There was no way that I could have brought my computer with when I moved back to Baltimore. It would have been impossible.
So lamenting the fact that I don’t have it is juvenile. I can’t (yet) afford to pay the price to have it shipped out here, and I couldn’t have brought it with me. That narrows down my options to “none.”
Still, I’m missing my computer badly, and for numerous reasons…
Lack of Sync – My iPod is in severe need of a syncing. I managed to put both Rising Down and Third on iPod before moving, but I’d really like to listen to Narrow Stairs and Brooklyn’s Don Diva while en route to somewhere. OK, just Narrow Stairs… but still.
Tons of Music – I had loads of music on my PC that wasn’t in my iTunes library. I discovered a treasure trove of instrumental versions of classic albums and they made their way onto my computer, but I hadn’t yet burned them to disc yet. Not to mention the other random music that was on there that I’m missing out on.
Mixes – I really like to make mixes and I do that using my computer. Earlier this year I introduced my mom to Sufjan Stevens, Elliott Smith, Fiona Apple and Jeff Buckley. I made my coworkers personalized mixes for their birthdays. And I really want to hook my new roommate up with some amazing mixes. But I can’t because I’m without my computer.
OK, in fairness, that last one is kind of a cheat, because I’m also without most of the CDs that I’d use to make her mix, but it’s really the principle of the matter.
I know that I’ll probably have my computer before June is out, so this is only a temporary setback, and nothing that I do is time-sensitive, so I’m really obsessing over nothing. But not being in my musical and technological comfort zone is wearing on me.
I really don’t know how much longer I can take.
