oh, and by the way

my ipod is officially deceased. a sad day. so, in an amazingly ridiculous move i am going to fly to beijing and buy a new before i head off for the second half to my research project. i know. it's obsessive. but i honestly need an ipod, and there are no authorized retailers anywhere that i will be going already. so, on to beijing my young soldier. i will buy a classic ipod, not the expensive ipod touch. there's no way i can spend $500 on that. the classic is half that price, minus a coolness factor of +20.