Post Pod Separation

Greetings from a hotel room in New Jersey! It's raining, there are tornado watches in effect, and I might take a wrong turn and wind up in Camden accidentally tomorrow. How's that for a set up?

On a completely different note, remember about a year ago when I mentioned that I somehow became part of a class action suit against Apple for selling defective batteries in their first few generations of iPod? And how I wasn't expecting anything to really happen from it, but I sent them my information anyway, just in case? No? Well, I wrote about it, so boom! Even though I've given up my iPod as a commuting buddy for the time being so I can use the precious Metro time to read for class, I still lament the short battery life.

Well, I recently got a reply from Apple saying that I qualified for a battery replacement. I sent in my new address, and they sent me a little box here recently with instructions for shipping my poor, lamented, short-term memory iPod. It's not as glamorous as the new 80GB models, but it's been my friend for a while, and I still haven't filled up its hard drive, if you can believe that. So, after debating whether I could live without it for a week or so, I decided to go ahead with the shipment. When I return to Coors Park, I'll tape everything up, find the nearest DHL center, and wonder if the one I'm getting back is going to be the exact same one I send out. Or will they put some sort of spying device in there? Will my iPod be endowed with super powers after being bitten by a radioactive spider? Only time will tell.

All I know is, it'll be good to have it back, and maybe then I'll be able to half a day without recharging it!