It's probably because you're not listening to the right stuff. Teenie-bopper stuff is contrived. It always has been and always will be contrived. I remember in high school buying tapes of Poison, Bon Jovi, Warrant, Guns-N-Roses, Metallica, and even Winger (Gad! What was I thinking!) Over the years I have developed a more tasteful CD collection (although it still has Metallica and Guns-N-Roses. Some habits die hard, I guess).
There's still good music out there, you're just not going to hear it on the radio. I'm not sure how you'll find it, but it's out there. There are still good bands generating good music, but in the days of making a home studio on the cheap, there's more flak out there than there ever used to be.
These are the following reasons I got rid of my cell phone:
1) I drive a stick. My wife got angry with me because she would call me on my cell phone and I would put it down when I had to shift, traffic got tight, or I had to concentrate on the driving for some reason or another. I explained to her in the beginning that driving home safely is much more important than any conversion in the car.
2) I told everyone that the cell phone was for EMERGENCY USE ONLY. Suddenly emergency calls were "just checking up. Want to make sure you're OK" calls. Especially from my wife. Her family has this whole weird thing with phones that's a whole different world, although that's beside the point. The point is that people do not respect what emergency use means when it's just so convenient and "it'll only take a minute". Also, both my wife and I got a phone, and we said it was only for if the car breaks down or some emergency like that. It didn't take her very long to call because she had to ask some one a quick question and she should call while she's thinking about it before she gets home.
3) It's nice to be disconnected. It's really, really nice to be someplace where no one can reach you. No one can bother you. You're all alone. Obviously I'm in the minority with this opinion. People don't respect private time when you have a cell phone. If they can call you, they will.
4) My wife seems to concentrate on anything except driving while she's driving. She almost rear-ended four people yesterday alone. Especially with the cell phone.
5) C-- You H--- -- -ow? Sentences MUST be short and sweet along with the conversations because you don't know when your cell phone is going to conk out on you. I used to have Verison. That sucked. My father in law has Nextel. That sucks. My wife (she can't live without one, she says) now has SprintPCS. Not very clear, although all of these may be where I live.
I hated every minute of having a cell phone. I got it originally for the purpose of if I got stuck somewhere I could call for help. When I go to work there is a whole lotta nothing between home and work, and it's even worse for some of my side consulting jobs. The price wasn't worth it. To have the (what I consider) proper cell phone attitude is to be totally frustrated all the time with everyone you know.
The skip button on the remote is your friend. You might have to see a second of an ad, but it's better than watching the whole preview.
The thing I would really love is the DVDs with a whole animation in front of the menu that you have to sit through some lame CGI sequence just to watch the movie.
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It's probably because you're not listening to the right stuff. Teenie-bopper stuff is contrived. It always has been and always will be contrived. I remember in high school buying tapes of Poison, Bon Jovi, Warrant, Guns-N-Roses, Metallica, and even Winger (Gad! What was I thinking!) Over the years I have developed a more tasteful CD collection (although it still has Metallica and Guns-N-Roses. Some habits die hard, I guess). There's still good music out there, you're just not going to hear it on the radio. I'm not sure how you'll find it, but it's out there. There are still good bands generating good music, but in the days of making a home studio on the cheap, there's more flak out there than there ever used to be.
"Think about this, how beautifull would a car that looks good but keeps breaking down be ?" I believe that would be called a Porsche.
These are the following reasons I got rid of my cell phone: 1) I drive a stick. My wife got angry with me because she would call me on my cell phone and I would put it down when I had to shift, traffic got tight, or I had to concentrate on the driving for some reason or another. I explained to her in the beginning that driving home safely is much more important than any conversion in the car. 2) I told everyone that the cell phone was for EMERGENCY USE ONLY. Suddenly emergency calls were "just checking up. Want to make sure you're OK" calls. Especially from my wife. Her family has this whole weird thing with phones that's a whole different world, although that's beside the point. The point is that people do not respect what emergency use means when it's just so convenient and "it'll only take a minute". Also, both my wife and I got a phone, and we said it was only for if the car breaks down or some emergency like that. It didn't take her very long to call because she had to ask some one a quick question and she should call while she's thinking about it before she gets home. 3) It's nice to be disconnected. It's really, really nice to be someplace where no one can reach you. No one can bother you. You're all alone. Obviously I'm in the minority with this opinion. People don't respect private time when you have a cell phone. If they can call you, they will. 4) My wife seems to concentrate on anything except driving while she's driving. She almost rear-ended four people yesterday alone. Especially with the cell phone. 5) C-- You H--- -- -ow? Sentences MUST be short and sweet along with the conversations because you don't know when your cell phone is going to conk out on you. I used to have Verison. That sucked. My father in law has Nextel. That sucks. My wife (she can't live without one, she says) now has SprintPCS. Not very clear, although all of these may be where I live. I hated every minute of having a cell phone. I got it originally for the purpose of if I got stuck somewhere I could call for help. When I go to work there is a whole lotta nothing between home and work, and it's even worse for some of my side consulting jobs. The price wasn't worth it. To have the (what I consider) proper cell phone attitude is to be totally frustrated all the time with everyone you know.
The skip button on the remote is your friend. You might have to see a second of an ad, but it's better than watching the whole preview. The thing I would really love is the DVDs with a whole animation in front of the menu that you have to sit through some lame CGI sequence just to watch the movie.