nano crush

I've been avoiding mass media like crazy, because Katrina stuff makes me cry, and once I start crying I can't get any work done. So when my friend mentioned the iPod nano the other day, I thought she was making a joke. Yeah, like the world really needs another little iPod. But then I got home and turned on my computer and saw a photo of the itsy bitsy Apple creation.

I had the same reaction I feel whenever I watch baby panda cams... a total sense of wonder that such cuteness exists in the world. I am powerless to look away, obsessed with this dollhouse-sized bit of technology. After a week of feeling like my country and its government are a hopeless mess, an innocent little storage device gives me hope for the future. I want to buy one and dress it in tiny handmade sweaters. I want to sew it a little panda-shaped romper, and put a baby panda face on its baby nano screen. I want to talk to it, and cuddle it, and feed it mp3s. I want a nano.

I don't have a regular iPod or an iPod mini. I was never that impressed. I didn't want another gadget to carry around, and I've never been a Mac person. I don't even have iTunes installed on my computer. I've been PC since the day I was born (well, more accurately, since the PCjr was born), and I know I'm PC 4 Life.

And yet, here I am, making a painting of what my potential nano might look like in a snowsuit...

(Note to self: The black outlines distract from its dreamy white perfection. Next time, don't do that!)

Question of the day: Is it wrong to buy a nano when I don't even have a car?