Thursday, February 26, 2009

The Radio and What it Says

You can learn a lot about a person from the "things" they own. The type and style of their clothes, car, phone and music can clue you into who they are- at least in part. Like most people my age I own a stereo. At any time you might find "Wicked," "Music and Lyrics," church music, or some compilation of my iTunes in it. The CD inside would tell you much about me and my state of mind on any given day.
I'll guess that on a sad day you will find something soft and soothing or perhaps fast to bounce me back to my happy self. If I am contemplative, which I would say I am quite often, I will have on music somewhere in between, so long as I can understand the lyrics and they make me think.
Maybe even more importantly you can learn about me from where my stereo can be found. Right now it is sitting amongst papers and odd ends on my desk. Dust is accumulating on it. This reminds me that I don't spend much time in my room lately. I can picture myself on-the-go, swirling the iPod trying to find the right song for the day. 
There are those days where you will find it in the bathroom as I am curling, straightening, or spraying to go out for the night. You might find it down stairs for all my nieces and nephews to dance to when they simply won't sit still. The music follows me and my life. Or maybe I follow it. Whichever way it is,  my stereo says a lot about me. Not everything of course. Not the full song but maybe just the tune.

2 comments:

  1. Very cool, I am hopelessly addicted to music so anything that has to do with it has my vote. I think you did a great job connecting yourself to the object. All of your stories fit quite well which is a major plus. The only thing that could have helped further the strength of this post is detail. Describe what the stereo actually looks like, because you can also tell a lot about a person by the characteristics of the objects they own. I do give you kudos for giving detail about the location of the stereo; the dust-covered part really caught my interest. All and all I think you did a great job so keep that music playing.

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  2. Sounds like that stereo is always up and about. I am listening to music right now as I type and so I understand the statement “music follows me and my life.” I enjoyed how you ended the post by saying that there is still much more to you but still allow us a little taste of your personality. You have introduced us into your day life which I imagine consists of entertaining the nieces/nephews as well the night life out on the town. Great job in revealing personal information while referencing your stereo.

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