A Gadget That ROCKS!
 If I should suddenly die in an accident, I asked my husband promise me three things.
1. To raise our two young children with unconditional love and patience
2. To remember I always will love him, and it's OK to go on and find happiness
3. To please, please, please erase a few embarrassing songs from my IPod
On my way home from a meeting in Manhattan, I couldn't help but think: Dear God, please don't let my friends, family, and EMT know that the last song I was listening to on the train to Ronkonkoma was: "SHAKE YOUR LOVE" by Debbie Gibson.
Now how's this for an IPod song shuffle: "Sunshine On My Shoulder's" (yep, the John Denver ditty) to The Black-eyed Peas:"My Hump".
I never really worry that my IPod will be stolen, because if it did the thugs who took it would be laughing so hard at my bipolar playlist---they would either be caught red-handed or return it to me with a, "thanks for the laughs cheeze-ball!"
My husband probably couldn't keep promise number 3. He just shakes his head in disbelief to some of my silly song selections, and isn't at all "into" the same music as I am. If I told him about my "50 Cent" downloads, he'd ask: "Was there a half-price sale at the Apple I-Tunes store?"
Can you tell I got an IPod for Christmas?Yep. No fuzzy socks or pressure cookers for this thirty-something mother of two.. I wanted an IPod. And it is, hands down, the coolest gadget I've ever gotten. Why? Well, some songs actually make you feel five inches taller and ten pounds thinner.
This gadget is great because you can hunt down all those songs from when you were young and on the cusps of greatness. The songs you danced to when you were ten years younger and ten pounds thinner. And ever since my IPod, I actually am ten pounds thinner, thanks to the feel good, blast-from-my-past downloads that keep me going on the tread mill. And the pregnancy pounds that I thought would be there forever--are melting off! A little Duran Duran, and I'm good to go.
I'll fess up to a few of my other cheesy downloads. "Oh Mickey" by Toni Basil. Go ahead--laugh, but "Oh Mickey" just happens to be the song that was on in 6th grade--when the then "Mr. Hotness" himself, Jimmy Khurry, said he thought I was kind of pretty. So the song makes me feel a bit giddy. Oh--and "Xanadu" by Olivia Newton John. (Sorry, no real reason.)
We all have them. Feel good songs. And just because you're a parent doesn't mean you can't "rock-out" once in a while. But I froze in fear when a new friend asked to borrow my IPod. GULP. How do I explain? Is there a button you can press that hides embarrassing songs on your playlist? Do many people have songs in their IPod that they hope no one ever discovers?
Why yes they do! While on the LIRR, the man sitting next to me in his business suit was actually hiding the screen of his IPod with his hand, as if I was trying to sneak a peek at what he was listening to. (OK--I was, but why be bashful?) If Neil Diamond is what you need to unwind from a long day at work in New York City...then more power to you. We're living in America!
If you too want to rock-out with an IPod all your own, there are many chain electronic stores on Long Island that has most likely replenished it's stock after the holiday buying frenzy. Also check out The Long Island based "Think Different Store" (www.thinkdifferentstore.com) 1-800-iPod.com in Seldon, NY.
Janene Mascarella
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January 20, 2006 8:09 AM Eastern
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