Okay, so I have a new black iPod (which should be pretty evident by now since I won't shut up about it) that I take everywhere. But, there's one place that I'm sorta hesitant to use it: my apartment complex.

You see, just before the holidays this note (written on cute flowery stationary) appeared on the community bulletin board:

"MISSING: silver iPod mini. I believe that I left it in the workout room and that someone in the building has it. If you have it please return it. It is very special to me."

So, I saw the note and was all, "That sucks. I hope she gets it back."

The note was up for about a week before she updated it with a stern, typed-out note that was worded like this:

"I am VERY UPSET that my iPod has not been returned to me and I KNOW that the person who stole it lives in this building. I'm SADDENED that someone would be so selfish. I'm asking everyone who lives here to keep watch on who's wearing an iPod. My ipod mini was silver (which is very rare)."

There was more to the note, but I couldn't remember it all. After reading that, my first thought was, "Jeez. She's getting desperate." Now, I know that it really sucks to lose your iPod and that one of your neighbors may have it, but the note just seemed really annoying and desperate to me - considering that it was actually lost and not STOLEN.

Walking through the building is kinda annoying these days. I feel like people are zeroing in on the tell-tale white headphones and silently judging me as I ride in the elevator. Yesterday I felt compelled to flash my iPod around so the the nosy-chick-who-was-thinking-I-stole-the-damn-iPod would stop melting my head with here laser beam eyes.

Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks this is too much. When I passed by the bulletin board this morning I chuckled after I saw that someone replaced her latest note with this:



I just know that this lady is gonna want to burn the building down after seeing that note. Oh well, at least I'll have my iPod to listen to while the firemen do their thing.