Be flexible when the boat comes in

[clevermanka]

In my continuing efforts to achieve My Perfect Squat, I have: More hip-opening exercises! I started incorporating these movements yesterday with the exception of Super Frog, which I can't due to lack of weight plates at home. Those first ones, in the runner's lunge? Those are intense. I can't get even close to having my elbows on the ground. Yet.

Even though I have a short day at the office today, I still felt like this about coming to work.



The faculty administrators are taking the staff (i.e. those of us without tenured teaching positions) out for drinks at 3:00. FUCK YEAH.



For dinner I shall attempt dining at a restaurant for the first time since New Year's Day. We're headed to the Burger Stand because I figure a Kobe Beef Burger on a bed of greens should be marginally okay. Just no salad dressings (even their oil & vinegar is made with soybean oil) or fries (unless their duck fat fries are 100% duck fat, no canola, etc.).

And tomorrow: VACATION DAY!

Topping Friday's agenda is packing away my winter clothes finally. It's unbelievable that it was necessary to keep my warm clothes out for this long. Granted, I haven't been layering, but still. Sheesh.

Seasoned iPod users: Is there a way to shuffle a playlist on an iPod classic? I can only get songs to play in the order I added them to the playlist--which means albums are always clumped together. Not optimal for a playlist, IMO. Is there any way to mix them up without dragging everything around by hand?

Comments

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

awesome for work paid beverages! Particularly on work time :)

Hope burger stand works out for you--it is always nice to have someplace to go (choices anyway--Biggs was so yum.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hope it works okay, too. Man, I miss Biggs. And Aladdin Cafe.

[moodsong]

Yay!

The classic used to be able to shuffle by setting the playlist to shuffle on the computer. Then one of the software updates changed something and that stopped working. I'm not sure what they replaced it with but I *think* there is something which I haven't found yet. I think it is in the iPod itself rather than the computer set up.

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

Mine was in the settings... it's been over a year since I had a working classic, but it was DEFINITELY possible. I had to go all the way to the "home" list from whatever album/playlist I was listening to.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Cool. Thanks for the tips!

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

yay for play time. but more yay for putting away the winter clothes!
enjoy your vacaday!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I love the "burger on greens" option. Be sure to ask if they are using any pickled veggies in the salad today, and tell them to leave them off your Kobe. Since it's not a purist's Kobe, I'd just get a Classic without the cheese, really, why pay for the truffle butter if you aren't going to eat it?

Good gods, I think I can also finally put away my wooley scarves and neckwarmers. YAY.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The burger was small, the greens miniscule, and the whole experience was unsatisfying. I shan't be going back. =(

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

Duck Fat Fries?

WANT!!!!!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, they're fried in soybean oil. Which might be ok for you, but not for me.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

My iPod is from, like, 2005, so I think I have an iPod classic too.

On the very first screen, go to settings. Third down is shuffle, go to that and then click the center button: it will give you the options of songs, albums, or off. Select songs. Then when you go back to your playlist, it will shuffle it.

I love that feature. To the point where I have a playlist for cycling (yeah, I listen to headphones while riding) and I 90% of the time I'm listening to that playlist on shuffle.

My antique iPod is finally dying. It freezes up without warning, and sometimes has to be reset several times before it will play again. BUUUUT I have this lovely new job now. So. Probably within the next few months...we'll see.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Perfect! Thank you!

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

Glad some folks could give you the answer on the iPod--mine's been dead so long now I couldn't be sure of the answer--and I'm not interested in laying out what could amount to half of a decent starter drum-kit in order to get it replaced/serviced.

But I DO miss it terribly sometimes.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

All these "when I had a working iPod" comments remind me why I continue to purchase CDs. I know they don't last forever, either, but they last a damn sight longer than five years.

[nataliesee.livejournal.com]

DRINKS! I hope you're getting your drink on RIGHT. NOW.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I had a lovely glass of wine at miichelle's Raqs Boheme show last night!

[msmitti.livejournal.com]

awesome for work paid beverages! Particularly on work time :)

Hope burger stand works out for you--it is always nice to have someplace to go (choices anyway--Biggs was so yum.)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I hope it works okay, too. Man, I miss Biggs. And Aladdin Cafe.

[moodsong]

Yay!

The classic used to be able to shuffle by setting the playlist to shuffle on the computer. Then one of the software updates changed something and that stopped working. I'm not sure what they replaced it with but I *think* there is something which I haven't found yet. I think it is in the iPod itself rather than the computer set up.

[tessagratton.livejournal.com]

Mine was in the settings... it's been over a year since I had a working classic, but it was DEFINITELY possible. I had to go all the way to the "home" list from whatever album/playlist I was listening to.

[siro-gravity.livejournal.com]

yay for play time. but more yay for putting away the winter clothes!
enjoy your vacaday!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I love the "burger on greens" option. Be sure to ask if they are using any pickled veggies in the salad today, and tell them to leave them off your Kobe. Since it's not a purist's Kobe, I'd just get a Classic without the cheese, really, why pay for the truffle butter if you aren't going to eat it?

Good gods, I think I can also finally put away my wooley scarves and neckwarmers. YAY.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

The burger was small, the greens miniscule, and the whole experience was unsatisfying. I shan't be going back. =(

[miischelle.livejournal.com]

Duck Fat Fries?

WANT!!!!!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, they're fried in soybean oil. Which might be ok for you, but not for me.

[aprilstarchild.livejournal.com]

My iPod is from, like, 2005, so I think I have an iPod classic too.

On the very first screen, go to settings. Third down is shuffle, go to that and then click the center button: it will give you the options of songs, albums, or off. Select songs. Then when you go back to your playlist, it will shuffle it.

I love that feature. To the point where I have a playlist for cycling (yeah, I listen to headphones while riding) and I 90% of the time I'm listening to that playlist on shuffle.

My antique iPod is finally dying. It freezes up without warning, and sometimes has to be reset several times before it will play again. BUUUUT I have this lovely new job now. So. Probably within the next few months...we'll see.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Perfect! Thank you!

[philrancid.livejournal.com]

Glad some folks could give you the answer on the iPod--mine's been dead so long now I couldn't be sure of the answer--and I'm not interested in laying out what could amount to half of a decent starter drum-kit in order to get it replaced/serviced.

But I DO miss it terribly sometimes.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

All these "when I had a working iPod" comments remind me why I continue to purchase CDs. I know they don't last forever, either, but they last a damn sight longer than five years.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I had a lovely glass of wine at miichelle's Raqs Boheme show last night!