Don't Walk and iPod

The saying usually goes "You can't walk and chew gum at the same time"
However, now I am starting to see that in practice with the iPod generation.
People here in Athens, Ohio (primarily college students) seem to think that having those little white wires connected to their head give them a free pass to be oblivious.

I have nearly been run into, walked into, sat on top of and even run over by these poor deaf, dumb and blind people. I swear, someone out of this crowd would be a pinball wizard, if they could pull their head out of their ass.

Now, I will admit, I do want and iPod. (see my last blog for proof)

On the contrary, there should also be an iPod permit that people should have to test for, much like a driver's license.

If you can't either walk in a straight line or show that you see what you are doing when listening to your iPod, you will not be permitted to use it whilst walking. In other words, you FAIL!

So, for those of you that feel my pain whenever people bump into you or their "iPod existence" just pisses you off to no end- keep this in mind. They will eventually get hit by a car or have their privileges revoked.

Friends don't let friends walk and iPod.

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When the iPod first came out I was skeptical.
"Why would you need to replace CDs?"
Then Napster made its way into my little world and MP3s became the best thing since sliced bread.
Then I thought- "Well, I can burn these all onto CDs... No need for a silly iPod."

Years later... I am suffering from withdraw. I am suffering in general.
I feel like I did when I was the only kid still playing Atari 7800 when most of my friends had an NES.

So, for Christmas I asked for a microSD card for my phone. "This will be like and iPod!!"
In short... No... IT WON'T!!!!

My Samsung CU540 has MP3 playback, etc. but the navigation is horrid and I have killed two pairs of headphones on it. (The headphones are a different story...for more on those check back for my blog on "Body Glove" headphones)

To save some time for myself and my readers (if there are any of you out there). Don't go on the cheap... If you want an MP3 player, just get an iPod.

Now I am stuck without a working set of headphones for my phone and my CD player is looking like a blessing again (which makes me want to throw up in my mouth a little bit).
I have over 200 GB of music and no good MP3 player to load down with a few gigs of noise.
I could have taken the $60 in headphones and $30 in my microSD card and gotten an iPod shuffle... But no, I thought I would be "smart"...

Don't be smart.... Get an iPod and be like everyone else. That is the only way to go through life in an oblivious daze of music.

(Stay tuned for my iPod User Review - Ohio University Edition)