I am on my own in the flat...

[baratron]

... so what am I doing?

Blasting out CDs as loud as I dare and dancing round playing air guitar!

I always wanted to be a rock star... shame I can't actually play any instruments well and lack the patience to learn :)

And someone please tell me how I can own over 200 CD albums, and still have to stand staring at them for 5 minutes before I can find anything I feel like listening to?

Comments

[aegidian]

I get the same thing with Sky TV, and racks of similar cans of baked beans in a shop. It's a simple enough idea though:-

Increase the available options and one's ability to make a choice decreases.

Now imagine an evening where all your poly-partners are available and horny, but you only have energy for one, what to do?! :)

[ceno.livejournal.com]

Now imagine an evening where all your poly-partners are available and horny, but you only have energy for one, what to do?! :)

Hmm, being monogamous, I appear to be missing out on something here!

[rowan-leigh.livejournal.com]

's obvious. you lie back and let them do you. :)

[baratron.livejournal.com]

The baked bean thing is different, though. Different makes of baked beans are fundamentally all the same - perhaps some are slightly nicer or have less sugar in, but they all achieve the same thing. My music choice problem is more like being faced with the entire fruit & veg department and only having £2 with which to buy something.

All my music is matched to a particular mood - one of: music to listen to when depressed and wanting to mope, music to perk myself out of depression, or mellow music to listen to when already in a good mood. And this matching has been emphasised over time by my previous choices of music. I can't help but remember that the last time I listened to a particular CD was the day that X, Y or Z happened...

So when I have to choose a CD, it's not just a case of choosing something I like, because I like all of them. It's a case of choosing something I like that fits the mood I'm in and won't make me suddenly unhappy as I remember some past event that occurred while I was listening to it, or won't annoy me by being too damn perky for my mood, or make me completely hyper if I'm already feeling okay. And that choice is a lot harder.