Recently, my life was described online as such:

[…] your perspective is skewed because your life has been a literal fairy tale compared to other lives. And you even admit that. So when I talk to you about my troubles, a lot of times, from your perspective, I get really frustrated at your advice because it’s naive.

I thought I’d take the time to respond to this characterization.  My life is not a fairy tale. I have not been granted servants, magic fairy godmothers, easily summarizable plot and lesson outlines, and I don’t eek out an existance in a fable.  While I may somewhat physically resemble certain fairy tale characters (think Shrek), I’m not super lucky, despite my great well-aspected Mars and Jupiter placement in the 5th house.

Good.  Now that we’ve gotten THAT out of the way, I wanted to blog about this new Microsoft 8GB Zune 2 I won recently.  It’s so awesome! I use it all the..

what?

What do you mean, “see what I mean?!?!?” ?  Doesn’t EVERYone win stuff like this when they go out and live life?  I went to a local Microsoft event on “Get Healthy Stay Healthy” and my name was drawn to win the Zune.  Oh, and I also got a fully licensed copy of Office Ultimate 2007 (the whole box and everything!)  So it’s not like I won a CAR or something.  I did that LAST year, sheesh.

So I’m loving this Zune.  My daughter has a video iPod nano and it’s really cool… I was thinking about getting a big Zune last year but decided against it.  Then I saw the video iPod nano and just about fell in love with it.  Then I won this one and love it EVEN more than I thought I would.

Pretty much, after playing with both of them, the only difference I can tell is that the Zune has wireless and FM Radio.  Everything else is basically the same.  There are more indepth comparisons online but I really only care about what *I* see is different.  I use the FM but so far I don’t use the wireless, but it does allow for wireless sync, and I may start playing with it.

Probably the biggest “new” thing due to this acquisition is that I am now VERY much into podcasts, and that’s the biggest thing I’m using it for.  I’m listening to StarPower (Guitar Hero podcast), Bill Maher, Skeptics Guide, a few Microsoft podcasts, Mind of Root, Astronomy podcast and a few others… and it’s inspired me to want to participate in a couple podcasts, probably with technology and astrology.

One thing that caught my eye was the “Hello from Seattle” little signature on the back.  Now that is so cute…

Yes. It’s positively adorable… they copied that from Apple who puts “Designed by Apple in California” prominently on all their stuff. Of course, what doesn’t Microsoft rip-off from other companies?

Well, “rip-off” is a little strong… I suppose I should say “make inferior copies of” instead.

Dave2, and you were expecting what… “hello from hell?” Actually I didn’t know Apple put that on their stuff (last Apple I owned personally was an Apple IIe) but just look at the phrasing. Apple states a bragging fact and Microsoft puts a greeting.

I hate when people pull that “You couldn’t understand” shit.

So now I know you’re the balancer for my luck. I have the worst luck and never win anything. Glad you are benefitting from the balance of nature in the luck department. See you at pool!

Avi, you couldn’t understand how many times I hear that.

Raganator, but you won a comic book! And although we have a bye this week, I’ll be there just to practice and hang out with my homies.

Fairy Tale…I think so

Dude, and you get on ME for ripping YOU personally?

And yet, I have disappointed Avi once again. C’est la vie.

Let me rephrase: your life has not been a fairy tale. As you and I have discussed, it has been rather uneventful in terms of any major problems compared to most people.

I like to get on you because you are always so positive about everything, and it’s tough sometimes to convey to you the difficulty of some life situations that most of us have experienced that you have not. You are indeed lucky. As I have told you over and over for the last ten years, you have no idea how lucky you are to have grown up the way you did, except that whole debacle about paying for little league on your own.

Should I start calling you Sixty?