Just a tip: If passers-by find themselves singing along to the music that is playing on your headphones, the music may be a tad too loud.
Granted, this makes walking about campus a bit of fun if I’ve forgotten my own iPod. It becomes truly bothersome when I can sing along to your music while I’m listening to mine. Seriously. It’s happened.
Let’s just think for a moment what it’s doing to you, though. Sure, you’re now defined by the music blaring out of your headphones–we all know now that you’re a gangsta or a diva. Thirty or forty years from now, though? You’ll be that older guy walking around confused and angry because you can’t hear a damn thing anymore. That’s right. You won’t even be a senior citizen yet. Just a middle-aged, screamin’ firestorm waiting to rain down destruction on anyone and everyone. Think about it. Is that really what you want? Personally, we have enough of those. It would be great if we could have fewer in the years to come.
Beyond Distraction 