iShuffled!

I have an iPod nano, but I'm not obsessed with listening to my music, however, on the train to and from work, on an airplane traveling and walking to work while I'm in New York gives me a good amount of opportunities to catch up on some tuneage.

Now, you have to know that I'm a child of the 80s, so, I'm used to my mix tapes and therefore, I listen to my own play lists that I created myself more than anything. Or, I just listen to CDs that I have loaded onto my iPod, and I never really use the Shuffle function.

This week I have been in New York City for work and I have to walk 12 blocks to my office in Mid-town from my hotel. It takes around 20 minutes and it's been rainy and miserable out all week. Fortunately, listening to my music on the way to work drowns out the noise and brightens my otherwise dismal commute to work. Not to mention every other person that I pass by in the city has some type of headphones on. So, each person is off in their own little world as well.

The other day, when I was leaving my hotel, I didn't know what I was going to listen to. So, I figured "What the hell, I'm going to SHUFFLE!"

So, I hit the shuffle button and the first song that started to play was "Word Up" by Korn. A remake of the Cameo song (from the 80s) and the first thing that came to my mind is "Where the hell did that song come from?"
I didn't even know that song was on my iPod. So, I continued to listen more intently thinking "hmmm, what's next?"

I heard a few other songs that day and in the following days that I never realized I even had on my iPod.

Every Little Thing She Does - The Police
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Trippin' on a Hole in A Paper Heart - Stone Temple Pilots

Some other songs that I forgot were there that made me laugh like:

Do you really want to hurt me - Culture Club (The Wedding Singer Soundtrack)
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate (Full Monty Soundtrack)

And then some favorites of mine that I havent heard in a while:

By the way - Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
American Girl - Tom Petty & The Heart Breakers
God Gave me Everything - Mick Jagger
This Time of Year - Better Than Ezra

As well as some newer songs that I forgot I downloaded as well:
S.O.S - Rihanna
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Afterglow - INXS
Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry

What I've come to realize is this Shuffle feature is pretty friggin' cool!

It's like listening to your favorite radio station without the jackass DJs.

I've used shuffle all week and it's been great. I just thought it was funny that I never used it before and now I feel like I've been missing out all these months that I've had my iPod.

All I can say is, "I've been Shuffled and I love it!!"

You should Shuffle too!

There is no place in the WORLD like New York City!

Where else can you get a Falafel, a Bagel, a Croissant and a decent cup of Coffee from some guy standing in a 2'x2' trailer on a street corner.

However, today was extra special... I'm walking down Madison Avenue from my hotel in the Murray Hill area. The morning is bright and clear, with the sun creeping in between the buildings and warming up the sidewalk. The air is still a bit chilly for this Spring morning when this "cute" girl walks in front of me, getting ready to cross the street. I slow down to let her pass in front of me and take her in with a head-to-toe glance. She has her iPod earphones in, a little jean jacket unbottoned, a pink t-shirt top and a flowy white skirt on. Shoulder-length brown hair showing blonde highlights in the morning sunlight. She was cute, you know, nothing amazing about her, just cute.

As she's standing on the corner waiting to cross, she turns her head to her right and leans over slightly and.... BLAWP!!!!

She vomits all over the place.

She takes a step toward the trash barrell on the corner and ever-so-delicately spits into it. The light changes, and she starts crossing the street and about three-quarters of the way across the street...BLAWP!!!! She vomits again. This time, in-stride, not even slowing, she continues to walk toward the other side of the street she gives her mouth a quick wipe and continues to the sidewalk.

Once she reaches the sidewalk on the other side of the street... BLAWP!!!! One more time for the road. This time she reaches up and tucks her hair behind her ear, fixes her headphones in her ear, gives her mouth another little wipe and keeps walking like nothing ever happened.

The best part about this entire episode is not many people even batted an eyelash. The guy driving the Taxi just looked at her as she crossed the street. All of the other people walking alongside her or walking in the opposite direction didn't even notice anything out of the ordinary, they just continued on their way.

This must be an every day occurrance to the "average" New Yorker.

For me, it made me seriously think, what the hell did this girl do last night? Where was the party? Was she with her family getting loaded on Easter Sunday? Or did she recently get knocked up?

More importantly, it also made me question where the hell I was going to get my bagel and coffee this lovely morning.

Other than that little episode, all and all it was a nice morning. Low 60's, sunny, a little breeze and a 99% chance of seeing Projectile Vomiting.

Have a lovely day New York City... just watch out for the vomit slicks on Madison Avenue!!!
There really is No Place In The World Like New York City!