The Adnostic

On the eve of The Zen Master's arrival for my birthday he made me close my eyes and placed a box in my hands. I knew exactly what it was before I even opened my eyes. He gave me a Nano. A little white Nano. I finally have an iPod of my very own! (Take that technologically inept mother who only listens to talk radio and the Spawn of Satan.) ZM was then showered with praise and kisses for his good gifting.

So now I have a Nano to take running with me and I love it. It's much easier to go farther and not concentrate on how much more you have left to go while you're listening to music. Except for that first time I used it and I was trying to power trough the final uphill part of my run and it shuffled to Etta James' "Sunday Kind of Love." Not exactly helpful, but the Ditty Bops version of "Bye Bye Love" puts a surprising happy spring in my step. Who knew?

Then comes the accessories. I bought the armband, of course, and one of my friends gave me a cute little felt pouch from Boy Girl Party that is the perfect size for all my Nano stuff, and now it's time to covet all the other niceties for my little white wonder.

1) I'm going to need extra battery power and plug in capability for my trip to Marbella (TSA permitting).

2) You can't expect me not to personalize this thing, and once it has a Gellaskin with a Japanese woodblock print motif it shall be so.

3) Because I use it running, how can I not be tempted by the Nike Sport Kit iPod widget? It may be only $30, but the special Nike shoes with the little widget hole would set me back another $150. Um, maybe for my birthday next year.

ZM to the rescue once again. He pointed me to this blog post on how to make any shoe compatible with the Nike Sport Kit widget. How can I not love a man who lets me exercise my geekiness and my frugal Jewish-ness?