Goal of the Month:

Open and start using an iPod. There, it's in writing.

I'm not sure how many people on the planet can say they have owned three unopened iPods. At one point, I had an iPod mini and never opened. Then Mac gave me the nano when I helped someone buy a Mac laptop. So I sold the mini on eBay. Then I acquired the iPod touch. So I've had the nano for two years and the touch for half a year, both unopened. Erm, so confusing.

I've been reluctantly going to the gym in my building because they have the step machine, which I tolerate much better than any other cardio machine. This is because you can't stop. Like, the bicycle machine, if I get tired I'd just sit there. I dunno how on earth people do the bicycle without stopping. Same with the elliptical--in addition to the fact that the last time I tried the elliptical, I couldn't even do level 0 for 1 minute without feeling like my thighs were going to die. Then there's the dreaded treadmill. Has one ever stopped to ponder on the "mill" part of the word? They really know how to name 'em. One definition is "a slow, laborious, or mechanical process or routine." But OK I really don't know why I hate running, it's just not something I like to do or feel determined to do. But with the step machine (and I don't mean the other torture device of the stair machine), there's something about sinking to the floor that sucks and pushes me to keep going. So anyway it's good that they have the step machine in my building because I actually workout.

However, I think I will be much happier if I could listen to music whilst stepping.