i won an IPOD

Okay, technically, I didn't win it. My dad won it. Well - Guess that's not technically true either. In January my father was at a computer and media conference in Las Vegas. While he was there he ventured into the Tivo booth and entered a contest for a FREE Tivo. He won.

Tivo sent my father a $300 Tivo box. My father doesn't even have cable. He get's only the local channels and only really watches Amazing Race. I do have cable, but for the most part, the only time I watch TV is when my roommates leave it on. I'd rather be on my computer. So father decided to send the $300 one to my Brother, and have brother send me the one brother already has that is a bit out dated. However, after much discussion, brother decided to keep both. At this point - brother and I are just fine. But sis and dad decided that I needed to share some how in the winning prize. So father told brother to send me a check. Brother asked for a suggested total and I suggested 5 cents. This only frustrated sister and father. So I agreed to accept up to $100.

Breaking from the story for a second, in March of 2005, while living in Oregon, my cd player in my truck died. The radio still works and the aux inlet still works, but it won't play CD's. So for all of my trips I'm stuck listening to the radio or playing CD's on a portable player using the Aux inlet (and they usually skip). Knowing that I have a 16 hour trip coming in just 1 week (Woohoo!!) I was pondering what to do with those areas of Nevada that get no radio. About the time I was pondering this - two signifigant events happened:

1. I got a $100 check from Sis.
2. They fired one of my co-workers for being a jerk and doubled my hours.

So I decided to buy an IPOD. I see them everywhere on campus and in town. Two of my roommates own them. So I bought a cheap IPOD Shuffle. Shipping was free (It came from China, to Alaska, to Tennessee to my Rexburg doorstep - all in 4 days) and tax was $4.00. So it cost me $103 total, minus my Tivo money - A IPOD for just $3.00. Awesome.

Now I can cross the Sierras with no listening hassles. Woohoo. I just love winning.