Something I Just Don't Get....

People wearing ipod headphones while driving.

I have seen this on multiple occasions.  Something about it seems very dangerous.  Despite the fact that one can listen to music over the radio, the headphones seem like a major distraction.  Especially cause they could easily come out if one turns his head quickly for some reason.

What I REALLY don't get is when someone is doing this while ALONE in the car.  I could see if this was done out of some juvenile argument that one passenger doesn't want to have to listen to another's music, but SERIOUSLY.   Does the person just not own whatever device is needed to play the ipod through the radio?  Does he not know where to buy it?  It's not like it's that expensive or hard to get - it's considerably cheaper than both an ipod and a car accident.

Also, this ESPECIALLY doesn't make sense to me when the person is driving locally - can't he suffer it out with the radio for the 10 minutes, or what have you?  I have seen several people driving through my neighborhood with the earbuds in (or maybe I keep seeing the same person.  This is possible).

Anyhow.  Anyone else notice this bizarre act?  Anyone else find it dangerous?  Anyone out there do this?  Anyone not know where to buy the device to play the ipod through the radio?!?!

Apple vs. PC

So, as you know, I am an Apple user. I am in no way shape or form a computer expert (shh, don't tell my coworkers), however, let me say this:

I bought this apple four and a half years ago. Knock on wood, it has never once had a virus, crashed, or lost anything of value (or, for that matter, anything not of value). Going 'Mac' was a decision based on three factors:

1) I had just acquired an ipod a couple months earlier and I really liked how it operated.
2) I'd had a bad experience with my college computer (every roommate I'd ever had made fun of it - I somehow ended up with a lemon).
3) Honestly, I was impressed with the aesthetics and marketing of Apple. I, as an advertising major, would tell you firsthand that this is not a good reason to buy something, but, I did have some backing with reasons 1 & 2.

Anyhow - as I said earlier, despite the fact that I don't do video-editing or various other Mac-specific activities and that I probably paid $200 more for my computer than say, the PC equivalent, my Mac has given me peace of mind, and one can't put a price on that. I am very happy with my decision and, honestly, I don't forsee myself needing to buy a new computer any time in the next couple years (knock on wood...), but if everything continues as is, my next computer will for sure be a Mac.

Trivia Results....

There you have it.

My Latest Interest....

So, until recently, I've never been into listening to whole CDs. Back in hs, I would buy CDs and very rarely listen to the whole thing - only once in a while. It was more that I would put it on to listen to a certain song, then change it to another cd with a certain song. I really would have loved an ipod/itunes back then. Then, in college, I would make CDs of various songs ('I made you a mix tape'). Now, I have an ipod/itunes.

However, somehow, my latest interest (aside from blogging), has become listening to whole CDs. It kind of started with Taylor Swift, but it's really expanded. I looked up artists that I really liked a song from, then downloaded the whole CD. Now I understand the whole 'really good album' concept - I thought it meant moreso that someone ended up having a lot of singles from an album. Anyhow.

Any 'good album' recommendations? Anyone else out there like me, in this respect?

Another Impulse Buy....

I don't know why I bought a second Ipod. Well, I do -my first one was a little messed up. A few songs shy of a full cd, if you will. And the new nano is just so tiny and cute (if not completely necessary)....

Anyhow - when I went in to the apple store and brought my old pod with, the employee took a moment to browse through my music selection. I honestly would have rather he looked through my credit card statement or underwear drawer. Is it just me, or is this a personal thing? I don't want someone looking through my entire i-tunes collection. There's a lot of what you might expect, however, there are some eccentricities that I'm not quite ready to expose yet. Let's just say I'd like to keep the skeletons in the closet. Is it just me?