Music and Me

Music is a media that has made it's way into every part of my existence. It is with me everywhere I go. It becomes part of every situation. It is part of me.
In the morning I wake up to my radio alarm, usually set to “Classic Rock, Q 107!” I get up and , depending on the day, I exercise in my room, or I go to the gym. If I'm in my room my laptop is on Itunes playing my favourite workout music. If I'm at the gym, my Ipod is cranked up. I shower, slip on my Jimi Hendrix t-shirt and head to work. When I get there we turn on the stereo and play the CDs that we burned ourselves, broadcasting the music that makes us who we are down the halls of the school. Even in class, music is usually involved. As the day winds down I retreat to my dorm room and play my guitar. When I'm done I turn on Itunes as I chat on MSN messenger, search through facebook and eventually retire to my bed. Nine hours later I'm awakened by my radio and the cycle continues.
Is this a good thing? In some ways yes, in others no. Music is definitely enjoyable; singing, dancing, hearing someones expressive words, expressing your own feelings though it. These are all wonderful things.
The only downside of music, in my life, is that it is very distracting. I find that because I am so occupied by music and other forms of media that I lose track of what is really important, like all the readings I didn't do last week. If instead of listening to my Ipod at the gym I read, I would have finished them, or instead of playing my guitar I started my term paper, I would be ahead.
Despite that reason, I am totally convinced that music is a positive force in my life. And hey, sometimes it's nice to be distracted!