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We didn't think they'd actually acknowledge the glitch that we, and others, recently experienced. Out of respect for iTunes, we never posted about it anywhere. I guess they finally got around to cleaning up the mess, though. I wonder how many people were affected? I'll bet someone lost their job over it. Here's what they just sent me:

Dear Jennifer,

Thank you for purchasing a Season Pass for Avatar: The Last Airbender from the iTunes Store.

On November 18th, several Danny Phantom episodes were mistakenly
delivered to you. If you downloaded these episodes, please enjoy them
with our compliments. Please rest assured that you were not charged for
these episodes.

Any episodes of Danny Phantom you did not download have now been
removed from your download queue. We're very sorry for any
inconvenience the Danny Phantom episodes might have caused.

Thank you again for being an iTunes customer.

Sincerely,
Kate Wormington
Sr. Manager, Customer Experience
iTunes Store

Truthfully, it was hard not to notice - each episode triggered its own email reminder. We guessed that someone (inadvertantly) put the entire second season of Danny Phantom into the Avatar directory. Danny Phantom isn't bad...we wouldn't have bought it, but we weren't going to complain about $40 worth of free shows. Next time, Kate, can you misplace season two of Babylon 5?

I spent yesterday morning tooling around in the iTunes store.  I spent ten bucks I think expanding my "power & peppy" song library.  What's that, you say?  That's when you buy Kanye West's Jesus Walks and then two clicks later you're grabbing a copy of Love Me Like That by Michelle Branch and Sheryl Crow.  One's power, one's peppy.  I "found" Jesus Walks because it was part of an upcoming movie soundtrack.  Love Me Like That was totally random browsing.  It reminds me a lot of the old Dixie Chicks tracks with a little subtle Corrs undertones...something tells me it's going to be well worn, like my Shakira download. 

During my mini-spree, I also picked up a Jewel (Intuition) and an Alanis (Hands Clean) track (I don't care what you say, I've been an Alanis fan since Jagged Little Pill).  So, now I can jam to some new tunes at work on my blue mini.  It's been beat to hell - if it's not plugged into my head, it's rambling around in my purse.  Plus I dropped it awhile back, so there's that.  I guess I should have gotten a little iPod cozy for it.  No point in getting one now, but I think if I upgrade then that's going to be a must.  It's not going to be for awhile, though, if I'm upgrading myself.  First, there's paying off what's left the wedding - or rather, my piece of it.  Then, there's this crazy obsession lately with getting my hands on a bassoon.

Next year will mark ten years since I last played a musical instrument.  And I really miss it.  I started off in middle school on my cousin's old alto saxophone, which was nice enough.  But within a year, the band director had moved me up to something more "challenging" to fill out the ranks.  I suddenly found myself on the bass clef with an instrument that was as tall as I at the time.  We had a love/hate relationship that lasted until my high school graduation. 

I could never afford a new bassoon, so I was always borrowing the school instruments...and they'd been around.  Not only was I fighting the reeds (and my braces), but parts wiggled that shouldn't, parts were stiff that should wiggle, etc.  I had the best lung capacity ever, though (apparently double reeds are especially good for that).  I don't know exactly what I could do with a bassoon if I was able to whip myself back into shape.  I remember some scales, the fingerings, and I think I could read bass clef again pretty quickly.  I need a hobby, though.  One that doesn't involve computers.