I'm fairly obsessive about collecting music. If I like something, I need to own it in some form. Thankfully, I have gotten better about being a completist, but I still have some of that tendancy. I have two big industrial storage shelves of vinyl (some of which I probably haven't listened to in a decade). At some point in the last decade, I'm pretty sure my CDs started outnumbering the vinyl, though I haven't done an inventory in at least that long (I'm really overdue). The total combined is probably up near 3K at this point (last inventory totaled at 1900+).

I'm nearly as bad with DVDs which between movies and box sets of series is approaching the 1000 mark.

I won't even venture to estimate on books/comics.

I really wanted to punch the hipster couple in the basement stacks of City Lights who were writing down titles to go order online later.

I would have sent you bail money.

I've been listening to my iPod a lot more since I started going to the gym, although I had to buy different earbuds that would stay in my ears properly. I didn't know about rating songs--I'll have to look into that. But I have a lot of playlists set up, and their organization tends to sync with my moods pretty well.

I don't listen to music nearly enough since I got heavily into podcasts, but when I do, I listen like ita, I think - generally on random, trying to get to all of the unrated/unheard stuff.

I had to buy different earbuds that would stay in my ears properly.

I can't find any. I swear I have the smallest ears ever. Every earbuds I've ever tried are too big and hurt and/or fall out after 3 minutes.

Every earbuds I've ever tried are too big and hurt and/or fall out after 3 minutes.

Yes! It's not just me! They will not stay in! The hip hook-over-the-ear ones hurt too, so I may just go old school and get old-fashioned top of the head earphones--which are a bitch to carry around.

I'm lucky that the over-the-ear ones work pretty well for me, and my glasses keep them from hurting the top of my ears.

My ratings are similar to ita's, and I find some things I list as five stars get downgraded when I'm over them. I do have a fair hunk of unrated songs, but I also tend to listen to the same last five or ten songs I got, obsessively, until I'm sick of them. Only rarely do I listen to music for long periods of time (ie more than 15 minutes walking around my neighborhood) but I've got a few playlists that are just "3 star and up" and am always a little startled to hear songs I love and haven't heard in a while.

Yes! It's not just me! They will not stay in! The hip hook-over-the-ear ones hurt too, so I may just go old school and get old-fashioned top of the head earphones--which are a bitch to carry around.

I have behind the head ones that I like a lot (for my discman - no iPod). I also have some seriously lightweight Senheiser head phones for home use.

The earbuds I had that broke came with two other sized sets of the silicone bit, so I could wear whichever size fit best. And they did fit. And sounded great. But are broken. Sadface.

I've never found earbuds that will stay in my ears, or don't hurt, too. I love the behind-the-head regular earphones, except when I want to lie back, because then they get sort of smushed into my neck.