The subway was a wild ride this morning. If you’ve ever been on the NYC subway you will understand that its better then any reality tv show ever!!! This morning on the daily ride it was kind of weird. A guy sat across from me with a big brown bag, he had a suit and tie on and big bulky half balled earphones black with red lines before the cushy part. Nothing out of the ordaniry till he changed his CD. Opened the bag, pulled out a case of CD mixes, blank CD’s with read writing on them – I could only see one of them that said Terrorism Mix.

The expression of the girl next to him was priceless as she contuied to listen to her iPod. I don’t know if it was the fact that he was flipping through that old technology called a CD case or the strange and awkward labels the man had on the CD’s. While this was going on another man handed that guy a piece of paper. The older man who handed him the paper was in my right-side blind spot since we were sitting on the same side of the train. He was an artist, with a clip board and a pencil. The paper was a sketch of the CD-Player guy. I peeped my head out and looked over at the artist and watched as he sketched a young girl who was rocking with the motion as her hand slide on the bar with every jump the train made.

I don’t know the last time I had seen someone have a portable cd player and a cd case with them. I’ve been using MP3 players now for about seven years and would think they are easier then swapping a cd or carrying the cases. But cd’s are still sold and I guess living in New York I’ve been spoiled, I’m sure somewhere in North Dakota a farmer is listening to ‘The Dixie Chicks’ on portable CD player as he herds the cattle.