Retrophobic

At the beginning of November 2005, I joined this website where you could create a time capsule of sorts to be sent to you a certain amount of time later. I filled mine out, and set it to three years; it would come to me at the end of October 2008, a date that seemed so far into the future that I was sure to forget about it. Well, I did. Thankfully, though, the email I used for mine is one I still use to sign up for things so I don’t get a bunch of spam in my normal email. I needed to duck into there for a confirmation email one day, and saw this sitting up near the top.

Today I opened it. I’m not going to post the entire thing because some parts are kind of personal, but a lot of it was a pretty interesting look into who I was and to who I hoped to become.

Current
Age: eighteen
height: five six - ish
status: single and not looking… too much.
hobbies: web and graphic design, blogging, writing, crochet, sewing, DANCE

The basics haven’t changed, except now I’m 21 and don’t have time for the crocheting and the sewing very often. I don’t dance as much as I think I used to, either… which makes me kinda sad. (more…)

I really think it’s amazing how much you can tell about a person just by looking at the kind of music they listen to. You can peek into someone’s CD case or start flipping through their iPod and almost get a picture of the person, without ever meeting them. I mean, for the most part. When you find someone who’s listening to the latest hip-hop and rock, you probably won’t picture them as a sweet and innocent young girl, right? No, you’d expect to find Hannah Montana in her iPod.

I also think it’s weird how you can look at your own music and thing “hmm… that’s eclectic. What kind of person am I, anyway?”

Anyhow, all this to say, here’s the top ten most frequently played songs on my iPod. Think whatever you’d like.

1. Blind - Lifehouse
2. Breath - Breaking Benjamin
3. Whispers in the Dark - Skillet
4. Your Guardian Angel - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
5. Viva la Vida - Coldplay
6. 9 Crimes - Damien Rice
7. Black Balloon - The Goo Goo Dolls
8. Broken - Lifehouse
9. Congratulations - Blue October ft. Imogen Heap
10. Things I’ll Never Say - Avril Lavigne

What this says about me? No clue. It says I’ve got a short attention span when it comes to music. Anyhow, you should listen to each and every one of these songs, because they’re amazing in their own right. Go. Now.

Edit: I just realized there’s not an ounce of Relient K in that list. Tastes change, I guess?

This year for Father’s day, we got my dad an iPod shuffle… you know, just one of those little, fifty dollar, 1 Gig clip-on things. And of course, it being my dad, we also provided him with lights and tools and other “daddy” toys. Usually, he’s excited by the tools and the gadgets. This year he was only momentarily distracted (”oh! laser!”) and put almost all of his focus on his brand new iPod.

We haven’t been able to pull it away from him yet.

He’s not overly tech-savvy, but you had better believe that within five minutes he had iTunes loaded on to his computer, busy importing all of his music files, with the first twenty or so already loaded onto his iPod.

Today he came home and hopped straight onto his computer. “Mel! Come here!”

I went in to his room to see him triumphantly holding up a green card. “What is it?” I asked.

“25 iTunes dollars,” he replied. “Some guy gave it to me when he saw I had an iPod. What can I buy with it?”

“Music,” I responded. “99 cents a song.”

I have never seen my dad so happy. Who says iPods are just for young people and Apple geeks?