We choose to go to the moon...

I'm 29. Tomorrow night I have a date with an unemployed 23 year old who lives at home with his parents. But I can work with that. Maybe he's cute and charming and interested in older women. What I'm hung up on is the fact that this whole thing is my grandfather's brainchild and, since I can't deny him anything, I'm having dinner with this kid, his parents, my sister, my grandfather and my grandfather's wife. What my grandfather was thinking is beyond me but he wants to marry me off and I wasn't let in on the details of his plan until the reservations were made and commitments set. I expect the entire evening to be nothing short of horrifying. (And I don't even want to guess at what this guy is thinking about the whole situation.) None of that will stop me from looking my best, though.

It was an incredibly frustrating day at work but I rewarded myself for surviving it by buying a new video ipod. Oh, my god, the love! He's black and shiny and I named him George. It's the beginning of a beautiful relationship. I an having one issue that I hope someone can help with. I can use Quick Time Pro to convert avi files to the mpeg-4 format required but I only get video - no audio. I offer a lifetime of gratitude to anyone who can help me figure this out. I mean it. A lifetime of gratitude.

ETA: It seems I don't have any audio in Quick Time Pro. Huh. Is it a codec thing? All fixed with the download of a free ipod video converter. Whooo!