills), but forces you to keep your wallet slim lined and free of clutter. I did add the keyring to it so I could still have my medal of Saint Benedict attached though.
My trip out to the airport was crazy. I almost got creamed quite a few times, and combine that with the people who would just stop in the middle of the road to read the signs, it was a crazy time. Still somewhat enjoyable, but long. Later that day I went to pick up Cat from the train station in Greensburg. I got there early, and the train was a little late, but no biggie, I had a book to read. And who should come along, but Dr. Riddle, one of my soc professors. We talked for a while, and as it turns out, she was there to pick up Dr. Leiner, my philosophy professor, and his wife from the same train. We talked about all kinds of things and ended up talking with a couple and their young son (the son, Collin, wanted to show the conductor his haircut). As we were waiting on the platform, a lady appears on the other side, looks around and then crosses the tracks. Thankfully, Collin wasn't around at the moment (they went back inside for a few minutes, because he was cold). The lady approached Dr. Riddle and I and asked if the train was late. We said it was, and then Dr. Riddle proceeded to tell her about the dangers of crossing train tracks. Which you would think, that people would have enough common sense to do, but apparently not. The lady looked at us wide eyed, thanked us, and then turned around and crossed the tracks again, just to go down the stairs. There was a set of stairs no more than ten feet away from us on our side of the tracks…
I finally found both my slippers! They were missing for a while, but now I have them! I'll have to take a picture to post, give me some time to figure out how to work the Kodak easyshare software and I'll get one (and maybe one of my jimi wallet to better describe it).
I think that's it for now. Liz is back in the states and we're all going out to welcome her back tonight!
