Approved!

I was approved for the apartment. Yay! Now I just need to sign the lease and tell my current leasing company that I won't be renewing my current lease before the 30th.

I'm pretty excited about that but I'm also nervous about moving- a new apartment, a new landlord, new neighbors... new problems too, I'm sure. Still, I'll be leaving my evil rental company behind and I don't believe it gets worse then that.

So, I'm a member of Swap a CD (www.swapacd.com) and Paperback Swap (www.paperbackswap.com). I love them both immensely. I joined back in January and I've been trading heavily ever since. I've received 45 cds in that time. You send off your cds and you can request cds from other members in return. Some lists have a wait list but you can create a wish list and when the cd you want become available (or its your turn in line to receive it) you'll have the ability to request it. My wish list is about 200 deep... some of the cds I'm number 1 in line for, others I'm 20. But after 4/5 months I'm nearing the top of many of the lists. The more popular cds move faster.

The big thing I'm hitting right now is that I've sent off TONS of cds and the cds I want in return aren't available yet. So I have lots of extra cd credits, but no cds that I want... I may try finding some older stuff to request, but right now I'm sending lots of cds and not receiving that many. My time will come though...

I did receive a big one off my list that I'm super excited about- A Sucker's Dream by The Alternate Routes. It just came out a few months ago and it only took about 1-2 months for my turn to come up. Pretty exciting (and an awesome cd).

I've also been scouring the local thrift stores for cds. Some days I walk out without anything, other days I'm taking a stack of 10 cds home. This weekend I found Keane, Spoon, White Town, and Weezer (still in the plastic). Someone has already requested the Keane cd so I'll be sending it out soon...

The swap a cd website cost $.49 a cd, but really its nothing for the cost of a cd- even the thrift store is great, depending on the week, the cd will be anywhere for $2-$1. Still pretty awesome.

Despite its limitations, I really recommend Swap a CD if you're the kind of person that like fresh rotations in their iPod.