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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.