Technology I Cannot Live Without

I have always considered myself an apt member of the technological world, but have never seen myself dependent on any of the devices or services that I currently use. My first response to this question was my cell phone, but I quickly realized that I leave it in different places all the time because I am just not that connected to it. So as I was pondering what other devices I use regularly, it dawned on me that I always have music playing no matter what I am doing. In fact, I have my iTunes playing at this very moment that I am writing this blog. So with this realization, I would have to say that I could not live without my iPod. I constantly have it on me or plugged in to speakers including when I am driving my truck. The era that I have grown up in with CDs and then mp3 players offered me the opportunity to avoid radio commercials as well as to completely customize my listening experience. Therefore, I cannot stand listening to the normal radio with all of its DJs, constant commercials, and of course the playing of songs that I simply cannot bring myself to enjoy. My iPod affords me the pleasure of always listening to the perfect song at the perfect moment and never having to waste my time listening to someone trying to sell me a product that I will never buy through my truck speakers.

If, for some awful reason, my iPod was taken from me I feel as if I would become a very aggravated and annoyed person. I am most definitely spoiled by my ability to customize my mood based on music and would find it very difficult to rely on a radio DJ to do that for me. Due to the portability of my iPod I am also never without my music, and if it was gone I would have a lot of lonely moments in my day, I fear. Every time I am stuck riding a bus, taxi, or train my headphones go in my ears and it allows me to transport myself. Even when I am alone, I am never in the realization that I am alone because I am listening to someone else singing. Therefore, without my iPod I am afraid that I might be a very lonely person.

Wow! I guess I really am addicted to that thing!!