alexpgp | Feeling positively productive!

I quit eMusic a while back, but was enticed to return, only to find the environment there has gotten worse. I don't recall if I mentioned it, but during my first membership stint, the site's management decided that—barring some kind of error in downloaded files (and I had my share)—you could download previously bought files for... only half their original cost.

What a deal! (Not!)

That development soured me on the site, but then it got to the point where there really wasn't much I wanted to download, so I quit.

Then, three months ago I joined up again, lured by a free month of membership, but it turns out that if you don't use your monthly allotment of downloads (I had signed up at the $11.99 per month level, which pays for roughly two albums), your balance disappears. (Said he who found this out the hard way.)

Unbelievable!

Besides watching one's money go bye-bye, the setup also means you can never buy anything that costs more than $11.99 without buying extra download packages, so earlier today, I squinched my account down to 13 cents and quit, this time for good.

* * *Mail is forwarded.

* * *Invoices for October are done and sent.

* * *I have begun to use the fitbit device, and after two days, I can report that I am still enthusiastic about logging my food consumption while it logs my steps, etc. My goal is to lose 20+ pounds by the end of March.

I'll revisit this in about 10 days, which ought to give me a better handle on my self-styled weight-loss program using the device.

Cheers...