Vinyl Records -- curiosity

What's the difference between vinyl records and CDs (obviously beyond the purely aesthetic)? This might be a stupid question, but I'm young enough to not have had much experience with record players. So what are the advantages of owning records vs. CDs or even computer music files?

And does the width/size of the record (i.e. 7'') tell you something about how many songs can be played on it?

Weightless

I can't wait to see All Time Low in concert in April.

Their new song, Weightless:
Listen! (it's not emo!)

Manage me,
I'm a mess,
turn a page,
I'm a book half unread,
I want to be laughed at,
laughed with,
just because,
I want to feel weightless,
and that should be enough,
but I'm stuck in this fucking rut,
waiting on a second hand pick-me-up,
and I'm over getting older,
If I could just find the time,
then I would never let another day go by,
I'm over getting old,
Maybe its not my weekend,
but its gonna be my year,
I'm so sick of,
watching while the minutes pass,
as I go nowhere,
and this is my reaction,
to everything I fear,
'cause I've been going crazy,
I don't want to waste another minute here,
Make believe,
that I impress,
that every word,
by design turns a head,
I wanna feel reckless,
wanna live it up,
just because,
I want to feel weightless,
'cause that would be enough,
If I could just find the time,
then I would never let another day go by,
I'm over getting old,
Maybe its not my weekend,
but its gonna be my year,
I'm so sick of,
watching while the minutes pass,
as I go nowhere,
this is my reaction,
to everything I fear,
'cause I've been going crazy,
I don't want to waste another minute here,
This could be all I've waited for,
this could be everything and I don't want to dream anymore,
Maybe its not my weekend,
but its gonna be my year
and I've been going crazy,
I'm stuck in here...
Maybe its not my weekend,
but its gonna be my year,
I'm so sick of,
watching while the minutes pass,
as I go nowhere,
this is my reaction,
to everything I fear,
'cause I've been going crazy,
I don't want to waste another minute here

Summer songs are so upbeat, even if the lyrics aren't. They have this kind of reflective quality that I like a lot.

watching movies on a big screen tv = fun stuff

over the past two days i've watched catwoman and hitch and some corny olsen twins movie set in rome. in short, i really love my lethargic spring break.

things i've noticed:

1) halle berry is kind of scary in catwoman. i love cats, but wow. freaky s&m stuff going on there. and the storyline doesn't really make sense. not to mention her half-nakedness doesn't really do it for my self-esteem... clearly i am not the target audience.

2) i <3 albert in hitch. accountants are cool.

3) italian accents are hot.