Silly Little Brother

This iPod has probably been in my car for over a year.

And that's not a joke.

It's been sitting in this dashboard thingy that tends to accumulate only pens and numerous receipts. 

I remember finally wondering awhile back where the heck it came from, not really knowing myself, because it certainly wasn't mine. 

My brother Carson admitted to it being his one day when I was driving him somewhere. 

He explained that it was broken, a no-good iPod, and soon the conversation led somewhere else.. Still leaving the iPod in my car.

I didn't really question what was wrong, or what we could do to fix it, because quite frankly, it completely skipped my mind. 

Rob doesn't have an iPod.

Rob desperately wants an iPod.

The other night he wanted to go to the gym, complained that it was boring without music, so I went in search of my iPod shuffle. 

I know he doesn't like my music, but it was better than nothing. 

Searched the house high and low and could not find it anywhere, but of course I will leave the part out where I found it a couple days later... I really did think I searched everywhere. 

In the process of the hunt, I thought maybe it was in that dashboard thingy in my car, so I asked Rob to go check. 

He came back with Carson's iPod, the mysterious no-good iPod that has been sitting there for ages.

I honestly had forgotten about it.

With no luck in the shuffle hunt, I just decided to charge the no-good iPod of Carson's.. Not really expecting anything to happen.

About 15 min later... 

And the stupid thing works just fine. 

It has been sitting there for ages, me thinking it was no-good, and yet all it needed was a charge. 

Sure, the menu button doesn't work like it should if it were brand new, there are some scratches from sitting in that poor car for so long... but man.

So thank you Carson. 

Rob still has his eye on the new Nano's, hoping Santa will have mercy on him, but Rob is loving the fact that he actually has an iPod to his name, and he greatly appreciates the work and effort you put in to making sure there were over 600 songs on there. 

Though, we will try not to tease you about the fact that the Jonas Brothers were among that 600. 

Oh, and Aly and AJ.

I wouldn't be surprised if you also added a little Aaron's Party in there too.

Classics. 

Thankfully Carson is a straight A student, a super star athlete, and just a good-looking guy... 

Because the street smarts just aren't all there most the time. 

Next time he tells me something doesn't work, I will try charging it first. 

Silly Little Brother.