I have an Apple iBook. And the now defunct Apple Cube. About a year ago, I bought an iPod. My iPod is fairly obsolete by now, though... it only has a measley 5 gigs and can only hold about 1,000 songs.

I still haven't filled it. But I use it quite a bit.

I'm sort of weird. I love music, but I rarely listen to new stuff. I hate breaking in new CD's. I prefer music to just come into my life, and if I notice it, great.

Growing up, there was almost always music playing. During the summer, I remember the radio being on quite a bit during the day. We always listened to it in the car. When we bought a CD player, we played a ton of music on that. I always fell asleep with the radio on.

I feel as though I have a soundtrack for my life, and it fascinates me! Whenever I hear an old song, or even a song from when I was in college that was played often, I am instantly transported in my mind. I remember my surroundings and thoughts. I can't adequately describe it, but I'm sure ya'll know what I mean.

Now that you have an idea of just how saturated my life was with music, I now have to admit to what kind of music it was. My dad listened to a lot of "oldies" - 50's and 60's stuff. I still really like listening to that every once in awhile. But my mom... well, mom listened to light rock. The soundtrack to my childhood includes 70's and 80's music that was played on light rock stations - Cristopher Cross, Toto, Phil Collins, Olivia N-J, America, The Eagles, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor - yeah. It almost caused me physical pain to type out a few of those, and I have left out one or two that I simply will never admit to still liking :-)

Now, Apple has come out with a Music Store. I am in complete and utter love with this concept. You go to the "store" and you can buy, legally, one song at a time! This means that although I have very fond memories with 1 or 2 Christopher Cross songs playing in the background, I don't have to buy the whole album. I can just download a couple!

So whenever I feel like escaping my adult responsibility-laden life, I can sit back and relax with the 'Pod - and all of my favorite childhood lightrockness. (Yeah, Dad - I got some Supremes, too. :))