My iPod

I got an iPod last Christmas from my friends Craig and Vicky (putting them at the top of the friends list). It is the coolest thing I have ever owned. In fact, I don't know how the human race existed without iPods.
Of course when I first got it, getting it work was the most frustrating experience in my life.
The instructions to use an iPod are simple. Take it out of the box, get iTunes, plug the iPod into the USB port to launch iTunes, create a playlist and go.
It's almost as easy as microwaving soup, but not as tasty...or is it?
Having iTunes already (which everyone should have because it is the greatest music software out there), I plugged my iPod nano into the USB port. I stared at the screen, dreaming I would soon be like those young, hip silhouettes on TV dancing to my favorite music.
Nothing happened.
I was puzzled. I just sat there, concentrating on my monitor. I went over the instructions again.
So I went online and apparently I didn’t have the right iTunes...no problem, I’ll download a new one. Then it still didn’t work. I called Apple and asked them what was going on.
They asked me if I was using Mac or Windows. Mac, I told them. They asked me what the iPod was formatted for (Windows). So I needed to download an iPod updater.
I did, and it still didn’t work.
I couldn’t believe it! I had been waiting for an iPod for three years. THREE YEARS I waited, patiently. And I couldn’t get the *@%&^! thing to work! ARRRRGH!
Well, long story short, I didn’t have the right operating system (apparently OSX1 and OSX4 are not the same thing.) So after completely overhauling my computer, my iPod worked perfectly.Why am I telling you this? Well this week (except for American Idol) will be all about my iPod. The music I have on it, the playlists I’ve created, and the pure joy of being an iPod owner.
So plug those white things in your ears, turn it up past the newly updated sound limits, and Pod away baby!!!

Photo courtesy of Apple