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I had been against this whole Apple Mac trend since the beginning, thinking of them as overly expensive, and inferior products. I refused to buy myself any kind of iPod. It helped that after my first year of college, I stopped really listening to music, it wasn’t important to me. David would occasionally give me new music to listen to on my computer, and I liked some of them, but I could go months without listening to anything and not think twice about it.
Recently, David got the iPod Touch, after I finished scoffing and rolling my eyes, I noticed that it was actually really awesome. We listen to it during all car rides, and often end up singing loudly, blissfully, and out of tune to each other. Busy with his new toy, he gave me his first generation Shuffle for when I went to the gym. It was nice to have at the gym, and it made me listen to some new music. At home, I started doing crazy little dances that usually scared Mojito, I’m going to blame it on the new music.
Last week, I got a third generation Nano as a gift and it has made me a little more excited about music again. I’ve downloaded a few new albums and I even listen to it at work. Maybe I can once again join the ranks of normal people who enjoy listening to music.
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 at 10:01 am and is filed under tina illustrates.
10:40 am on March 18th, 2008
My iPod is the reason I want a macbook.
Sad. But true.
Oh, and the graphic design stuff. ‘Cause that’s awesome.
10:59 am on March 18th, 2008
there’s something about a hot chick dancing in boxers.
iPods are interesting, but I always wonder if I should just get a full on so I can keep all my music on it, or get an iPhone but then I’d never get a call cause I’d burn out the batteries listening to music, and going on the internet, or maybe I should just get a Nano that I could afford.
11:45 am on March 18th, 2008
I put all of my music on the nano and I still have 2gb left.
12:25 pm on March 18th, 2008
i never really was into music years ago either. clancy really brought that back out in me and now i’m looking for new bands to listen to all the time. except my old ipod is broken sadly so really all i listen to in the car is the country radio station. i’m too lazy to burn CDs.
5:06 pm on March 18th, 2008
stu, the 2D tina dancing is a lot hotter than I am in real life. Most of my dancing at home consists of thrusting and jerking in a pseudo sexual seizure, not sexy at all, trust me.
11:49 pm on March 18th, 2008
I am addicted to music and I’m a mac nerd so I am happy you’ve found the joy that I know to be an ipod.
PS – I like the new layout
6:54 am on March 19th, 2008
I have the same relationship with music. I think I’d become a music nerd like I used to be if I had some new toys to play with too! Hehe. I’m glad you’re having so much fun with it.
By the way, I am also a huge fan of the layout. You do this for a living, right?
7:13 am on March 19th, 2008
I’m glad you guys like the new layout! Web design and web development are part of my job, but I’ve also been doing web stuff since I was about 12 years old. I love it.
12:57 pm on March 19th, 2008
I am with your prior-positioning on iPods. Gaaak! I had to have one for work and I loathed it. Since I work in retail marketing (CE as well) I know what a cynical campaign those evil geniuses at Mac have run to get so many people enrolled in the cult of Mac.
I have a SIRIUS Stiletto 2, since I get more music than I can hope to listen to essentially free that way. I also have a $14 .mp3 player that does me proud.
iPods are EVIL! Evils, I tells ya!
1:28 pm on March 19th, 2008
Roland, I agree about their evil. Makes me so mad, not just their mp3 marketing, but they have fed people the idea that design programs work better on Macs. Gahhh
3:36 pm on March 19th, 2008
I bought my first i-pod on my birthday in 2001, it was a whole month after they were launched. And ever since, I’ve been head over heels in love with them.
After much refusal, I succumbed to Mac earlier this year. And I am happy I did. Love, love it.
12:05 am on March 20th, 2008
who ever said seizures weren’t sexy?
3:43 am on March 21st, 2008
Haha. Is it the whole brand saturation that you were against?
For years I had a Creative brand, as I really did have the ‘need’ for portable music (2 hours on a train per day). But after using someone’s iPod I was immediately converted.
Welcome to the club xxx
2:39 pm on March 26th, 2008
Join the dark side, Tina. Hehe. Honestly, I hated Macs too. Too much pretty, too little substance. Like I said, I’m never letting go of our PC, but I’m liking Macs now too. I’ll just have to live with that. As for music, welcome back. :)
11:01 am on February 13th, 2009
Awesome. Joining with music again is something to celebrate.
12:18 pm on February 13th, 2009
Great illustration and all I can say, is “Boogie on Reggae Woman! :)
10:16 am on February 14th, 2009
I shared your first sentiment but my children wanted iPods so I bought them for Christmas presents. Then my daughter wanted a Mac book the following Christmas. I am a windows person but I have to say that the viruss and trojans designed for windows are irritating me. I am so glad you have a newfound enjoyment for music.
1:34 am on February 16th, 2009
I enjoy your illos…but your blatant hatred for the most awesome computer around almost pushed me over the edge…I just stopped myself from leaving my apartment and driving around the block honking my horn and waiting up the neighbors at this 1:35 am…that being said they have been a bit pricey in the past…and I will continue to visit in spite of your attempts to drive me away…PC’s…blaaaahhhh…and it has nothing to do with their superior advertising strategy that I’m a Mac guy…;) Although for full disclosure I don’t own any type of apple music device…