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My MP3 player came on Thursday, and dear God I am in heaven. I haven't actually, um, used it yet, because I am still gazing in reverent awe at the screen. My friends, it is like going from an Apple Macintosh (the really old-school kind) to the newest edition of Windows. My old player had your basic gritty black-text screen, and the only way you could play a smaller selection of songs was by genre or album (not even artist, just album). My new player has...has...COLOR. And (high-resolution!) GRAPHICS. I am so enchanted with its dazzling, sparkly appearance that I can barely even stay conscious after using the little spinny wheel to scroll through options like FM radio and *playlists* and - I still can hardly believe this - voice-recording and video-playing capabilities. It even has a clock in the corner!
I think I'm afraid of breaking the spell if I actually put anything on it. But I fully intend to attempt this at some point soon. Soonish. *worships shiny screen*