Help me iChoose, or you have no iHeart and are possibly an iFascist (because iNazi seems excessive)

Hi everybody,

Quick self-indulgent CD creation update: Song #1 is nearly completion in rough draft form, and I must say I'm pleased - lyrically it's pretty good, won't need much revision, and it blends pretty well with what I wanted musically for the opening track. Songs #4 and either #6 or #7 have solid ideas and names as well, and the whole concept is forming up nicely, with ideas coming at a fairly steady rate. If none of that sounds too impressive, trust me - it's unbelievable progress for me. I also have most of my new base recording setup together, just waiting on my USB interface to arrive. It's all very exciting, and I can see how it COULD come together, now it just needs to.

Alrighty, on to the also self-indulgent meat of this post: I'ma lookin' to score myself some sort of iPod contraption. I'm not wanting a full fledged iPod, so I'm basically trying to decide between the Shuffle and the Nano. Basically, I'm planning on using the thingy for exercising and maybe use at work. I like the capacity and the added functionality (in case my life somehow gets more complicated) of the Nano, but I've heard it scratches up easily and it costs double what I could get a Shuffle for, and since I'd go 1GB on the shuffle, 240 songs (give or take) would probably be plenty. That being said, it's not outside my realm of possibility to acquire either, and I don't want to cheap out now and regret it later. Also, if the Nano does scratch like they say, I don't really care too much, since I'm generally a function over form guy anyway.

So, whaddya think, savvy consumers? Help me feed the corporate machine and accesorize my life.