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My ipod has been a faithful companion, during the morning rushhour to work and back, jogs on the boardwalk, in the aisles of Loblaws and Home Depot, on long train rides during my recent trip to Europe. It’s helped me along all of life’s more mundane moments… vacuuming, laundry. Not to mention, whenever I’m in the washroom doing my #2, goes nicely with a good book or magazine. The other day, I almost dropped it into the loo cuz I forgot I was holding it between my legs. I had a magazine in one hand and toilet paper in the other and it almost slipped. The only thing saving my ipod from meeting my last night’s dinner, was catching it by its’ headphones saving it from certain death. Smiling, I was thinking there ought to be another one of those ipod ads with a guy sitting on a toilet… iPoo, haha.

Anyways, after having used it for several months now, being the lazyass that I am, I noticed that I’ve had mostly the same songs on it since I first got it. After reflecting about this for a moment, my ipod has been an absolute pleasure, giving me choice to choose between thousounds of songs, a true audio oasis in a dry soundscape of top 40 hits… thank you, thank you. Anyways, at the same time, I feel that I’ve been isolated and content with the 6Gb of songs that’s somehow kept me hostage for all these months. True, I could have downloaded or bought other songs, but again that’s too much effort.

I realize that I can’t live without it or can I? iRonically I’ve been craving to hear radio and radio DJ comments these days. Somehow, I feel like the iPod may be too much of a good thing. Freedom to choose what ever to listen to, but very isolated at the same time.

Time for some CIUT and KCRW .

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