Is The ipod/itunes the Devil?

Well, that may seem dramatic until I present my case. I am currently hanging out in the lounge at 3:00AM, listening to a random mix and tagging shots of the Captain. I blame the ipod. Yet I have not even plugged it in yet. Let me explain. I won a fair amount of expendable cash due to fantasy baseball and football (a damned good year), I bought bought an ipod classic (120 gb) after xmas. Sadly I had to convert my entire library of legit cd's from wma to a compatible format. This seemed easy enough, just drag the entire music folder over to itunes and it would take over. Imagine my dismay when I discovered that it did not catch all the music, some "albums" had only one song. So, after some trial and error I discovered that perhaps converting a small sample at a time worked better. So, after I got all my legit stuff on itunes, it was time for all the stuff I have stolen via Napster, Kazaa, Bearshare, etc over the years. Amazingly not every song that I had was properly labeled with artist, song, and album. The gall of some fuckers putting that shit out there improperly labeled. On a side note, some of the groups attributed to some songs and the titles said songs are given are quite comical. So, last Saturday I sat down to hit it hard and sync up album art with songs. Well, that did not turn out so well. I spent the evening at the bar and by the time I got to the house at midnight I was lit up. In my infinite wisdom I decided to plow forward and get it done. After awhile 4:00AM came around and I had to make a call, allnighter or go down. I went down and felt for shit all day Sunday. I took several days off from my task (and survived layoffs at work) and did not resume in earnest until Thursday. A byproduct of really exploring your music library is discovering what you do not have. For instance, I had to download a shitload of Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, and others to round out my collection. I had them on CD (pirated) but needed them in mp3 format. So here I sit jamming to the Catherine Wheel after downloading some Axe and Saga earlier in the night. Yes, that's how I roll. When that shit was popular I was listening to country. Yes, Ronnie Milsap, Alabama and Oak Ridge Boys among others are represented. Wow, "Say, Say, Say". That kind of sucks. Far from the best output from Sir Paul and MJ. I would say that I have put in a good 30 hours working on this thing. I have not really minded (except for it exploiting the weakness in my character) and the wife likes that I am actually enthused about something (that is another tale). Since she is pulling 12 hour days and Saturdays, what am I to do? REO currently, I am not a hater. Time for a shot. So, after all this rambling, it is time to sync up the ipod and see what happens.
Side note, I may have previously chastised YouTube as the devil, but I am torn as to which is worse. OK, now it is "Time Stands Still", and witht that, I have decided to go for the all-nighter.
Adios, Hopefully I will have a post later.