Stuck on a Deserted Island?

Hey blogsters, I be back.  Status Quo were really good and, to my surprise, supported by Manfred Man's Earth Band, who were equally awesome, I love blues.  The light show was also phenomenal, perfectly timed with excellent colours etc.  Then last night was our birthday meal out for Richard; as usual the food was really nice, and our entire conversation was based around, "If you were to be trapped on a desert island, and could take X, what would it be?", which is the kind of conversation I absolutely love.  Some of our questions were simple, such as one song, one book, one extra item of clothing, etc.; some were more complex:  "If you were allowed to bring your partner, what is the one reason you would bring them for?"; "If you could take one person from your childhood, who would it be?";  "What building material would you bring?"

As far as I can remember, if I were on a desert island, according to this conversation, I would bring:

- an extra pair of knickers

- my teddy

- "Small Gods" by Terry Pratchett

- "Pinch Me" by the Barenaked Ladies (as my One Song)

- my friend Josh

- a black piano forte

- cement mix

- an Irish Wolfhound

- the star ring Todd bought for my birthday

- pasta with tomato sauce

- my iPod

- if I could bring Todd, it would be for his hugs because they make everything feel better. :)

- David Hume (as my Figure From History)

I'm sure there were loads of other things but they've slipped my mind.  I wonder if that list says anything about me?

Today is going annoyingly slowly.  This may partly be due to the fact I am manually copying the songs from my iPod back into iTunes using a special program (since iTunes won't let you do this).  Sounds great and all, but I'm using a trial version, which means I can only copy 10 tracks at a time.  I am currently up to about 400 out of 1300.  ._.  It's driving me batty but this is something I've wanted to do for a while, mainly because of paranoia that I might break/lose my iPod (most of my songs come from my old or Todd's computer), so I've been trying to find a way of making a backup for ages.  The program I'm using is quite good in that it copies things directly into iTunes, which makes consolidating your library much, much simpler. :)  It's taking up the best part of my day to do this, but at least it only needs doing once, and it will give me some peace of mind.