Anthropomorphizing

I love it, but it seems to have a mind of it's own.

My Ilo MP-3 player, that is. I've got 26 songs recorded onto it, and I like to listen to them using the 'shuffle' mode, so they're not played in the same order.

Problem is, that the Maniacal Pixie seems to shuffle with a stacked deck. Forgive me while I anthropomorphize, but she seems to have her own favorites. Oh, I know- if I paid close enough attention I would probably figure out that the songs I hear most frequently on 'shuffle' are the ones that were downloaded first, or that they're sort of stuck in alphabetical order, or something. But it's fun to imagine...

I only kept one of the half-dozen or so songs that came free with the player. Maniacal Pixie seems to favor that one. Perhaps out of a sense of loyalty. She has a fondness for some artists over others, too. She definitly likes Nine Inch Nails better then The Killers. She likes REM better than The Cure.

And I hardly EVER here Steve Forbert's "Romeo's Tune"- What's up with THAT, Pixie?
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