What'd you say?

[kelbelleh]

Yesterday I was sitting next to a woman on the bus who had just finished "A Million Little Pieces". I asked her what she thought of it, we talked briefly, and then I put my iPod headphones in. When it was her stop, I stood up to let her out and told her to have a nice afternoon. She told me to take care of my hearing and to also have a nice

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[ari8silver]

hmm, maybe she was trying desperately to yell something at you the entire bus ride, and you just didn't have any idea??? ...haha okay, so i'd guess that wasn't the case. actually, my first thought was the same thing as above -- that she was annoyed because your music was so loud it was bothering HER, and she thought that would be a kind of nice, backhanded comment that would make you think twice about turning your iPod up so high next time. but, if that wasn't the case...then maybe she just 1. knows someone who was affected by the iPod-too-loud problem, or 2. she works at an ear doctor's office & they are consistently warned about the dangers of iPods.

i dunno...just some ideas! :)

but that IS weird that people think that they can comment on that & not other things (i loved you other examples...maybe i'll try them! haha). perhaps they can do that because headphones are things potentially anyone uses, and so therefore the person giving the advice could use them, as well -- whereas a person smoking would NOT like to have a non-smoker come up to them & try to give them advice, and ditto for a non-drinker. do you see? also, it's not like iPods are inherently dangerous in & of themselves -- they just can be a danger to your ears if you use them too loudly. so maybe people would figure that they can give that "advice" since it's not like they are telling you to quit iPods, just to use them responsibly.

but, still, that was really odd that she decided to add that little bit as she said goodbye. very odd indeed.

and, now that you've heard WAY more from me than you need to...can you tell i'm TOTALLY pulling a Procrastination Friday?...ciao, my dear!

[kelbelleh]

The fact that I thought about it enough to write it down proves I was having a procrastination Friday as well :) What are you doing Fourth of July weekend? Could we possibly meet up at some point?

[ari8silver]

clearly i totally missed this, i'm so sorry!! that weekend i was fasting for the Troops Home Fast, so i didn't think i'd be great company, socially. :)

but, i'm disappointed i missed out on a chance to see you!! when do you think we can reschedule for??? :) :)

miss you! hope you are managing to stay cool!!! xoxo