Elation and Frustration

This entry was published at least two years ago (originally posted on March 11, 2004). Since that time the information may have become outdated or my beliefs may have changed (in general, assume a more open and liberal current viewpoint). A fuller disclaimer is available.

Been somewhat of a roller coaster morning here.

Elation: finding a Quest Customer Service representative who’s competent, and who discovers that due to some billing wonkiness Quest owes me \$130, and credits that to my current telephone account.

Frustration: discovering that iPhoto has somehow self-destructed, and while I still have all my photos, I’m going to have to go through and re-sort, re-categorize, and re-name all 3500 of them.

And the word “PROJECT” flashed before my eyes…

Update: And the day just keeps getting \<sarcasm>better\</sarcasm>. iTunes just flaked out on me too, so now I’m re-importing all my music. ID3 tags should be fine, which is the main worry, but I’ve lost all my custom smart playlists, all the “last played” metadata, ratings, and anything else not recorded directly in each file’s ID3 tag. Argh.

Today just doesn’t seem to be a good day for me to be touching a computer.

iTunes: “Floor Show: Rose Tint My World/Don’t Dream It, Be It/Wild and an Untamed Thing” by Original London Rocky Horror Show Cast from the album Rocky Horror International (1973, 6:00).