Paging Dr. Dre

I don't share this often, but growing up I was a huge fan of N.W.A.  In 1990 I never would have guessed that Dr. Dre and his 'beats' would be the topic of discussion this beautiful Tuesday morning.

Naysia and I were headed to school/work, counting down the days til takeoff.  The morning kind of went like this....once again, she's in bold letters.

"How you feeling Naysia?  Excited?  What all do we need to do before we go?"
"Mom, yes, I'm excited but do we have to keep talking about it?"
"Yes, yes we do"
"I don't know what else I need, I think we talked about it all last night."
"We need to go shopping at the Goodwill.  I don't have a whole bunch of money to----"
"Mom, I know!  You've said it over and over, I know you don't have that much money!!"
"Okay, so we'll go to Goodwill and get some shorts.  Maybe we'll go later today, maybe tomorrow, actually we'll probably have to wait until the weekend.  Hey, when are you gonna start packing?  I guess you'll have to wait until Saturday if we aren't going shopping until then.  I don't know yet what we're gonna do about a phone.  If I send my phone with you you can only use to call me 3 times.  When you get there, if there's an emergency, and on your way home.  Otherwise the phone will have to be turned off at all times.  You will have internet access and we can text..........................................blah blah blah."

I look over and she is rolling her eyes.

"Mom, are you doing that thing where you act like you are talking to me but really talking to yourself?"
"Yes, yes I am"

A few more minutes pass and we begin to talk about what music she will listen to while she is away.  

"Mom, I want to take my phone so I can listen to Spotify or the Ipod...and I need new headphones.  Smaller ones, kind of like yours, but I need 'Beats'.  Have you ever listened to music with 'Beats'? It's amazing, you can hear everything!!"
"I don't have 'Beats' money"

The eyes roll.

"So, I suggest you call up Dr. Dre or shoot him an email and see if he can possibly donate some headphones to you cause I can't buy them"

The eyes roll again.

Being the mom I am I researched 'Beats' prices. $97.00 for a pair of his cheapest headphones. Dre has lost his mind!  Does a concert ticket come with these things????  A ticket to a movie starring Ice Cube?  No 'Beats' for Naysia....

SkullCandy to the rescue!