So, in order to keep me from whining continuously over the next week-and-a-half about when I’m going to get to open a birthday present (my b-day is June 15th), Willa busted this little gem of a gift out and said “Happy Birthday Nick!” and made my frickin’ day!

I am now the owner of a new iPod mini. The 6 gig silver variety to be exact. Beautiful. I am getting ready to load it up right now with some music and playlists (using the Winamp iPod integration plug-in which actually rocks the house). Apple really did do a wonderful job with this little device, it just feels so good in my hand I don’t want to put it down.

Women listen up: A tech gadget is a sure fire way to make a man smile and forget all the pain you put us through. I can’t remember anything negative about Willa at the moment, seriously, she’s an angel.

Time to put away the hulking Nomad Jukebox 3 and join the Apple sheik with my white earbuds. I am forgoing 20 gigs of space for a much smaller package and much better interface, and I feel pretty good. I enter into this relationship with great hopes iPod, great hopes…