#10826
Posted: 12/29/05 at 11:28am
Ah, iPods. I got my Mini about 7 months ago, and I don't know how I ever managed to function without it. Back when I had to depend on my Discman, my parents always wanted to kill me when we went on a long car ride because I would wait until the last minute to pick out the CD(s) I wanted to bring with me, and since I tend to be rather bad at making decisions quickly, I would keep everyone waiting. It was also a pain in the ass to pack up my entire CD collection to bring with me when I moved in to my dorm - fortunately, I didn't have to do that this year since it was all stored on the iPod.
The only problem is that now my iPod is almost full (the Mini only holds 6 gigabytes of music, which is about 1500 songs). I know I have to delete some stuff from it, but every time I try to, I keep finding reasons not to get rid of this album or that album - even if something is total teenybopper crap that I liked when I was in 8th grade and didn't know better, when I listen to it I don't hear the crap that it is but the enjoyment it gave me when I was younger, if that makes any sense. Unfortunately, this means I can't load in new stuff that I like now, and buying a second iPod seems ridiculously extravagant.
It's funny, as much as I'm extremely attached to my electronic devices (laptop, iPod, TV, etc.), the idea of giving them names never crossed my mind.
The only problem is that now my iPod is almost full (the Mini only holds 6 gigabytes of music, which is about 1500 songs). I know I have to delete some stuff from it, but every time I try to, I keep finding reasons not to get rid of this album or that album - even if something is total teenybopper crap that I liked when I was in 8th grade and didn't know better, when I listen to it I don't hear the crap that it is but the enjoyment it gave me when I was younger, if that makes any sense. Unfortunately, this means I can't load in new stuff that I like now, and buying a second iPod seems ridiculously extravagant.
It's funny, as much as I'm extremely attached to my electronic devices (laptop, iPod, TV, etc.), the idea of giving them names never crossed my mind.
"There was this one time an alarm went off - it was in the middle of '24.' That's just wrong. Everyone knows everyone was watching '24' at that time."
--NYU student quoted in the Washington Square News about students ignoring the frequent fire alarms in dorms