Melvin

For those who know me, and for those of you who are getting to know me here at The Dialogue Den...I LOVE music! Absolutely, positively, gotta have it every single day. If television went away today I'd be a-okay, as long as I've got my music. Take my music away and it could get ugly :-)

I remember listening to music on vinyl way back in the day (don't scratch my records!). Then came the cassette tape. Oh the hours that I spent by the radio waiting for my favorite song to come on so that I could hit Play+Record at just the right time. Not too soon 'cause then I'd get the DJ talking before the song (and I didn't want that)...but just when he was wrappin' up his intro...that's when it was time to push the button.

That worked well for a while. And then came along the CD. WHAT?!? You mean I can have a whole album full of songs on this little round circle thingy? No flippin' it over to hear Side B? No way!

Way!

Cool! I could get with this. And I did.

I still have shelves and shelves full of CDs. Just can't seem to part with 'em. Not just yet anyway.

So a few years ago at work I won my first iPod. It was an iPod Shuffle. So cool! It held about 200 songs I think. And that was enough for me.

"Who needs more than 200 songs? 200 songs...that's plenty."

So I thought.

That was until I got the itch to "upgrade" to the iPod nano. Oh, it was so pretty. I got it in blue (my favorite color next to brown). And again...for those who know me...I name everything. If it means anything to me, it gets a name. So my pretty little blue iPod nano was named "Azure". If I was looking for it around the house I'd just have to say, "Does anybody know where Azure is?" And they'd know exactly what I was talking about.
And it was so cute and compact. A perfect little square. It did everything. It had the shuffle feature in case I wanted to switch things up, and it also had a color screen so that I could see the album cover as the songs were playing. Sweet! And I think it held about 2000 songs. 2000 songs!!! No way!

Way!

"Oh, I'd never fill this thing up with 2000 songs. Never."

Yeah right. Little did I know.

It worked though. Had everything I thought I'd ever need (or should I say...want.)

That was until I won another iPod. An iPod touch. Whoa!

I remember saying when I won it..."What am I gonna do with this thing? It does way more than I need."

Well, once I opened it I very quickly found out just what it did, and it did everything that I could have wished for...and more.

I got it home...loaded it up...and gave it a name...MELVIN. Yes, Melvin. Why Melvin? Because Melvin is one of those soulful names from the 70's that you just don't hear anymore. And my Melvin is FULL of soul :-)

So Melvin is chock full of all my favorite songs. I mean really...every song is my favorite (or it wouldn't be in Melvin).

And I'm always adding new songs. Hey...did I already tell you how much I LOVE music?

But I haven't added anything in months. Not because there's nothing new for me to add. Oh no...there's plenty to be added.

But because I got a new computer a few months ago when my old one crashed. And I didn't back up my iTunes library before it crashed.

I've asked so many people about what will happen when I hook Melvin up to my new computer and I've heard a variety of possibilities. The scariest being that I will lose all of my music. SCREECH! Say it ain't so!

So for that reason I haven't added anything new.

But I've come to the realization that I've got to get over the fear of what "might" happen and just do the d@mn thing and find out what will happen. I mean really...there's only one way to find out.

If I lose it all, I'll just start over. And if it's all there then cool.

And in the process I'm learning yet another of life's fine lessons. We've got to get over our fears of what might happen and just try. The harm is not in trying, it's in not trying. If you don't try, then you're stuck and you never get anywhere. At least if you try you'll either find yourself in a place that you like and can move forward, or you'll be in a place where you didn't want to be and you'll work to get out. But you're moving and that's what matters. So don't get stuck.

Let the DIALOGUE begin(we'll keep this one light)! Do you have an iPod and does it have a name? Do you name any of the items that are important to you (besides people & pets)?

Talk to me!

Til next time...

P.S.- Happy Birthday to my Grammy. She was 40 years older than me and was my very BEST friend. Listened to all of my corny riddles...taught me how to read...encouraged me to write...always let me drink the very last sip of her coffee...let me lay underneath her organ bench where I'd watch her feet press on the organ pedals as she played. I could watch her feet for hours. She let me play with her beautiful hair...gave me a typewriter when I was 7...took me on long walks and played a game with me to see which of us could find the most loose change. Trash day was always my favorite day to walk with my Grammy...we'd always find the most loose change on those days. I could go on and on and on but I'm beginning to cry because I miss her sooo much. She's gone home to be with The Lord and I know that one day I will see her again. When I do, I'm gonna tell her a corny riddle and she'll laugh, and laugh and laugh. Happy Birthday Grammy. I LOVE YOU!!! Your Grandaughter, "De-da"