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| I want an mp3 player iPod.
why does everyone and their dog have an ipod, you ask?
Most owners i know don't even have a clue how to use their ipod features, or purchased one due to marketing. the ads are catchy and i do compliment them.
But ask creative users or samsung owners and they rave about their players.
divx? no problem.
transfer files or music back & forth with friends without limit? yup.
accessories beyond headphones and a crappy sleeve included right out of the box? yeah, that too.
everything about the iPod is about extracting more cash from you or pushing additional ads or content that leads to new revenue streams. it's a smart concept, except it's supposed to be about a multimedia experience. the sonic performance, the build quality, the features are all lower/less than a lot of competitors, but iPod is STILL priced higher...
Even worse, as new iPod varieties roll out, your investment depreciates more and more. it's almost "disposable".
I don't hate the iPod. I had one back when it was Will Ferrell doing the iPod ads and not Eminem or U2.
I just wish people would stop buying them to be like everyone else. I had a customer at best buy promise her 10 year old daughter an iPod Video, not even knowing what it is. She was floored when she found out how much it was, but bought one anyway. What, pray tell, is a 10 year old planning to do with a $500 mp3 player? Encode episodes of Dora The Explorer she downloaded off of Bittorrent to .h264 format so she can watch it during recess? Maybe, maybe not. Im banking on the latter.
Buy it because you are aware that it is a less than amazing mp3 player with a complete shortage of features [where the hells is fm radio? voice recording? wma support?] severe lack of value and own up to the fact that you want to be cool. Because if you knew any better, you'd go for something with much more bang for the buck.
At least do yourself a favor and BUY BETTER HEADPHONES. just because they're the stock, WHITE headphones does NOT make them awesome. And just because you have an iPod, it will not turn you into a sexy silhouette that can dance like a true b-boy/girl to Jet's 'Are You Gonna Be My Girl.'
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| "I want to sink Australia!"
Overview:
1.) Hacked. Lost all my music, documents and pictures. My entire life.
2.) DSL stopped working. Interwebless for 5 days.
3.) Lost my iPod.
3.) I'm in love and I couldn't be happier.
True story.
I sent Dan some flowers the other day.
He's the reason I smile when I feel I'm all smiled out, my reason to love just when I thought I couldn't love anymore, my purpose when I feel I don't have one.
Just because.
Now if that doesn't warrant sending flowers, then I don't know what does.
"All my base are belong to Dan, because he never ceases to amaze me. Happy Wednesday. <3 Marc"
Sunflowers. Our favorite.
Perfection.
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| I'll climb up your long legs and slap you on those queen sized futon mattresses you call lips.
Ingredients for the ultimate Saturday night:
-Yahoo! instant messenger
-Morrissey
-Tahnee
-IMvironments
-Saturday Night Live
This is what happens when your friends want to bowl, and you say you'd rather be on Yahoo! IM drawing saucy pictures [Rental shoes? Nachos that are smothered in some scary alternative cheese product? Constant gutter ball humiliation? Rental shoes? Right. No thanks.]
A giant killer mutant mushroom eating fondue out of a tank is obviously the coolest thing ever.
And as a side note, what you like now, we liked 5 years ago.
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