Every little thing my iPod does is magic....

Whilst out for a run today (yes, I indulge in such insane pasttimes), I was jogging along merrily, listening to my iPod. I had it on shuffle because I actually couldn't be arsed to pick what I was listening to, and I was amazed by the selection of songs that came on. I have a pretty eclectic taste in music. I mean, I have folk rock next to hip-hop, right alongside the opera, jazz, punk, pop, rock n roll, classical and the multitude of other audio clutter that forms my music collection. But somehow, my iPod always manages to pick the best song for the situation. I swear it can read minds. If I'm working, it always puts something quiet on in the background,like Mumford and Sons or Miles Davies. If I'm a bit more energetic, some Led Zeppelin or Daft Punk. I'm relaxing and its Gustav Holst or the John Butler Trio. Its an absolute DJ-ing genius.

The best case in point I can think of was during a flight to Spain. I have a massive fear of flying. I literally root myself to the chair, refusing to move, speak or even open my eyes during take off or landing. But I put my iPod on Shuffle and "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner came on, Y'know, that music that everyone associates with flying, even if they don't know what its called (YouTube it, if you really don't have a clue what I'm on about. Or not, if you don't care). Even though I was completely and utterly petrified, I had to laugh. My mother's fears that I am in fact mental were confirmed but I felt a little bit better about the flight. So there we go. The point is, iPods : magic, ain't they?

In other news, I finished reading Vergil's Aeneid today. I've never read the second half before,and I must say, its much better than the first. But I'd like to be able to say by now that I actually care about whether Aeneas is a social or Homeric hero in Book 12, but I really don't. Boredom, thy name is Classics essay.
 

P.S If you're a normal person, i.e not interested in Classics, that last paragraph may have been confusing, or boring, or both (indeed, the entire post may have been, but that will have been simply due to the fact that I'm not an interesting person). If it was, I sincerely apologise, but as the majority of my posts will contain Classical references, I suggest you either i) stop reading this blog or ii) start reading up on your Classics. Personally, I would take the second option, not due in the least to the fact that Classics is mostly just swordplay, insults, sex scenes and very thinly veiled innuendo (or not veiled at all, as the case may be with Catullus), but the choice, as always, is entirely yours.

Peace and love