Am I the only person on earth who finds her iPod insufferable?

I love my iPod, but there are a few things that drive me crazy. I have a hard time being precise with the touch wheel. And I would kill for a normal volume button so I didn't have to wait for it to "go back" to the song to access the volume.

I was getting ready for bed when I suddenly realized that all the alarms I was hearing were, you know, right here.

Lots of flashing lights, that sort of thing.

I look out my window and there are like 3 cop cars blocking the street. Couldn't figure out what was what - then I noticed scads of smoke coming from a house across and down the street from me.

Lots of firetrucks parked up the street. (One of them a hook and ladder that is now right in front of my building.)

Stepped out front and it's the house right nextdoor to where my friend L lives!

I have a hard time being precise with the touch wheel. And I would kill for a normal volume button so I didn't have to wait for it to "go back" to the song to access the volume.

Yes. Steve Jobs' whole "one button" thing is ludicrous.

Its so nice that it wants to do things automatically for me. Really. But it needs to hush up and let me do what I want.

Steve Jobs' whole "one button" thing is ludicrous.

I don't think the iPod succeeded despite that sort of thing--I think the simplicity was part of the win.

I admit that normal use of my iPod is okay, but there are definitely some problems with the audiobooks. Every once in a while it just loses its place and goes back to the beginning of the enormous file. Argh.

I don't think the iPod succeeded despite that sort of thing--I think the simplicity was part of the win.

yes, it's all very cute and sexy, until you use it, and by the time you realize how annoying it is you're locked into iTunes.

Its so nice that it wants to do things automatically for me. Really. But it needs to hush up and let me do what I want.

It's like Microsoft Word that way.

It's like Microsoft Word that way.

It sure as fuck is.