Revenge of Bill Gates

I fully defected from the world of PCs about 2 years ago. I never really liked the cold black machines, but used them because it was what my parents bought me. After the harddrive crash of '05, there was no way that I could go back to a PC. I lost all of my music, any papers I had written in the first three years of college, and any dignity that I had left in the virtual world. I still feel the loss of my music. I started college in the heyday of kazaa and napster - I had over 5,000 songs, not including the stuff transfered from my "archaic" CD collection. I felt physical pain when that damn blue screen forever cut me off from my rare acoustic versions and live renditions of forgotten pop songs. So I got a Mac and didn't look back. Until my iPod broke. TODAY.

My day started out like any other. As with my regular morning routine, I read for the first 30 minutes of my subway ride, then transitioned to my iPod for the last few stops on my journey. I need a little psych up (or serenity) on my way into the office, and like to walk into work with a soundtrack. My little nano seemed a little slower than usual, but I figured maybe it was cold, or needed a little juice from the power cord attached to my work computer. I listened to it sporadically during the day and it seemed to be in working order. Radiohead sounded a little groggy, but I wasn't listening too intently - I was in the middle of doing a few reports.

Tonight on the ride home, I finished up my New Yorker and decided I needed to have a bit of music before I entered the chaos of my apartment. (I also had "Bizarre Love Triangle" in my head for the 6 day in a row and felt I needed a quick fix.) My iPod turned on, it let me change the song, play with the volume - literally everything was in working order. Except the songs won't play. The names just sit there and taunt me, but don't start, no matter how long I tap the start button. It's pure evil. And makes me sad about my allegiance to Mac. I stand up for them, and this sort of crap happens. But no, Bill Gates I don't want a zune. I don't even understand what those things really are. Plus I'm really scared of things that start with a "Z". Zebras, Zubas, Zoos. Nothing good really comes from anything starting with the letter "Z".