Ipods....Why??
I was on my way home today with Anna and she picked up Josh's mp3 player, put on the headphones and started jamming. It's very frightening that my 5 year old can not only turn it on, but also knows how to scroll through the songs to find what she likes. Luckily, he is on a Lion King kick right now, so the music is very clean.
The thing about 5 year olds is that they assume since they can't hear themselves, no one else can either. So all the way home, she played "Hakuna Matata" over and over again and sang it at the top of her lungs. Another funny thing is she has no clue what the lyrics are (an inherited trait she shares with me....I just figured out that it's "the path unwinding" in the Circle of Life...duh!!!).
So here we are, driving up Caldwell Mill and she is belting out (I will spell phoenetically) "Hamkumba tata.....wonerful phase....hamkumba tata....ain't no fashion craze....no worries.....your daze....s'its are poblem fee....pillosopy....hamkumba tata....Why when he was a lung warhog..." You get the gist.
I started thinking maybe I should get her one for Christmas and then I reined myself in and got back to practicality. I don't understand why people go around all day with those little buds jammed in their ears. What are they trying to tune out...reality?? I don't get it, I love reality.
How many fabulous conversations do you miss when you are listening to Green Day or Doris Day or whatever you have on your ipod? I like to talk to people and I like to listen to other people talking. I think that's why I don't watch much television. I prefer reality.
Are we teaching ourselves and our children to tune into an alternate universe where reality is our own creation? Because it seems kind of scary and Bradburyish to me. My soundtrack could never be put on an ipod. It's the every day rattle and roar, blabber and bustle that marks a day in the life. I want to hear what you have to say, what the freaky looking guy over there has to say, and even what the pimply bag boy at Publix has to say. Can Apple market that???
I will probably get Anna an ipod one day. Maybe when she can read and I can get an ipod with a little screen on it so she can read the lyrics!!
