On the Road to Conquering Technology

I'm the kind of gal who knows enough about computers to get done what I need to get done and move on. The other night my dad asked me how much memory my home computer has. Who was he kidding asking me a question like that? I can't keep those stats and figures straight! Ram, Rom, gigahertz and megabytes. None of it makes much sense to me - mostly because I simply couldn't care less. I just want a computer that turns on when I hit the button and runs all of the programs I need it to run and says good night when I shut it down.

But, I believe that I'm turning a corner on this attitude towards technology. Just this weekend I managed to download a program and pull all of my pirated songs from Dan off of my iPod free of charge. As if that weren't fantastic enough, I set my sights quickly on learning how to download concerts. Lusting after the latest Tweedy show I saw in Columbus with Cass, I was determined to learn for myself this magic that I've only seen Dan wield. At first it seemed complicated. Torrents, seeds, peers, flacs and wavs - it was a foreign language. With the help of Wikipedia and a little bit of patience, I managed to figure it out pretty quickly. I can't remember the last time I felt as giddy as I did listening to the first song from the concert. It was a giddiness that only today has subsided. But wait! Today, quite by accident I learned how to rewind a song on my iPod. A miracle! You know...I may just make it on my own afterall. Nearly every roar starts off as a meow.