loss of history..

so i had my ipod stolen along with other important items in a suitcase.

it was one of the 2nd or 3rd generation ipods and pretty much all my music collected from 2003-06 are gone..

of course it's only data, but also a history of music collected from individuals and personal music interests then.

to me, it reflects a past and particular moment in time.. and to re-collect would be meaningless and also impossible. one can say the quality of the files from that time could have some form of collectable value in the future. it is a relic forever lost.