The Shuffle Challenge: COMPLETED!!!!!

Wow. I did it! 2928 songs without breaking the shuffle! My life is complete. Some things I learned during this shuffle challenge:

1. Man cannot live on shuffle alone. It was crazy tough not breaking the shuffle. I mean grueling. The shuffle function was meant for ADDers in need of clues on what to listen to next. That's its sole purpose in life! I did not listen to every song in its entirely, otherwise I would truly go nuts. Plus, if it doesn't fit the mood, it just doesn't fit the mood - gotta forward to the next.
2. Some songs were not meant to be shuffled. Going from Mozart, to Nine Inch Nails, to Britney, to Stevie Wonder and back again does not a good mix make.
3. Some songs were not meant to be shuffled TWICE. Yup, got the album version, single version and hotmix version. Need to organize my library!
4. I'm missing good music! Where's my Sublime CD...or Velvet Revolver...I swear I had Billy Idol on here.
5. Why the hell is THAT on there? There are really some albums that no longer deserve to be on my beloved wheel o cheese. I don't mean cheesy classics. I mean the freebie CDs loaded to fatten up the WOC really stuck out during this experiment. And they annoyed me each and every time.
6. I live my life in HIGH FIDELITY. Just like the movie, most songs provided a crystal clear flashback into the olden days....sitting in my room putting the Hysteria cassette into my stereo and wondering what the song "Pour Some Sugar On Me" was all about as I read every word of the cassette jacket, clubbin' to 100% Pure Love in AC at 3am with my BFF wearing my brandy new clubbing outfit, dancing around in my room with my Mom to Working My Way Back To You, coming home from school and sitting on the huge stereo console tapping my patent leather shoes against the speakers to Lay Down Sally, hearing 100 Years played on the piano by my then first date who later became my hubby, etc, etc, etc.
7. Wow, I have that song? There were songs I've completely forgotten about - Mother, by The Police was one that totally caught me off guard. Love that song! It was nice to discover some songs all over again.
8. Time to get current. The 80's were awesome - and that's very apparent on my beloved WOC, but its time to put some fresh tunes in there: The Toxic Airbone Event, Kings of Leon, and new Weezer will be making there way onto my beloved wheel o cheese soon.
9. I love you even more, Wheel O Cheese! I have an even greater appreciation for the wheel o cheese, being at the ready whenever the moment strikes to get me in a good mood (Sexy Back) or vent my frustrations (Starf*****) or chill me out (Requiem). Its my go to for everything, and I can't go a day without it.
10. I will never...ever do this again.