phamos

it has been noted by many journalistic outlets, both mainstream and otherwise, that the white earpods that come with your ipod have taken on a status symbol role in this city. i must admit, at the beginning, i was always a little tickled to see someone wearing the earphones on the subway, thinking, "they have the same thing i do!" but that was mostly because i wanted them to succeed so my apple stock would go up. now, they've become so ubiquitous that all i can think is, "man, get some decent earphones! those ones are shit." because they ARE. they're really uncomfortable and the sound is crap. so i just contentedly listen to my music on my fancy-present-from-segev headphones, aware that no one knows i'm using an ipod, and not really caring.

just organized my sandman trading cards, with some from thevertigo pack included. i like some of the art on the vertigo cards for series' i never read, so i may make a collage of some kind with them. i also ate a half-frozen flavorice. mmm, smooshy goodness.

the stupid new ipod software make my desktop not recognize it as being there. ghh!

so, i just had my first jaunt into the new apple music store. they certainly don't have much of an indie selection yet. strongly lacking in the emo department -- no promise ring OR get up kids? shocking. i bought a few songs by VAST and a couple of trail of dead songs from their new ep. but, no jets to brazil, no petra hayden, no darling buds...pleanty of stuff i was looking for was nowhere to be found. all in all, disappointing.