Once again
this was not too terribly exciting a week. I imagine people don't
want to hear about me visiting a few local stores so I'll just
mention that when I was at Lucky's Market one evening, I had dinner
there along with purchasing several items; it was a sandwich I had.
Thus, I will talk about one ordeal instead of getting into specifics
on Monday through Thursday. I ended up getting a pair of new MP3
players... one for me and one for my mother. You see, she has an
ancient iPhone Touch a few generations old that I am surprised still
works. Unfortunately, because the songs on there were mostly burned
on iTunes on an old computer she does not use anymore... when I tried
to help her out by adding some Christmas CD's to the iPod Touch that
were physically bought in a store that I had to rip on iTunes on a
new computer... it would not accept that music because Apple in
general is pretty terrible and I have thought that way of iTunes and
their other products for YEARS now, despite the protests of many.
For the most
part, you have to buy MP3 players online so I made that purchase; I
won't get into why I need a new one. You could spend a LOT of money
on one of those but instead I picked one at random which had a low
price and a nice set of features. It has 32 GB of store and can
accept up to 128 GB of a microSD card... it can record from other
sources via an AUX chord, and can play a variety of file types,
including a few lossless types. Thus, I was able to add a variety of
different files I have in other places along with burning some CD's
in the FLAC format... while that MP3 player will be listened via
devices that are not top of the line in quality, I will still take
advantage of being able to use FLAC files as they are quite superior
to MP3 files. For my mom, I had to use a program to extract the iPod
Touch music to the computer and then add them to her MP3 player. I
have no idea how long they'll last as they are random products from a
random Chinese company but there's been no problem with them.
To be
specific, the reason why my mom needs to use an MP3 player is for her
car because the CD player does not work properly anymore.
Unfortunately, because of Apple being terrible, if you hook up the
player to the car via USB, the data appears on the entertainment
system and it does work... except that the old iPod songs are are all
in one file while the new music just added does display properly and
is properly separated. After Christmas I will have to get a USB to
AUX connector as their vehicle does not have an AUX connection but
what a rigmarole this entire things has been, all due to a lousy
company that many people love and I am happy not to love.
Anyhow...
Friday evening I went to Winter Garden Village and that experience
was not out of the ordinary, except... on the road right by WGV,
going the other way was a police escort, and they were
accompanying... a Santa Claus in his sled which was actually on a
flatbed trailer being towed by a big pickup truck!? A parade was not
happening; I presume it was going from or to a parade, but Santa was
waving to drivers... hopefully that distraction did not cause any
accidents on this night. Sunday, the Chicago Bears losing to their
rival Green Bay Packers... I only saw a few highlights of what
sounded like a miserable game; rather, I was at a very busy Disney
Springs to see a movie. I've viewed the original Black Christmas
(from 1974) before and that is very good; even now it is intense and
full of suspense. The 2006 remake I understand is bad but it has to
be better than the new 2019 version. It is very “woke” and “SJW”
and “feminist”, which was not the problem. The awful story, the
lack of any scares and it terribly delivering its message in the most
ham-fisted heavy-handed manner... that was the problem. And the
explanation for what's going on is SO preposterous that ruins any
point the movie tried to make. Of course, something starring young
adult women and the director/writers also being young women probably
will work better for that audience... then again, maybe not as most
people are ripping it to shreds and I imagine even young women will
think it is poorly made & the message is laid on way too thick.
Oh, and I had
to view it in the Dine-In section of the AMC. That is where you order
then eat food while watching the film. I had only been there once
before, and dessert was the only grub I had as it was late at night.
I received what I ordered in maybe 5 minutes and tasted as “good”
as something which either was heated in the microwave or was under
heating lamps. This was unfortunate; the Cinepolis that does this
gimmick and any Studio Movie Grill offer much better food. Anyhow, I
actually won't post anything new here until likely the end of the
very year, because... reasons. I'll explain it when I return in about
two weeks or so. I will have plenty to discuss.
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