My iPod hates me today.

I got in the car car to drive to work and hooked up my iPod and pushed play.

The first random song iPod chose was some light pop thing from the 80's. I don't remember the name, and there are a number of songs on iPod that would fit that description. They are on there because I like them. When I'm in the right mood they are a fun reminder of the lost days of youth. I was not in that mood this morning so I hit the button for the next song.

Something by Jimmy Buffett. I was not in the mood for that either. Next.

Dave Matthews. Next.

Some light pop thing from the 80's. Next.

Phil Collins. Next.

I should be clear that if asked I could not have described my mood, or what music I was in the mood for. I was tired, which maybe gave me a bit of an edge. I didn't know what I wanted to hear, but I would have known it when I heard it.

Steve Miller band. Definitely not. Next.

And so it went, all the way to the stoplight just before work. Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd. Plaintive. Sorrowful. I know all the words. It was less than half over by the time I parked. So I sat in the car and sang along. Then I unplugged iPod from the car and put in the ear buds. Guitar and Pen from the album "Who Are You" by The Who. Since I was out of the car and in public I didn't sing along. My normal singing is bad enough, I wouldn't subject the world to the horrific caterwauling of headphone singing.

The song after that, as I was connecting the laptop to the network, was some light pop thing from the 80's. I was cool with that. It was a fun reminder of the lost days of youth.

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