I Am Weak

When I bought my first iPod, I had absolutely no idea what an impact it would make on my everyday life. Being a transit user, I use the thing every single work day. Even at work, when I have to work with mind-numbing spreadsheets or some other project deliverable, I pop in the iPod, crank up the Manilow, or the Streisand, and let it work its magic.

But it was purchased in '03. It's been showing its age, the battery barely holds a charge, the screen is all scratched up, she spontaneously reboots for no reason. Time for a change. I had heard of the Apple media event "The Beat Goes On", so I decided to check 'er out. I've been disappointed by these "events" before, but I did decide to give it a try. I made a promise to myself: if the iPod is updated to a widescreen, I'm in!

I logged on to engaget.com's coverage of the event. Jobs begins with his usual update about how Mac software is taking over the world. This is up 100%, that is up 300%, ya-da, ya-da, ya-da. Then comes the new iPod intros. He unveiled the "fatty" (iPod nano), the iPod Classic, then Steve Jobs did something that made me damn near soil myself...

He introduced the iPod touch.

It was a religious experience. After the event was over, I immediately, like a mindless lemming, went to the Apple store with credit card in hand. DAMN! It was down. But rest assured, it did come up again a couple hours later. HALLELUJAH!! Once I was able to get on, I feverishly typed in my delivery info and credit card numbers into the site. How I didn't soil myself during this, I have no idea.

I found out later that a gal that I work with bought a new iPod, someone we fondly refer to as "Jabba". She bought the "fatty". Go figure.

So now, I wait. Sadly, my order was actually a PRE-ORDER. It starts shipping at the end of September. It should be in my trembling hand the first week of October. I've already threatened my children with hand-dismemberment if they touch it.

So I'll wait.

... and wait.