- I haven't used my green iPod Nano all that much since I bought it a couple of months ago. I really can't handle music while I read or write, and I haven't been in the lab all that much. But it has been very nice when I have been in the lab. Now that the semester has started, I will likely be taking public transportation more often, and I will use it then.
- I have used it to motivate me to jog on a few occassions, but I need to be better about that.
- I like to use it while walking too, but there is a problem I need to get over. I have an uncontrollable urge to walk in step with the music, owing to marching band indoctrination Seriously, marching band ruined me for walking at my own pace when there is music. So songs that aren't the right tempo are a problem. Since a lot of my favorite songs have a danceable beat, it is a significant problem.
- The ear buds are uncomfortable, and they pop out of my ears. EGM finds this baffling, since he always says that I have extra large ear holes. I guess my ear holes are big compared to my head, but still smaller than most people's ear holes?
- I've only bought three songs from iTunes (Just Dance, Sexy Back, and Sufjan Stevens's Chicago). However, I'm nearly finished with lab work (woo-hoo!), so I might do like ScienceWoman and buy some songs to celebrate.
- Most of the music came from cds that I had ripped to my computer at one time or another, so there is all this weird rap and stuff from cds that my ex-boyfriend burned. Unfortunately, the titles for most of the music that came from burned cds didn't come with the songs, so I don't know which songs are which when I do the sync thing. Maybe after I defend, I will take the time to listen to each song and edit the titles. Maybe I will also upload music from more of my cds then too.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Hey funny, with the earphones! I also cannot wear them, - my ears start *bleeding* after a while, - it's really odd. I use the ones with a hook around the ear, but they are not really comfortable either. If you find good ones, please post!
Possibly ear buds are designed by men? They don't fit me well, either. Drat!
That's so funny! I can totally see you walking around your work or the town you live in in step like a one women marching band!
As for earphones, when I started running with my cheap mp3 player thing I had to get the kind that wrap around your ears so they wouldn't fall out.
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826159228
These aren't them but a similar style.
A lot of people have that problem with the earbuds, so you're not alone! And I have the same problem with walking in step to music (marching band has ruined me). I've found that making a playlist with the Genius button in iTunes helps. It tends to gather songs together that have similar beats.
Hmmm, it sounds like earbuds are yet another product that was designed for men.
I didn't realize that's how the Genius playlists worked. I'll have to try that.
I'm another who was ruined by marching band but I'd think danceable beats would be great for walking to (a little faster than normal walking maybe, my dog would hate me). But then I don't walk with headphones on much, and no one thinks it's weird at a dance. I hate earbuds, they are uncomfortable; I use good, old fashioned, cheap earphones but again I'm not running in them.
Heh! This is why I like spoken word podcasts for any kind of exercise - I can set my own pace. (And I'm constantly reinserting the earbuds too - especially the left one. I can't use other buds with the iPhone 'cos I need the in-line mic).
I rarely listen to music when I walk around (not sure why, maybe I either enjoy the silence, or it's too loud to hear anything anyway), but I like it for work -- less distracting to me than discussions between co-workers. But the ear buds, they trouble me, too.
I have the same problem with the ear buds, they always fall out. I switched to Skullcandy headphones. The ones I use slide into the ear canal like ear plugs - they are awesome. Plus they come in great colors that match your iPod.
oh Sufjan Stevens, I like him too.
I got headphones as a present once - they were expensive - but they have several size of the rubbery or foamy, you can choose, fit at the end, so you can choose the one that fits you. They cut most of the noise from outside, even when the volume is low, which is great (but sometimes impractical, especially for someone used to use her hear when crossing the street...-
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