Monday, February 2, 2015

I Listened to the 4700 Tracks on my iPod on Shuffle. Here's What I Learned:

1. My iPod is clever. It played "Wrong" by Kimberly Locke and immediately followed with "Wrong Again" by Martina McBride. Well played, iPod.

2. My iPod is sentimental/reflective. As I reflectively looked out at our swimming pool glistening in the California sun, it played the ballad version of Celine Dion's "A New Day Has Come."

3. Even though I'm an actor, I haven't really been too much into the musical theatre scene, but I've been gaining greater respect for the genre, especially for The Last Five Years and Into the Woods. I must explore these plays' themes more in-depth! Thankfully, one is out on film and the other is about to be. How's that for life synchronicity?

4. My iPod is smart. Besides these, it played into much more synchronicity with life.

5. My iPod has a vendetta against me! Every time I went running it was guaranteed to play classical music. EVERY.TIME! I'd prefer something more hard and driving to run to.

6. Also, whenever I would drive other people my age in my car, it was guaranteed to play Australian folk songs, children's songs (i.e. The Wiggles), or Disney. ..Keepin' it cool...

7. As many songs as I have, there are none that are misplaced or that shouldn't be on there. They all fit me in one way or another, and yet, there are so many more songs out there I would love to put on it.

8. I have a lot more Sheryl Crow and Mary Chapin Carpenter than I thought I did. I like that.

9. I have a lot more John Mayer, Jewel, Faith Hill, Feist, Whitney Houston, and Jo Dee Messina than I realized. ..I don't have any strong feelings about that.

10. I have a lot more Norah Jones, Celine Dion, and Sarah McLachlan than I thought. I'm not crazy about that.

11. Sometimes the A*TEENS are actually really fun!


12. Shania Twain has some pretty fun pre-fame pop-rock.


13. I have gems on there I haven't paid much attention to, especially from Britney Spears and Kenneth Cope.

                            

14. Alright, I'll be honest. I didn't make it through all 4700 tracks, because my iPod died on October 26, having gotten through about 3400 songs. It was a very sad day. It wouldn't charge, and iTunes said it was corrupted. My first thought was to bury it and give it a proper send off. However, I let it sit around until November 5, when I had a spark to try it again. It worked! Oh, joyous day! It resurrected! I charged it, and it works fine, though it reset its shuffle... I didn't start the project over.

15.This project tied up my iPod for three months. I couldn't listen to anything else on it. Sometimes, that was frustrating in not having that control. However, I had the power to quit the whole thing at any time and listen to whatever I wanted, but I had committed to hold to the program. In conclusion, quite often we are our own obstacle.

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