iLike

My mother gave me an iPod for Christmas. She won it from a drawing (I think) at On The Border. It is a shuffle, kind of small and simple. A generous gift that I knew I would enjoy. The hurdle was getting music onto it. We have an archaic laptop at home, it does most jobs, but has old software. My iPod required a visit to mom and dad's and the request to download the program on their computer and the expectation that anytime I want more or different music I will be calling on them. The process took awhile. Download the program. Figure out how to use it. Figure what songs were worthy of a purchase. It was quite an ordeal and a few hours of my life. I practiced extreme self-control and only bought 3 songs to download - the rest from cds I own.

My purchased playlist:

Maneater by Nelly Fertado

I See You Baby by Groove Armada

Would You Go with Me by Josh Turner

I love my iPod. I totally take back all those things I said about it being an expensive exscuse for a walkman. And let me tell you, there is nothing like climbing on to a treadmill and jogging to "I See You Baby." So much fun! Sure, I'll go another 4 minutes - can't stop in the middle of this number. I stepped outside for some fresh air on my lunch break yesterday and thought I'd listen to some of my tunes. I'm sure there was a hop in my step - okay, a strut, "Maneater, make you work hard, Make you spend hard, Make you want all, all of her love..."

It is the ultimate in having a soundtrack of my life.

I've got to figure out how not to sing/hum/grunt along with the music. I definitely don't want to be THAT chick.