iPod goes back

I forgot to mention, I got an iPod for Christmas in 2005 and I returned it the next day. How much self-control and willpower does that take?!! A gift of a 40GB iPod, shiny with it's new buttons and unscratched screen stared me in the face saying, "Take me! You know you want me! Deep down you know you've wanted me all along! Go on, scroll. It won't hurt." [jump to the iPod's inner thoughts: "In one minute she'll be hooked just like the other hundreds of thousands of people who are addicted to me. They love me, they really love me."

I said "No iPod! I don't want you, I don't want to throw out my CD's and yes, TAPES whom I love dearly. I don't want to walk around with white earphones in my ears pretending that I'm listening to people even though I never put my song on pause when I acted like I did. I don't want to have to worry about recharging you when I can't even take my daily vitamins that I so desperately should be taking. I don't want you because I never walk anywhere and get the chance to listen to music (as if I can have the luxury of letting my mind wander away from the tasks at hand). My car doesn't even have a tape deck nevermind the capabilities of plugging in an mp3 player! With all these reasons listed above, I cannot have you and I don't want you."

I said no to the iPod.

It's about principles here, people...

creepy and random

Okay, so I haven't told any of my friends about this blog and already there have been 77 people that have viewed one of the mePod videos! That is creepy and a little scary!!!

Hopefully I'll get more of the mePod infomercials up and running soon.

I wanted to thank some people who helped put these videos together. Erin and Sarah for filming, Greg, Kendra, and Shantay for their cameos, and Greg for holding all of the stuff as we made our way through campus. Erin thanks again for the 911 emergency help desk tech support.

A couple closing words for now.

I still have yet to buy an iPod. And I won't buy one until they make the programming better, make them indestructible, and make them cheaper. Until then, I will continue to boycott the iPod industry. I'll probably end up getting one when they are out of style in 10 years. Some facts that prove that I probably won't get an iPod until much later:

1) I have a laptop from 1989, it works perfectly but sparks when I plug it in, and it weighs a whopping 32 pounds.

2) My parents finally moved from wallphone to cordless phone in 2000.

3) I refused to get a cell phone because I didn't want to be "one of those people." I didn't get one until 2 years ago. Now, I am "one of those people" and I hate it, although I don't know how I ever operated without one. God forbid I can't find a friend I'm meeting at the movie theatre...I call them to find out that they are standing 10 feet away from me and then breathe a big sigh of relief. Sad but true. What did I ever do without a phone? It makes me sick how dependent we've become as a culture. I couldn't even tell you how to operate a payphone, I wouldn't even have a quarter in my pocket to make a phone call! I carry a check card! No cash!


Perhaps I'll keep up this blog thing now that I realized that there are people who have nothing better to do than to read someone's trite words and thoughts about the randomness that is my life.

another way to watch

check out www.blip.tv and search for mepod. For some reason, I have yet to figure out why this isn't working on my dang blog.

technology...ahh....

Well I managed to get this blog thing going with a few minor glitches. I have a couple videos to check out -- three commercials/infomercials about the mePod -- attack of the iPods! Hopefully there will be more videos to come that deal with:

Protecting your mePod with accessories

Recharging your mePod

mePod - "be your own DJ at the party" Bose speaker set

Introducing the newest version of the mePod....
The wePod - it's more fun with friends!

uploading, cross-posting and other small print

Check out the new mePod. It's affordable - you are born with the harddrive. The songs are all in your head. There's no charging, no powercords, no downloading, no running out of space, no itunes labeling your 'classic rock' music as 'classical' so you can't find it in your 10,000 other songs listed in absolutely no logical order. There's no buttons to break. It's simple.

Scroll through the songs in your head.
Slap yourself to select.
Press into your forehead to pause.
Turn the volume up or down by just a dabbing of the nose.
Special feature: OFF button - fold your ears in half and close your eyes.

There's no apple store, "I'm sorry...your warranty just expired...we could replace your harddrive for only $350 plus shipping and handling." (manager smiles, knowing full well that the ipod you just bought a few months ago and saved up the money for has just had it's butt kicked by the new and improved, bigger, better, 1000GB mili-nano, paperclip sized ipod - limited time offer - the Tina Turner edition).

Your ipod is out dated. Tina Turner's edition is way sexier than the U2 edition and your nano isn't so cool anymore. Worse...it's no longer cool, and it's broken.

Dang.

mePod at the office

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INTRODUCING THE NEW mePOD

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mePod 30 second spot

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