I was the girl who never listened to the mix tape you made me

[mmymoon]

Ah... any time I feel guilty, like I have too many tiny things, I look at Re-ment Addicts on Flickr and think "These are my people. And they are awesome people. I do not have too many tiny things, I have an appropriate amount!"



On the other hand (of cleaning), I wish it were morally okay to just throw away CDs. I was an early adopter of CDs; we used the compact discs far before anyone else, when others were still futzing around with tapes. And I am so over them now. I don't have anything backed up -- I tried before I left for grad school, the files ended up corrupted, and I said "Forget this," -- but I really don't care. I have listened to a CD................. once? In the three or four years since I moved into this house. And I don't really care; I had a collection of MP3s that may be lost because I forgot to ever take them off my old desktop before giving it to my parents.

At this point, I will never, ever, ever care enough to attempt to re-burn all those stupid things.
If I wanted to listen to a song, I would

1. Listen to it on Last.fm or Youtube or similar streaming site
2. Pay the $.99 to re-download it on Amazon
3. Go without because I don't care that deeply


I mean, geez, MUSIC IS not MY LIFE and crap, but even B-sides and rarities and blah blah blah are mostly on Youtube, so.... hum.

Cory, it must be noted, listens to CDs daily. I might just take my binders and dump them unceremoniously in his shed. But I really kind of wish I could dump them into the trash can without feeling guilty.

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[dollsahoy.livejournal.com]

The only reason I bother with making mix CDs anymore is for my car, and I know The Future will eliminate that...after I drive my car into the ground, buy a used car that will probably also have a CD player, drive that into the ground, then get another used car that may have some sort of MP3 compatibility. Yeah, I know, I could buy some sort of aftermarket car-based MP3 system, but that would mean there would be something valuable in my car which would mean I'd have to get whatever's wrong with the locks fixed and probably the air conditioning, too, since I couldn't leave the windows down while I'm in a store during the summer and well the driver's side window doesn't go down anyway but...um...what?