My Pod...

I am not a technophobe - I am also not one who believes technology will solve all the worlds problems - so somewhere in between - lie people like me. And it has taken me years to decide to buy an MP3 player. The last portible music player I had was my cassette player in middle school where I shared one earphone with Kathy on our way to skiing on Fridays in 8th grade. We rocked out to George Michael. It was great times.

I hadn't gotten an MP3 player due in large part to the lack of my favorite tunes being available on things such as itunes or my friend's favorite Russian website where she got songs for cheaper. But I hadn't quite moved to the whole "ripping" in your favorite music and then putting it on your MP3 player.

While moving offices, I realized how much music I had stored at work and how I had listened to these CDs until I was nearly sick of them. It seem like the time, with the better technology and access to "world" music plus my whole love affair with KEXP, to get my very own ipod. And I did. It's an ipod touch - it couldn't be easier to use. And it's already made my life so much happier! (I love music and have blogged about my whole family's love of music eventhough we're not musicans). At this point it's the first thing I do when I get to work (plug it in, turn it on) and the last thing I pack up when I leave. For the last two days I have shuffled over MIA, Vampire Weekend, Cold Play, Jack Johnson, Gloria Estafan, Angelique Kidjo, Pink Martini, the Killers, Pancho Sanchez and about 56 other artists. It just makes the sun that much brighter and inspiring. Truly.

I haven't gotten to the point of listening to it on the bus because I kind of still like to listen to the crazy people....