Making Peace with the Ipod
Aug. 30th, 2009 03:40 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
simoriahOK so my SO and SD are sitting on the computers. I am currently using SO's IPOD to listen to music and using my Versa to type this entry. I feel better knowing that if I wanted to walk to the park, I can. I am not attached to any machines (well I am they are just designed to be mobile).
I am wondering why I cannot get myself to clean this place. I kept thinking to myself how in the hell I got myself to clean in years past when I worked 70 hour weeks and had NO social life. Then it occured to me: the radio. I missed my shitty radio.
When I first got it I was perfectly happy with it. I was 25 and freshly moved out of my parents home, for the second time. It played the radio and it played CD's and tapes. Yes I still had all of my tapes from childhood. They were with me through high school, college, post - college reality depression, homelessness (i did return them to my parents at one point) and then my year at home with my parents when I was 24. Why give them up now even if I never listened to them?
Well 6 years later and 2 years into my relationship with SO, the radio played 1 out of three CD's. 1 speaker out of 2, when it felt like it. The radio antenna was near shot (not your typical metal antenna) and I never used it. I always said I would organize my tape songs since I really did have the ULTIMATE collection of 90's tunes. Well, my bf helped me finally get rid of the tapes after I did finally get a list of songs with singers and albums (internet very useful!). It was depressing. Then I finally got rid of the radio. It was collecting dust and I also had an LG EnV at the time that I was using as a walkman (for those of you young 'eons thats a portable tape player).
The good side of all that was that I was propelled into the 21st century. I traded my 1978 Zenith with no remote for a 19 inch dual flat screen tv/computer. I went from dial-up and 1 computer, and a Patrick Bateman brickphone to an LG EnV to LG Versa (that was also a result of my coworkers at my job making fun of me relentlessly about coming out of the stone age) and 4 computers. Two that work, anyway. And my first big present to my boyfriend was his Ipod I-touch. I even personalized it. "Te quiero siempre 2008. Tu Amante Siempre, Regina." That's "I will always love you. 2008. Your lover always, Regina.
As a result of SD's jealousy of her father's I-POD, and since her uncle insists on spoiling the child, SD also got an I-touch this past Christmas. We all (MIL, SO and I) were against it but SD's uncle (SO's twin brother) is a rather hard-headed fellow. She loved him for it, as she always does. All of the other 50 + gifts she received and the I-Pod took precidence. At least MIL was very strict with her usage. But as teenagers are known to do, she walks around with that thing on her like it's an appendage. I laugh about it. But then, SO and SD have I-Pod I-touches. Again, they both used it all the time. I was starting to feel jealous of the I-touch. But then, I decided to get to know this new, member of our relationship.
So, apparently, this thing has apps for everything! Wanna learn how to cook? There's an app for that )allrecipes.com). Wanna go on Myspace, Facebook, LJ? There's an app for that (LJ no longer available.)Wanna make fart sounds? There's an app for that. Sorry I lied. There are 2 apps: traditional and advanced. You can pop fake bubble wrap, collor a fake white board or coloring book, and even whipe away fake steam from your I-touch. Wanna record yourself sleeping? You guessed it....
There were benefits to this. SD was off my phone, programming it all the time. losing the damn pen attached to the phone. And SO no longer liked to hold onto my phone for dear life now that we can text from the text chat feature. But this thing, this I-phone thing, pretty much took away all car conversation. They did not need me anymore for anything (except for maid-like stuff: cooking, cleaning...). I was being replaced by a damn machine.
But slowly, like with all of his toys, SO got tired of it and now only uses it in the car. SD still uses it like an appendage, but it's ok: she's a teenager. So, here I am with SO and SD sucked into the online gaming world, and I am sorely missing my radio. So, I look at my SD's Ipod and notice a potentially usefull app: Iheartradio. Apparently, you can obtain radio from anywhere in the country (well certain stations anyway). So, I look up alternative: they have a good mix on there. Then I look up Adult Alternative, because I am slowly going past the point where I can listen to Korn and Metallica all the time. Plus, my first love is any girl who can play a mean guitar. (One day I might like Miley Cyrus, but as of right now, NOT INCLUDED! Although her song "The Climb" was good). So, I listen to a few songs from this station I found on adult Alternative: Cities 97 in Minneapolis Saint Paul. Pretty good station. I like it much. All of a sudden, I get this weird feeling in my bones. Must.....clean something. Ahh, that is all I needed. So, I cleaned the whole bathoom. Then I made dinner and tried my hand at biscuits for the first time (more like pancake biscuits, but hey! everyone ate them) as well as buttercreme icing. I am slowly learning to cook. I am starting to think of it less as a chore and more of an edible science experiment. If I mix this amount of flour, water, and sugar, what do I get? Ahhhh. still listening to the I-pod now, same station. I tried a few more, just to be able to see what other people listen to. Like, Hee-haw 98.1 in Lexington, KY (ok it was called "The Bull: Better Country). I listened to one song by the Rascal Flatts, and I was OK. Then another more hick-type song came on and my head nearly exploded so I changed the station fast.
So, this is what I was missing all this time? Really I do have a musical collection, and I am trying to reactivate it but Verizon is taking 7 days, (yes, 7) to reactivate my damn Rhapsody account. Plus, I do love hearing the latest and greatest songs out there and if I am downloading music all the time, I cannot hear anything new. Also, the station I used to listen to got cancelled earlier this year (106.3 modern rock at the jersey shore) and then the station I listened to after that became a top 40 station as well. As of NYC needed yet another top 40 station, but that is a rant for another day. So, I am loving my new radio, at least for now. Cannot wait to get the I-home so that I dont need to use just the headphones with one ear working anymore.
