Latest Obsession

Aside from my normal latest obsessions (ie- my new Pier One candles [thanks Mom and Dad], spicy potato rolls, red wines of all kinds but in particular Saints Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot, going to movies, ugly jewelry that becomes endearing, and all things almond from my shower gel to muesli), I have a newfound King of All Obsessions! My dear friend, Lisa, instructed me to look at a Bright Eyes video that has a woman who looks like me, except that she's pregnant. Actually, it does look a lot like me. The video is This is the First Day of My Life for those of you who would like to see my pregnant doppleganger. While looking at this, I realized that they have launchcast, which is an online radio. I adore it.

Let me explain. I don't get any radio stations in my flat, so yes, I wake up to static fuzz every morning because I refuse to ever be woken up by beeping again in my life. Regardless, I can't listen to the radio then because I don't own a car and when else would I be in the proximity of a radio I can control? Well, not only is the Yahoo music launchcast a nice little radio, it allows you to personalize it. Heaven. Pure, sweet heaven. It's kind of like Napster (back when it was good and illegal) because you can put in your kinds of music, but it also has links for lyrics, how to buy the album or just the song, and artist biographies. Good Lord! It also has commercials... good old fashioned American commercials. Sigh. They have an offer where you pay like 5 dollars a month to get rid of the commercials, but I think I would pay the 5 to keep them. It's fun to hear commercials out of Chicago (which must be where the Yahoo gods believe I am). The only downside is that you have to be online to use it, which is only sad for those of us that are forced to still have dial up. Stupid technology lapse between America and New Zealand.

It, too, has the Amazon like mind reading skills because with every song, you rate the artist, the title, and the album. With these ratings, they suggest other stuff that you might like. Good Lord they can read me like a little book. So utterly content with music that isn't the same CDs I've had for quite some time now. It's once again raining (it's worse here than Seattle), I have my sublime candles, and hours of non-repeating stellar music. It's gonna be a good day.