MP3 Mania or Suffering from MMPD
So, this posting will reveal how behind the times I am right now. I am JUST getting into having an MP3 player! And I LOVE IT! I don’t have an IPod or anything, but this has opened up a whole new world for me nonetheless.
The only time when I can really listen to music is when I am driving or working out. Well, until now, I have just listened to the 80s music they play at the gym. A year after my husband got me an MP3 player (at my request), I decided to give it a whirl. Let me tell you, I am getting the best workouts ever now!
Music has always been such a motivator in my life. I used to study with my music blaring all through school, and my parents couldn’t believe I could learn with it so loud. But, it puts me in “the zone” and I block out the world—exactly what you need to be doing when you’re working out seriously.
And my music interests are all over the place. For example, right now I have Kelly Clarkson’s latest CD, Toby Keith’s Greatest Hits, and Maroon 5 all in my SUV’s CD player. I must have MMPD—Musical Multiple Personality Disorder!
So, I’m groovin’ on the treadmill, listening to Usher’s “Yeah” (which I happen to think is one of the best workout songs EVER). My earpiece shifted a little, and I thought it was falling out. Suddenly, I had a mild panic attack.
What if, this whole time that I’ve been jamming away to all sorts of music, everyone could hear what I was listening to? Say the headphones weren’t plugged in all the way or something. Did they see me really start stepping it up when the Baha Men's “Who Let the Dogs Out” came on? Did they notice me pensively looking at the sky during the "Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire?" I seriously started sweating even harder at the prospect of this embarassment!
Pulling off the ear pieces, I realized that it wasn’t possible and took a deep breath. But, as I did some reps on the pec machine to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” I got to thinking about what other people might be listening to. After all, I don’t look like someone who might listen to some of these selections.
For example, the elderly woman doing lunges in the corner, now I would say she was listening to Frank Sinatra or perhaps classical music—at best Josh Grobin. What if instead, she was “Gettin’ Jiggy” with Will Smith? The overweight girl killing herself on the bikes---I’d pick maybe Sarah McLaughlin or some folksy indie singer. But, maybe she’s really into Marilyn Manson. The guy on the Elliptical definitely looked like a heavy metal dude—maybe Metallica, but what if he was really listening to Brittney Spears’ Greatest Hits or JoJo’s, “Leave.”
It just goes to show, your musical tastes really do say quite a lot about you as a person, but you never can tell with people. If I could be an ear mite on those headphones, I am sure I’d have had some surprises that day. And, as I walked out of the workout area listening to Billy Idol’s “Dancin’ with Myself,” I am sure those around me would have gotten a big chuckle at me as well.
The only time when I can really listen to music is when I am driving or working out. Well, until now, I have just listened to the 80s music they play at the gym. A year after my husband got me an MP3 player (at my request), I decided to give it a whirl. Let me tell you, I am getting the best workouts ever now!
Music has always been such a motivator in my life. I used to study with my music blaring all through school, and my parents couldn’t believe I could learn with it so loud. But, it puts me in “the zone” and I block out the world—exactly what you need to be doing when you’re working out seriously.
And my music interests are all over the place. For example, right now I have Kelly Clarkson’s latest CD, Toby Keith’s Greatest Hits, and Maroon 5 all in my SUV’s CD player. I must have MMPD—Musical Multiple Personality Disorder!
So, I’m groovin’ on the treadmill, listening to Usher’s “Yeah” (which I happen to think is one of the best workout songs EVER). My earpiece shifted a little, and I thought it was falling out. Suddenly, I had a mild panic attack.
What if, this whole time that I’ve been jamming away to all sorts of music, everyone could hear what I was listening to? Say the headphones weren’t plugged in all the way or something. Did they see me really start stepping it up when the Baha Men's “Who Let the Dogs Out” came on? Did they notice me pensively looking at the sky during the "Theme from St. Elmo’s Fire?" I seriously started sweating even harder at the prospect of this embarassment!
Pulling off the ear pieces, I realized that it wasn’t possible and took a deep breath. But, as I did some reps on the pec machine to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself,” I got to thinking about what other people might be listening to. After all, I don’t look like someone who might listen to some of these selections.
For example, the elderly woman doing lunges in the corner, now I would say she was listening to Frank Sinatra or perhaps classical music—at best Josh Grobin. What if instead, she was “Gettin’ Jiggy” with Will Smith? The overweight girl killing herself on the bikes---I’d pick maybe Sarah McLaughlin or some folksy indie singer. But, maybe she’s really into Marilyn Manson. The guy on the Elliptical definitely looked like a heavy metal dude—maybe Metallica, but what if he was really listening to Brittney Spears’ Greatest Hits or JoJo’s, “Leave.”
It just goes to show, your musical tastes really do say quite a lot about you as a person, but you never can tell with people. If I could be an ear mite on those headphones, I am sure I’d have had some surprises that day. And, as I walked out of the workout area listening to Billy Idol’s “Dancin’ with Myself,” I am sure those around me would have gotten a big chuckle at me as well.
posted by Crazy MomCat @ 9:50 PM
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