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sOmEtimEs thE UnivErsE jUst sEnds yOU thAt littlE sign, thAt pAt On thE bAck Or thAt cUE tO kEEp yOU mOving in thE right dirEctiOn. i’vE bEEn A gOOd girl this wEEk. it cAllEd fOr sOmE fAncy fOOtwOrk bUt i mAnAgEd tO dO thE nEcEssAry hOmEwOrk, rEAd thE rElEvAnt rEAdings, lAy dOwn A sOlid fOUndAtiOn fOr my first EssAy And pOst thE ObligAtOry blOg (is it jUst mE Or dOEs thAt sOUnd kindA fUnny?) sO tOdAy whEn i scOrEd A gOOd sEAt On thE AftErnOOn rUsh hOUr trAin i thOUght it wAs Only fAir thAt i trEAt mysElf tO A littlE qUAlity timE with my ipOd. i cOnsidErEd rEAding And listEning At thE sAmE timE. thE diligEnt stUdEnt mUst bE EfficiEnt with hEr AllOcAtiOn Of timE... All cOnfUciOUs likE. bUt thEn i gOt tO thinking hOw thE ‘mUlti-tAsk’ ApprOAch wOUld cOmprOmisE bOth my rEAding And my listEning tO sOmE ExtEnt. “fUck it” wErE thE ExAct wOrds Of my innEr diAlOgUE... i dEsErvE this mUsic And this mUsic hAs A right tO bE hEArd! thE Only rEmAining qUEstiOn wAs ExActly whAt shOUld i listEn tO?? my cOmmitmEnt tO this bOld Act Of stUdEnt cOmmUtE rEbElliOn cAllEd fOr A tOp shElf listEning ExpEriEncE. mEdiOcrE mUsic wAs nOt An OptiOn. wEll lUckily thErE’s nO mEdiOcrE mUsic On my ipOd sO mAking this dEcisiOn wAs mOrE likE skimming thE crEAm. ActUAlly thErE is thAt OnE lindA rOnstAdt AlbUm On my ipOd... hOw thE hEll did shE End Up On thErE!? AnywAys it didn’t tAkE mE lOng tO mAkE Up my mind. As thE trAin pUllEd OUt Of cEntrAl stAtiOn i clOsEd my EyEs & kickEd bAck tO thE mOOdy tOnEs Of thE R.A.T. sOmEwhErE bEtwEEn sUthErlAnd And wAtErfAll stAtiOns thE AlbUm EndEd. i lOOkEd dOwn At my ipOd thinking i might indUlgE in A fEw mOrE tUnEs. i mAdE A sElEctiOn, hit plAy And wAitEd fOr thE silEncE tO EvApOrAtE . bUt thErE wAs tO bE nO sUch lUck bEcAUsE whilE i sAt thErE cOmplEtEly rEchArgEd frOm thE mUsic my bAttEry wAs cOmplEtEly ExhAUstEd. thErE hAd bEEn jUst thE right AmOUnt Of jUicE lEft in thAt sUckEr tO gEt mE thrOUgh. nOt A drOp mOrE... nOt A drOp lEss. hOw pErfEct!