"someone's bored on the el"

yep, it's true. the words spoken by dan morrison are true, and that "bored on the el" someone is me. reminiscent of my morning commutes in vienna, i've made a habit of dozing off on public transportation. (which results in some very unhappy contact lenses come chicago...) so i caved.

after at least a year of debate (maybe more) i finally gave in. today, for the first time, i experienced what molly so appropriately described as a "paradigm shift, apple style". i gave into the mp3 craze known as the ipod. my previous hesitations? well cost, of course. but after three weeks of no thanks to ebay, i gave into that also. (next time i want to buy something on ebay, remind me impulse buys are bad. my purchase which cost me $100 less than full price was lacking cables and ports and would have ended up costing MORE than full price when all was said and done.) other previous hesitations: articism (is that a word? it should be.)

you might say i'm a bit of a freak about buying cds. my 250 cd rack is just about full. (which might not sound like a ton, but considering everytime it gets close to full i clean it out and try to get rid of some... it's alot.) pretty much all my burned cds are mixes, i rarely burn an entire album for myself. i like to own it as the artist intended. not only do i want to appreciate the music, but the cover, the patterns, the colors, the fonts, the photos, the lyrics (of course the poet it me has to have the jacket with the lyrics!)... i like to stick my concert ticket stubs in the back covers of the cd. (maybe that's why i like going to concerts so much, i feel like the live performance completes the artistic package: music, visual, performance...)

at any rate, i'm determined not to let my love of itunes on my laptop and ipod in my schoolbag replace my love of cds. i still have stereos in my room, my bathroom and my car, as well as a discman in the drawer just in case. sometimes i just crave a particular artist, an album, a combination of songs... (this entry is straying from it's original intent--praise of my new toy.)

today i officially sold the 2nd generation ipod without a dock connector on ebay (you know, the one i purchased on ebay and received on september 21st and have been staring at and unable to use ever since!) only hours after completing the sale, i went and bought myself a brand spanking new ipod mini. it's small, sleek, sexy, lime green goodness. no joke, it's slightly smaller than my cell phone (which fits even in the pocket of my tightest jeans.) i'm stoked. i have never been so excited to take the el. tomorrow is going to be a happy tuesday.