My Angsty, Self-Discovery Blog

iPods are funny\amazing things. Aside from their breach in the most rudimentary grammar law, I've always viewed Apple as a world that is... difficult. As my mom always says, Apple is 'like the mafia, easy to get into, but virtually impossible to get out of.' It's funny, but it is also true. iPods are the only real option in the mp3\mp4 business that stays below the four hundred dollar limit, while still delivering the amount of quality that (I) want.
I remember the first time I saw an iPod. It was the shuffle. I remember looking at that stick of gum and I heard a distant voice moaning that I could listen to hours of music\books on this little chip off the old apple. It was fascinating. Yet my ten year old wallet-pocket was not exactly busting at the seams.
However my day to own an mp3 player did come. It was a nice thing but still didn't have the features I wanted (video, LED screen, and INTERNET).
But eventually (like five years later) my dreams did come true. I own an iPod Touch and (I hate to say it) they are truly amazing. The weird thing about it is that it's hardly believable as an mp3 player- A small, portable, touch screen computer however, yeah. That might be it. I really love it and the possibilities are pretty much endless. The hard thing is that when so many features are available via wifi and they are mostly all under 99 cents.... Temptation becomes quite spankin'.
Apple is a constantly expanding company. It does have strange features though. Where most companies try to go forward with their companies, it's like Apple has a little mini company coming out it's backside. At the head of Apple it has constantly improving iTouches coming out it's nostrils, but on the tail end of things it's like they are disassembling the shuffle bit by bit.
First they took off the handle to it. Instead of fitting into the palm of your hand it now fits comfortably pinched between your fingers. And yet they weren't happy with the lunatic size. "No. Just because it can be lost in the washer doesn't mean it's finished. I want it to be able to get lost in lint trap too!"
I really start to wonder. What are the cases going to look like for this thing? And with apple prices... scary. 1\2 milimeter silicone case... just 14.99. Pretty soon people are going to be cutting off the ends of straws and shovin it on there. Bam. Instant protection.
As Orson Scott Card puts it, "It's as if they were trying to build the world's smallest car, and they did it, but then they kept on going and now the car is so small that you can't actually fit the steering wheel or pedals inside -- or a person, either, for that matter -- so now you have to stand on the rear bumper and control it with a remote.

So you haven't invented the world's smallest car, you've invented the world's most cumbersome scooter.

Likewise, the new iPod Shuffle isn't the world's smallest mp3 player, it's the world's most overdesigned 4gig flash drive, because that's all it's good for. Unless you have prehensile ears that can grip the earbuds and hold them in place."
I have to agree. Not only do they have the gall to make the earphones in such crappish style, but then they build the controls into them to cut off any line of escape...
You made the iTouch. Be happy. Always check your lint trap first thing.

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Bajio does most everything right. They call you 'Princess', stuff everything to the max, and make absolutely amazing spicy dressing. I was out on a absolutely amazing spicy dressing spree, we can just call it AASDS, I waited in line, smelled the crunchy-to-perfection chips, heard the mariachis, and ordered the dressing.
The grand total was 4.22. That was fine. The most gracious thing that Bajio did for me was ring up my change due as 420.50. This was quickly becoming the most amazing AASDS I had EVER been on. Suddenly the kind lady behind the desk turned as red as a chili pepper and, though she didn't speak much English, managed to spit out a 'Sorry...'
But HEY. What does SHE have to be sorry about? I'm not the one who just lost her paycheck. I am FINE with my change due. I might even fill up the change bowl while.I.am.at.it.
Suddenly I've got about three other associates pushing about every button on the cash register. I am starting to think that this AASDS should be aborted...
But my praise quickly turned to complaint as amazing customer service turned to 3 cents back. The least they could do was give me some Bajio bucks. I mean, come on, I was almost holding a new iPhone.
However, all in all it was a good salad so I guess I should not be complaining.....





What am I talking about. That is MAH JOB! And I even made you up an awesome letter-name...

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In other news I am starting script frenzy next month and I must say, my ideas are flourishing quite nicely. My idea for an emotional, literary, librarian vigilante are coming along quite.nicely.
The.end.