Man, I suck.
Remember when I was complaining that if the new DVD was a dual disc it was going to bust my CD/DVD-carrying paradigm? I'd gotten it all worked out: all the DVDs I liked to watch were in one CD carrier, and all the CDs in another. So I didn't know where I was going to file it if Live at 25 was all on one disc.
But then the band, nice guys that they are, helped me out by coming out with two separate discs. So leave it to me to ruin everything by losing the CD carrier. With all the CDs in it. Dammit. Great swathes of my HLN collection are now missing, as well as everything by Alex Call, Bonnie Hayes, Bruce Hornsby, Paul Thorn and various other artists I'm too embarrassed to mention but I enjoyed listening to nonetheless. Enya and Abba come to mind, but you didn't hear that from me.
What *really* sucks about the situation is that I have a 3000+ mile drive ahead of me and not a very deep selection to keep me company. Thankfully the CD carrier disappeared BEFORE the new CD was purchased, so at least I have that. And Small World, which I apparently had two of.
Of course, it might all be moot because I don't have a CD player in my car anyway. But I would have aspired to get one! If only I, like, had some CDs to play in it.
I do still have various cassettes (well, not Plan B because I wore it out). But this may not be a reliable alternative because the tape deck has been eating most of the tapes I've fed to it lately. I might chance it though anyway. Perhaps with the "How to Speak German" collection my sister just bought me. In a week I should be fluent. Or insane. Whichever.
Anyway, this is a completley gratuitous post, but I wanted you all to feel my pain. And I'm hoping that once I post so publicly about my CD carrier it will be induced to show up, just to make a fool out of me. Hopefully in the next 10 minutes.
