Sweet little buds

What I've realized recently is the fact that nearly everyone on the face of the Earth owns or has previously owned an iPod (I include the term previously because apple fails at life and people that don't own an iPod right now probably have a broken one stored in a shoe box somewhere). When you walk outside and look around what you see is a sea of people bobbing their heads and shaking their butts along to the music coming out of this magical little device. Everyone is in their own little bubble, tuning out the world and along with it anything that happens around them. The feeling of isolation from society has its perks. I too, am one of those people that tune the world out. It makes life so much easier to ignore everything around you. Then you don't have to encounter or interact with the people that you don't want to interact with.

In a way I think that's the signal. When you see someone with their little white earphones in their ears, eyes closed and swaying to music, it's code for "don't talk to me I'm in my bubble." At the same time, it's possible to say that if you don't want to talk to anyone you pop your earphones in and people will understand that you would like to be left alone (if only telemarketers and those stupid people that try to sell you things at the booths in Valley Fair would get the message).

Over 100 million iPods have been sold and the number is still rapidly increasing as people press the little blue buy now button on the Apple website. But then I wonder, if everyone has an iPod and everyone puts in their earphones, then when will people speak with one another?

Last Wednesday I left my iPod in the room when I was in a rush and I had a panic attack because I thought I would die without music on the way to class. However, it was kind of nice to not constantly have these little ear buds in my ear. For once I could actually hear the quiet, subtle noises around me. It was a nice break from the norm.

Take out your ear buds once in a while and see how it feels.

Just some food for thought. This is kind of a hippy post.

Gahh why am I so obsessed with Rent - Seasons of Love right now? It's so beautiful.

hug trees & free the whales <3