CD players

remember back in the day. you'd pop in your favorite cd and listen to it from beginning to end. If you were lucky, your cd player had a shuffle mode, which mine did. But you still listened to the cd in order of the song. such greatness.
I used to fall asleep to either Michelle Branch or Alicia Keys then in my gangster phase it was 50 cent. yea I fell asleep to that cd. When I came home from school I'd pop in Hot Fuss (then kaiser chiefs, the cribs, bloc party...ah my british invasion period...) and listen to that over and over while I did my homework. I should do that again. Except on my fancy-schmancy ipod that currently has 4732 songs on it. I'm building up a collection. I'm spotty in some areas.
Oh that Michelle Branch cd...one song came up on shuffle. still brings back memories. I played that OVER AND OVER AND OVER when I went to sleep. I still listen to Alicia Keys (of course, she's the best) so her music doesn't bring too much of a memory back since it is still ongoing.

I think I'm the only one under 30 that still buys cds. I love them. I need something tangible. Who doesn't love having a collection of cds around your room. I use them in my car all the time. My car is from 2004 (its sixth birthday is on labor day. aw. they grow up so fast...) so it's not one of those cool ones with built in mp3 player cords so the sound quality when I play my ipod isnt the greatest. Plus there's nothing better than popping in a cd and blasting it as you drive around.

back to cd players. I did see someone on the bus a while ago (I can't remember where. maybe tempe, maybe d.c.) who still had a cd player. Right now (and from forever on), its definitely worth it to buy an ipod, especially when you commute (playing solitaire on my ipod saved my life last summer!) I know some people can't afford one since the classic ipod style price hovers at $250. Although the size is increasing ENORMOUSLY. I got a new ipod two years ago (I believe, I had to get a new one because some cretin stole mine during class...wtf...anyway it was dying, the hold button was failing) The "new" ipod I got was 80 gb. 80 GB!! that's still insane. They don't even make that size anymore. I think (THINK) the lowest size is now 120 gb. or maybe 160. That's the size of my computer hard drive now! insaaaaane. If you have a computer with 160 gb you can no way fill up a 160 gb ipod, that's for sure.
how the hell did I get onto the topic of ipod size....
TANGENTTTTTTT

bottom line.
cd players are cute and memorable. It reminds me of being 13. aw.
awkward.
I remember taking road trips and having to decide which cds I would want for my journey. poor other cds that didn't get taken. I'd end up taking wayyyyy too many or not enough and be wanting to listen to certain music and crap not having the cd with me.

yea.


p.s. going to see TONY BENNETT tonight. <333333333
omgggggggggg tony bennetttttt