Happy New Year

I got an iPod for Christmas, among other things. I bring up the iPod because it has me both delighted and puzzled and I've been learning it tonight.

After I figured out that the key to operating it was to move my finger/thumb clockwise or counter-clockwise on the round buttony thing (this bit of fairly necessary information was not included in the help manual--I feel like I'm learning to operate alien technology and every sucess is worthy of a loud Whoop! and a Huzzah! because everything in the manual about actually USING the thing is so damn vague, and the only explicit instructions were on how to hook it up to the computer, which to me didn't seem that much worth explaining given that you have just one cord-- you wouldn't believe how long it took me to find out just how to turn the darn thing off) I progressed to installed iTunes and play around.

My key issues at the moment revolve around playlists. I figured out how to make them in iTunes (they didn't make this very easy to figure out either, coming from WinAmp), but I can't figure out how to save them on my harddrive as an *.m3u file, which is how I would usually save playlists.

And I can't figure out why the playlist I made then put on the iPod now seems to be partially out of order. I'll be looking into that.

Once I learned the whole clockwise/counter-clockwise thing, I really liked it, by the way. It's so easy! It's just the total lack of instruction about it that I object to. It's like learning how to wink. To wink is the easiest thing in the world, but it's rather hard if no one tells you what a wink is, and there's no one to demonstrate, and the flirting manual just says "to wink, use your facial muscles."

I have to say, this iPod is pretty damn sexy for an electronic device. It sits on my desk, all slick and silver and skinny as coke-addicted Calvin Klein model.

Oh no no noooo! Is that a fingerprint on its smooth, perfectly clear rectangular mini screen? AHH! Must wipe it clean!


Later, folks.

Rec time

Want to read a Naruto fanfic that's cute, funny, in-character, and has abosulutely no angst whatsoever, except possibly angsty noodles?

I recommend Two Weeks In the Life of the Ramen Girl by kopykat kakashi. It's basic premise can be summed up as follows:

After seeing his face, The Ramen Girl wants Kakashi, and has decided to do whatever she must to win his love. Kakashi wants to be left alone to read his porn. Naruto and Sakura want to see Kakashi's face. Ino wants to rope some poor soul into spending lots of money on romantic flower arrangements. And Iruka never gets a break from being the unluckiest "nice guy" in Konoha.

All I can say is that, while still a WIP, it is fun, harmless to pretty much ANY ship preferences, and made me giggle a lot. Go, read, giggle. Enjoy the many possible analogies that can be made with noodles.


ETA: I am buckling under jaina's teasing and adding a disclaimer: No, this is not a Mary Sue fic.

Come on! I don't rec Mary Sue fics. If there's one thing I feel I have a right to brag about, it's that I don't do shitty recs. Go, read this story. It's adorable and hilarious and has no spoilers of significance either. And when I said it was in-character, I meant it. Naruto and Sakura in particular could be pulled right out of the series for the purposes of this fic.