La-La-LOVE my mp3 player

My mp3 player is the greatest thing EVER (thanks Lanny;). It’s so awesome to have a soundtrack to my life! Everything is so much more fun (biking, walking, working). It even makes tedious tasks such as data entry and cleaning so much more bearable.

However, I’ve identified a few drawbacks to the technology.

There’s the obvious; listening too long or too loud can damage your hearing. And it’s true, some people crank that thing so loud that you can hear it across the bus. This can cause hearing problems RIGHT NOW though (not just later in life). Being enveloped in musical bliss may mean you don’t realize:

A) That __________ (insert one of a multitude of bodily functions) was, in fact, audible to others (unbeknownst to you).

B) Since you didn't hear them, someone caught you singing or __________ (insert bodily function). You proceed to jump, blush and then speak to them in a VERY loud voice (also without realizing how loud you're being).

C) Someone is yelling at you and you can’t hear them (it could be “nice ass” or “hey chick, you dropped your keys!”… Both of which you may want to know.)

D) That as you sing or even lip sync to the music, you appear to onlooking drivers as if you’re one of those constant chatter-to-yourself crazy people. Hmmm, can they tell that you’re actually walking to-the-beat? And then there's the random passerbys who catch you doing air guitar, beating imaginary drums and cymbals… or worse (see B).

Oh well, overall it’s worth it. I can’t think of anything that could possibly make it better.

Um, but someone else has… and it’s called iBuzz. Now you can REALLY LOOOOVE your mp3 player!!! No wonder people are going deaf! ...“turn up the music for stronger vibrations”... It adds a whole new meaning to that song by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch (“It's such a good vibration, come on come on come on, its such a sweet sensation, feel it feel it”).

So next time you see someone really 'getting into' their iPod... uh yeah.