Stefan Gagne (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} twoflower) wrote,@ 2008-04-11 00:01:00 |
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The Lord Is My DJ, I Shall Not Want
It's weird, but it's true.
Whenever I'm in a particular mood... angry, frustrated, depressed, in need of contemplation, in need of encouragement... I throw my iPod or iTunes on random. And invariably, the RIGHT songs spin up. It'll give me soothing music, or exciting music, or inward-looking music, or nostalgic music from my teenage years... whatever the situation calls for.
Sometimes I prompt it by picking a playlist, say, "I'll do my 90s list" or "I'll do my quiet list" but even within those lists, it seems to nail exactly the right tracks, leaving out the 'meh' ones I might've put in there. It just... happens.
Fate, chance, divine intervention, the almighty hand of Steve Jobs, who knows. I'm just glad that when I gotta groove out, there's a random number generator seemingly on my side.
It's weird, but it's true.
Whenever I'm in a particular mood... angry, frustrated, depressed, in need of contemplation, in need of encouragement... I throw my iPod or iTunes on random. And invariably, the RIGHT songs spin up. It'll give me soothing music, or exciting music, or inward-looking music, or nostalgic music from my teenage years... whatever the situation calls for.
Sometimes I prompt it by picking a playlist, say, "I'll do my 90s list" or "I'll do my quiet list" but even within those lists, it seems to nail exactly the right tracks, leaving out the 'meh' ones I might've put in there. It just... happens.
Fate, chance, divine intervention, the almighty hand of Steve Jobs, who knows. I'm just glad that when I gotta groove out, there's a random number generator seemingly on my side.
