Apostrophe S

For some reason, I’ve gone from three pairs of headphones to zero in less than a week.

Exhibit A: I wake up one morning to find one of my cats has chewed one of my Sony MDR-J10 earpieces completely off. So now I have one headphone. It still plays sound.

Exhibit B: I walk into work one day to find my ancient pair of Sony over-ear headphones with one cup snapped off. Awesome. (I later found out who did it. But I wasn’t angry. They were pretty old.)

Exhibit C: I can’t find my damn Apple In-Ear headphones frickin’ anywhere. I hope I didn’t leave them on a plane or something.

Closing arguments: If money weren’t an issue, I’d own dozens, nay scores of headphones. There’s just something about each type. I’d have the classic iPod earbuds for casual listening. Then I’d have the In-Ear buds for when I need to block out other sounds. But a pair of those studio style cups from Sony would be nice, too. Of course, I’ve got to have a pair of the cheap “stable earclip” style phones for running. (I’ve already replaced my MDR-J10s.) I’d really like to pick up a pair of old-skool Walkman phones, you know, the ones with the metal strip that wraps around your head and the orange spongey speakers. Anyway, you get the point.

The point of this entry is really to ask people what are some good phones to replace the ones I’ve lost. (Aside from the MDR-J10s.) Not too expensive, but no Cobys either.

OK, this episode of “Miami Vice” is getting pretty good, so I’m going to end this thing here.

Oh, and Fred Meyer is selling copies of “Shaun of the Dead” for $8, among other titles. Can’t beat that.