Musical Endeavors

Today I hope to finish loading all of my music CDs onto my laptop, build playlists, and fill up my new Creative Zen X-Fi 16gb mp3 player. The X-Fi arrived on Friday afternoon, after a very long day of waiting and watching for the UPS delivery truck.

My original mp3 player, a Creative Zen Touch, is ready for retirement. The play/pause and next track buttons are a little flaky. Sometimes the next track button will pause the current track and the pause button sometimes sends me to the next track. I think this player has earned a rest. I've put it through its paces. It's not destined for the trash, by any stretch of the imagination, but it will no longer have a place in my laptop case.

I have two other Creative mp3 players, a V Plus 4gb and a Zen Stone. The Zen stone has a built-in speaker and spends most of the time in the shower, safely tucked inside two plastic zipper bags. I like a little peppy music with my morning ablutions. The V Plus is my everyday player. Audiobooks on the way to work and at lunch, music in the office and while I'm doing housework. I think now the V Plus and X-Fi will compete for status of everyday player. The X-Fi has a built-in speaker which will be great for use in the sewing room, but the V Plus will still be my favorite for audiobooks. So far I've discovered that the X-Fi may be a good desk player because it fits perfectly into a business card holder, allowing me to easily see the display.

All I really know right now is that I'm tired of loading CDs into my computer. Only half a binder left to load, thank goodness!