I am wondering why I cannot get myself to clean this place. I kept thinking to myself how in the hell I got myself to clean in years past when I worked 70 hour weeks and had NO social life. Then it occured to me: the radio. I missed my shitty radio.
When I first got it I was perfectly happy with it. I was 25 and freshly moved out of my parents home, for the second time. It played the radio and it played CD's and tapes. Yes I still had all of my tapes from childhood. They were with me through high school, college, post - college reality depression, homelessness (i did return them to my parents at one point) and then my year at home with my parents when I was 24. Why give them up now even if I never listened to them?
Well 6 years later and 2 years into my relationship with SO, the radio played 1 out of three CD's. 1 speaker out of 2, when it felt like it. The radio antenna was near shot (not your typical metal antenna) and I never used it. I always said I would organize my tape songs since I really did have the ULTIMATE collection of 90's tunes. Well, my bf helped me finally get rid of the tapes after I did finally get a list of songs with singers and albums (internet very useful!). It was depressing. Then I finally got rid of the radio. It was collecting dust and I also had an LG EnV at the time that I was using as a walkman (for those of you young 'eons thats a portable tape player).
The good side of all that was that I was propelled into the 21st century. I traded my 1978 Zenith with no remote for a 19 inch dual flat screen tv/computer. I went from dial-up and 1 computer, and a Patrick Bateman brickphone to an LG EnV to LG Versa (that was also a result of my coworkers at my job making fun of me relentlessly about coming out of the stone age) and 4 computers. Two that work, anyway. And my first big present to my boyfriend was his Ipod I-touch. I even personalized it. "Te quiero siempre 2008. Tu Amante Siempre, Regina." That's "I will always love you. 2008. Your lover always, Regina.
As a result of SD's jealousy of her father's I-POD, and since her uncle insists on spoiling the child, SD also got an I-touch this past Christmas. We all (MIL, SO and I) were against it but SD's uncle (SO's twin brother) is a rather hard-headed fellow. She loved him for it, as she always does. All of the other 50 + gifts she received and the I-Pod took precidence. At least MIL was very strict with her usage. But as teenagers are known to do, she walks around with that thing on her like it's an appendage. I laugh about it. But then, SO and SD have I-Pod I-touches. Again, they both used it all the time. I was starting to feel jealous of the I-touch. But then, I decided to get to know this new, member of our relationship.
So, apparently, this thing has apps for everything! Wanna learn how to cook? There's an app for that )allrecipes.com). Wanna go on Myspace, Facebook, LJ? There's an app for that (LJ no longer available.)Wanna make fart sounds? There's an app for that. Sorry I lied. There are 2 apps: traditional and advanced. You can pop fake bubble wrap, collor a fake white board or coloring book, and even whipe away fake steam from your I-touch. Wanna record yourself sleeping? You guessed it....
There were benefits to this. SD was off my phone, programming it all the time. losing the damn pen attached to the phone. And SO no longer liked to hold onto my phone for dear life now that we can text from the text chat feature. But this thing, this I-phone thing, pretty much took away all car conversation. They did not need me anymore for anything (except for maid-like stuff: cooking, cleaning...). I was being replaced by a damn machine.
But slowly, like with all of his toys, SO got tired of it and now only uses it in the car. SD still uses it like an appendage, but it's ok: she's a teenager. So, here I am with SO and SD sucked into the online gaming world, and I am sorely missing my radio. So, I look at my SD's Ipod and notice a potentially usefull app: Iheartradio. Apparently, you can obtain radio from anywhere in the country (well certain stations anyway). So, I look up alternative: they have a good mix on there. Then I look up Adult Alternative, because I am slowly going past the point where I can listen to Korn and Metallica all the time. Plus, my first love is any girl who can play a mean guitar. (One day I might like Miley Cyrus, but as of right now, NOT INCLUDED! Although her song "The Climb" was good). So, I listen to a few songs from this station I found on adult Alternative: Cities 97 in Minneapolis Saint Paul. Pretty good station. I like it much. All of a sudden, I get this weird feeling in my bones. Must.....clean something. Ahh, that is all I needed. So, I cleaned the whole bathoom. Then I made dinner and tried my hand at biscuits for the first time (more like pancake biscuits, but hey! everyone ate them) as well as buttercreme icing. I am slowly learning to cook. I am starting to think of it less as a chore and more of an edible science experiment. If I mix this amount of flour, water, and sugar, what do I get? Ahhhh. still listening to the I-pod now, same station. I tried a few more, just to be able to see what other people listen to. Like, Hee-haw 98.1 in Lexington, KY (ok it was called "The Bull: Better Country). I listened to one song by the Rascal Flatts, and I was OK. Then another more hick-type song came on and my head nearly exploded so I changed the station fast.
So, this is what I was missing all this time? Really I do have a musical collection, and I am trying to reactivate it but Verizon is taking 7 days, (yes, 7) to reactivate my damn Rhapsody account. Plus, I do love hearing the latest and greatest songs out there and if I am downloading music all the time, I cannot hear anything new. Also, the station I used to listen to got cancelled earlier this year (106.3 modern rock at the jersey shore) and then the station I listened to after that became a top 40 station as well. As of NYC needed yet another top 40 station, but that is a rant for another day. So, I am loving my new radio, at least for now. Cannot wait to get the I-home so that I dont need to use just the headphones with one ear working anymore.
