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I am now a Pod-Person
I've been putting it off for a long time, but finally I have become a pod-person.
Nope. There wasn't a strange plant growing outside my window last night. Rather, there was a strange feeling growing inside of me that I was missing out on something important. Plus, after all these years as a PC computer consultant, wouldn't it be a hoot to have something with an Apple logo on it? Plus I really like listening to music and lectures while I exercise, a habit the rest of the family is finding less enjoyable. Why, I don't know. Wouldn't every five-year-old girl want to hear about the use of motif in early Romantic composers? Some kids are strange, I guess.
So I trucked myself off to Best Buy last night and did the dirty deed: in my greasy palms there is a brand-spanking-new i-Pod nano. I thought about getting one of the hard drive models, but the little 4GB nano should be enough for now, plus maybe it will be better suited for running or cycling.
It's an odd experience. With my arm-band on, I can listen to music in the house while working without bothering anybody else or dragging heavy machinery around. It's like having my own personal soundtrack. I can see where there might be some problems with hearing loss -- after all, everybody will, over time, keep adjusting these little rascals louder and louder, especially in noisy environments.
So far, so good. I've re-ripped my collection of Beethoven's Symphonies onto the little gadget and now I think I'll start on my blues CDs. At some point today, I guess, I should stop playing with the little toy and get some work done! But just not yet. You see, I look the same, talk the same, and for all accounts AM the same person, but I'm not.
I'm a pod-person.
Now if they would just put it on a chip you could imbed in your skin and hear the music in your head...you would be set...the white ear phones are so attractive:)
Congratulations! Those pod thingies are definitely slicker than shittake mushrooms, and they'll certainly lighten your cumbersome load of vinyl, 8-tracks & CDs. But they'll also lighten your wallet considerably. Amazing how Apple still dominates the MP3 market when there are so many other less expensive players with more features. Truly a marvel of modern marketing combined with haute design. And 4GB is aplenty, for I have tons of MP3's on my PC and still my 5GB Creative Zen Micro holds more than enough revolving stock to keep my eardrums buzzing for hour after hour.