10,001 Tales and Misadventures

Right now, I'm listening to the 10,000th track that I've played since May 24th, 2008. Why that day? Because that's the day I started using Last.fm. It's a site that tracks what you listen to and recommends music that is similar to what you already listen to. The fact that I've listened to 10,000 tracks made me think a lot about all the crazy things I've done over this period of 11 months. Songs tend to bring up different memories for me, and there are so many represented by these 10,000 songs. It's almost mind-blowing to me that I've listened to so much music in just 11 months. Like I've got headphones implanted in my ears. Music has become my escape when I think about it. Some people get violent, others write, or do something else. Music is to me what writing is to a poet. It's an expression of emotion. And while I can't play any instrument beyond the guitar (and I just started learning that), listening to music has become that sort of "important" to me. Maybe I'm crazy. But I like it like this.