Insanely Awe-dical

...my shiny ipod.  It's 3G, so no video, no pictures, no album covers, no COLOR (please spare me the insults from your wonderful 4G or 5G).  I've had it for while, but never realized how pretty it is.  Kate, I hope you won't be jealous; I believe you would agree.  I never noticed its slender sleekness and soft material until I removed its case.  Mind you, I purchased it in a case, bought a new case, switched cases (in fact added yet another jacket of plastic to complement the layer of "protective sheets" that were already on it), and in doing so, held it in its unprotected form, but never left it out long enough to admire it.  In total, one layer of screen protectors around it, one plastic jacket and my hard shell plastic armor on top of it.  It's a force to be reckoned with. 

The funny thing is that I've never been a stickler for plastic protectors.  I get a new watch or cell phone and the plastic sheets come off.  The sheets get scratched, and I remove them anyways; why delay the inevitable?  With the iPod, my investment was great so I wouldn't want a drop to kill it (as it has killed my very first mp3 player).  The extra layers were included with my purchases. 

I had this thought that it was an allegory of overprotecting your loved ones; their beauty won't shine unless you give them a chance to.  You may want to protect them; even OVERprotect them with shiny plastic coats that protect from superficial blemishes or durable plastic armor to protect from functional damage.  There was some lyric that explained it from poody's blog or facebook or something.  Something about shining when dared.  Whatever.

Okay I found it: "potential shines so bright when never dared" 

Imagine how I'm never a stickler for protecting my gadgets, but investing in an ipod deserves my protection.  Imagine what sort of overprotection I'll bestow on my child, especially if s/he as an ipod as well. 

I even looked up the word allegory to make sure I was using the right word.  Analogy would have sufficed, but allegory seems to be the word of choice.