Thread: An alarm that actually WORKS! also, How do you make mp3's?

Greetings people. I am here to tell you that I actually have an alarm that WORKS! I couldn't use a regular alarm because of other people in my house, and I couldn't use iPod earbuds because they never stay in my ears. I finally got around to locating a pair of behind-the-head headphones, and I can wear them even sleeping on my side, so last night it actually worked and I woke up to the sound of "The Entertainer". I was groggy through most of the song, I don't remember if I was half-awake and confused or actually dreaming. I want to buy some of those individual-ear earbuds that actualy wrap around my ears. That way I wouldn't be sleeping on one of my ears semi-uncomfortably like I do with my current headphones. I can only sleep when on my side.
Anyways, amusing side-note. I only set my Entertainer-alarm for about 4 hours after I went to bed. I say I may have been half asleep because recently I have been waking up in a confused state and doing strange things. In the past few weeks I have ripped my sheets up 3 times, LOL. I need to turn on the AC at night. Or maybe just get some air circulating somehow.
So! Now I have an actual method to wake myself up. The question is: How to make mp3's. I plan to make a 5-minute-or-so mp3 that just says "you're dreaming" followed by 5 minutes of silence. I'll set my iPod alarm as a playlist containing that song like 8 times in a row. So if anyone has the answer to how to make mp3's that would be greatly appreciated. By the way, I have a computer microphone, so I'm covered there.

edit: Gah, dammit! I should have put this in "general lucid discussion". Oh well.