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Tuesday, July 19, 2005
What's the point?
Well I've spent that last half hour or so putting together a nice playlist I wanted in my car, and I've come to find that it was all for nothing. It would seem that some of the music I got from my brother's friend apparently was from iTunes, and because iTunes likes to be different and use .m4a and .m4p, or even .mp4, it's impossible to write to CD unless I were to go get their software. That is, unless I can find a encoder for these files, but I really don't know much about that type of thing.
I just think it's pointless for iTunes to use a completely different file type than that of the seemingly universal .mp3. What's the big idea? Do you get more customer's that way, or maybe it's the fact that they have to have your software for as long as they want their music. Even then, what if they ever wanted to share their music in their friend's car? Are they going to have to drag their iPod around and bring their own massive speakers?
Just goes to show that Apple's greed speaks louder than you would think. Want to keep your music, keep iTunes. Want to take it somewhere, get iPod. Want to share it with someone else, tough luck.
Now Playing (Jimmy Eat World - Pain)
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 10:28 AM
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Monday, July 18, 2005
There goes that idea
Today's my day off work today, and since it's been SO hot around here lately, I thought, "Hey, maybe I'll head down to the beach and enjoy the heat in a more desirable location," but it would seem that this overcast day is trying to ruin that pleasure for me. I think I'll still end up going, only because I haven't done it in so long and I really want to go out and enjoy the waves. I just hope these clouds fade away.
I've got a long work week ahead of me, so I'm trying to enjoy the 2 days I get off this week. Both of which are spread apart. I've been called twice from my work and another Starbucks for me to come work for someone who didn't show up for work. I've already got 30 hours going this week, it's gonna be hard enough. Nothing compared to those of you who work full time, but most of my shifts are closing shifts, so I'm guessing there's not much sleep held for me this week.
Hope your all doing well, drop a comment in sometime guys! I'd be glad to hear from you.
Until next time.
Now Playing - "Muse - Blackout"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 10:32 AM
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Wednesday, July 13, 2005
Never would have guessed
Yes, it happened to me, of all people. Yesterday, Jesse and I were "chosen" to attend a promotion for some company's fine line of products, and needless to say, I was a fool to think that they might actually be providing some wonderous gift to us. Of course, they had a gentlemen who knew his stuff and because Jesse and I were the youngest couple in the group, he immediately "befriended" us. Caught up in his presentation, we decided we wanted the products he had, not because they were wonderful products, but because we wanted a headstart in life and we thought by having these things, it would put us ahead of the game.
After a night of thought and a consultation with our parents, (not to mention all the free stuff they gave us to begin with was all bogus) we decided to cancel our order. Lucky for us, cause they only give you 3 days to have a cancellation request arrive at their door, which as some of you might not know, takes 2 days to do.
So tomorrow, I'm going to undo what we did the day before and send in the cancellation. I just hope we can do it without any further problems.
"Wheel of Morality, turn, turn, turn, tell us the lesson we should learn!"
If it's too good to be true, it probably is.
Now Playing - "My Chemical Romance - The Jetset Life Is Going To Kill You"
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Friday, July 08, 2005
This Month's Playlist
Something new. I'll be posting a Playlist of songs every month or so. I've sat down and put all of these songs in order and they flow nicely. This, being the first one, is not the original playlist. I had to switch a few songs out unfortunately because Macintosh was so smart to put all of their music from iTunes in mp4 format, which, as most of you might already know, is impossible to write to disk unless converted to another format. So here are the songs as I have them now, but you'll see the songs that were originally there next to the ones they were replaced by.
Playlist: Held On Edge
1. Good Charlotte - Movin' On (3:27)
2. AFI - Track 06 (3:09)
3. Audioslave - Show Me How to Live (4:38) .xX(Adema - Giving In)Xx.
4. My Chemical Romance - The Ghost Of You (3:23) .xX(Alien Ant Farm - Hope)Xx.
5. Audioslave - I Am the Highway (5:34)
6. Hoobastank - Crawling In The Dark (2:55)
7. Apollo Four Forty - Cold Rock The Mic (4:19)
8. System of a Down - Highway Song (3:13)
9. AFI - Track 02 (3:28)
10. Finch - What it is to Burn (4:53)
11. All-American Rejects - Swing, Swing (3:53)
12. Jimmy Eat World - Just Tonight... (3:26)
13. Green Day - Letterbomb (4:06)
14. Skillet - Cycle Down (4:00)
15. All-American Rejects - The Last Song (5:00)
16. Pinback - B (4:52)
17. Sum 41 - The Hell Song (3:18)
As you'll notice, these playlists will be able to fit on a CD. So for those of you with music downloading software, track these down and put it on your own CD and enjoy. And for those of you without, you can umm...hum the songs in your head.
That's about it for today. Enjoy everybody!
Until I type again, Ryan.
Now Playing - "All-American Rejects - The Last Song"
Posted by Ryan Bach .xXx. 1:14 PM
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Thursday, July 07, 2005
Hello, my name is...
I feel there is some need for a re-introduction of myself. I am Ryan Bach, just another average person with a blog, but the only difference you'll find here is that I don't care to write about how many times I went to the bathroom today, or what color my dog's terd was when I walked him. I write about things that might contain some value to you reader's out there, or perhaps entertain you for the moment.
It won't take most of you to realize that I haven't posted in awhile, but that doesn't mean that all my previous posts aren't full of interesting stories, but they really don't make sense unless you read them in order. I leave that for those of you who might care to read it.
Aside from that, I've just had this urge to write again. I can't describe how wonderful it is to sit in front of a computer and start typing to people who may not even be reading this. But then again, there's always the chance that someone might catch a glimpse, and in that I am delighted.
I seem to have found myself in the predicament that I have every idea of what lies ahead in the next year, but maybe I should back up a little. Jesse and I are now engaged, and have been since May 16. Very exciting for the both of us, and though most think that it's awful early for such a thing, Jesse and I decided we wanted to be engaged for 2 years, and to have our wedding day be on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 in honor of our 3rd year together.
Now, as I was saying, Jesse's family has plans on moving to the east coast within the next year. Her mother has already left, her brother has just recently moved to South Carolina, her sister is planning to move up with her mother this August or so, and only God knows how long her father is staying here. All this leads to one problem, where is Jesse going to stay? We've been trying to figure it out, but it's been far too depressing to even prepare for it. Neither of us is financially secure to move out on our own, which makes this an even harder task. I've been thinking about looking into a corporate job with Starbucks, and hopefully I could get the requirements to get such a job. Who knows, this is such a hard age.
With birds, it all comes down to whether or not the chick is able to take flight on his first try at leaving the nest. If so, he goes on to live on his own. If not, the chick must find its way back to the nest and stay there until it's ready to try again.
Now Playing - "Audioslave - I Am The Highway"
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