So there I was, driving in to the office again, and still listening to the CD I’d started nearly two weeks ago. I should mention it’s a new car, which I bought completely by accident a month or two ago (long story), and one of the perks (which I found only after the car followed me home) is that the CD player also plays MP3s.\u00a0 Since SOBUMD used to have a car that could do that (we replaced her old van as well, but at least we did that on purpose), we had a few CDs with MP3s laying around collecting dust.\u00a0 One of them was marked “BUMD Mix,” so I popped it in the new car and decided to see what was on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was nearly two weeks ago.\u00a0 Since the CD was probably made before Obama took office, I had no earthly idea what was on it.\u00a0 Those of you old enough to remember “mix tapes” from the ’80s will know what this is like – a walk down memory lane with a few songs you know you’ll like, since you put it together yourself, even if you don’t remember doing so because you were totally baked at the time.\u00a0 The difference with a mix of MP3s on a CD is that there are more than a hundred songs.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As I played the CD, I noticed two things – first, I liked all of the songs, which makes sense, and second, they were completely random, which was surprising.\u00a0 Not sure how they got copied onto the CD, but it’s a pretty trippy bunch of segues.\u00a0 Not bad, just surprising – like listening to a radio station tuned specifically to you, but you’re just along for the ride.\u00a0 And it made it even more fun to guess when the ride was going to end, because I had no idea how many songs the thing held.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So I’ve been shaking my head at these totally random segues of good song into good song, until this morning’s drive.\u00a0 I’d gotten nearly to the end of the CD, more than a hundred songs, and I’d gotten used to the randomness – until I realized that I’d followed David Bowie with the Cranberries, followed by Tom Petty, followed by Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Do you see it?\u00a0 Yep.\u00a0 Ziggy Stardust, Zombie, Zombie Zoo, and Zoot Suit Riot.\u00a0 Real random.\u00a0 My life would be so much easier if I could spell.\u00a0 I leave you with Ziggy, because every day should start with some God-given ass.<\/p>\n
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