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Well, it’s official: I’m over the iPhone. It is pretty, and useful and I’ve enjoyed it very much- but with no multimedia messaging (or other features I need in a phone) in sight, I’m ready to move on.

This decision has been bittersweet, I must say. I LOVE the iPod, Google Maps & instant iTunes downloads. However, I really hate not being able to send or receive multimedia messages. Every time someone sends me anything other than a plain text, this is what I have to do: Go online (with my computer because iPhone also does not support Flash), log into AT&T’s junky-ass, Flash-based “multimedia center” (using a random username and password), then cross my fingers and hope that attempt was successful. Sometimes it is… sometimes it takes several tries. Either way, it’s a big pain in the ass and I’m over having to deal with that.

Another thing I’m “over” having to deal with is my monthly bill. It’s ridiculous. And since iPhone’s have their own plans, there isn’t a lot I can do about it. My bill this month is $123.00. Doesn’t matter… I’m getting out.

So I have already found the phone that makes my heart beat fast. However, said phone costs more than my iPhone did- so I was prepared to wait and save up like a good girl until I could afford it without having to sacrifice Dirty Porn Stars and hot wings. And then a brilliant idea came to me: CraigsList.

There is this nifty little area of CraigsList for bartering. So I posted an ad… My iPhone for My Dream Phone. And today I got an email from a very nice person willing to trade me his very new phone-of-my-dreams for my little iPhone. Yipee! After many email exchanges, the deal was made and it goes down Monday. I can hardly wait. Wish me luck.

Peace and CraigsList happiness.

Well, after MANY hours of trouble shooting, I discovered that I had a bazillion disk errors and corrupted files on my machine. How that happened, I have no idea. As far as I can tell, I wasn’t the victim of any viruses or the like. But there it was in my log file… A big fat mess.

Luckily, I was able to boot up in Safe Mode (as we know) and I ran a CHKDSK command, along with the “fix this shit” box checked. I restarted. Mind you, it took me several hours to even diagnose the issues, let alone figure out how to fix them.

EIGHT AND A HALF HOURS later- I let it run while I slept- my computer is back in action. And I am one happy ass camper.

I would like to thank my future husband, Steve Jobs, for creating the iPhone and therefore keeping me connected to every nerd forum online during this crisis. I’d also like to give a special shout-out to BleepingComputer.com for their invaluable information on the pieces of crap that are PCs. My next computer will be a Mac. I can promise you that. And while I’m doling out my gratitude… Thank you Marvin the Martian for sending my laptop happy, healthy Martian energy. It worked better than The Force.

Now I must shut down for a while and let my poor computer rest a while. It’s been through quite a battle. I’m, honestly, shocked that it works.

Peace and Martian energy.

New Kids on the Block are back?? WHAT? Okay, kind of. At least not NOW- but with the success of the reunited Spice Girls (which still confuses me to death), I’m sure they’ll give it a go too. This seems like the perfect time to admit that I do, in fact, have a NKOTB song in my music library. I even listen to it sometimes, when I’m drunk.

I PROMISE that I will get over this, but for now I must rant: Some jackass with an advertising blog tried to throw an ad for credit cards, or something having to do with them, in my comments today. I’m all for making money and if you’re doing that with your blog- high five. But keep that shit away from the fish.

There’s a spy satellite somewhere in space that’s out-of-control and hurtling towards Earth. It should be crashing late February to early March, and no one knows where it will land. How can you know about it in the first place, yet not have a clue where it’s gonna come from/end up? Oh, and did I mention that it weighs 20,000 pounds and is the size of a small bus? Uh, yeah. Pretty sure someone needs to start devoting a LOT more time to that bitch.

My beloved iPhone completely crashed today and I couldn’t even turn it off. I received a voice mail, listened to it, erased it- and then the screen went black. It seemed to have recovered about 10 minutes later. SO glad they got the kinks out before they sold it for hundreds of dollars. It’s ok though- I forgive them.

This happened Friday the 25th: In Madrid, Thomas Delgado, who was speeding, hit 17 year-old Enaitz Iriondo, who was riding his bike, and killed him. As if that wasn’t painful enough for that poor boy’s family, Mr. Sensitive is SUING them for the damage done to his car when Enaitz’s body hit it. He also wants them to pay for his rental while his car is being fixed. I am SO not kidding. He even told a local newspaper: “I’m also a victim in all of this, you can’t fix the lad’s problems, but you can fix mine.” Seriously? Wow.

I don’t know if any of you have ever been to the Rachael Ray Sux Community, but if you want to laugh (and you’re kind of mean) you should check it out. Personally, I don’t know Rachael Ray, so I can’t say if I like her or not- but those folks really, really don’t like her and some of what they write is seriously hilarious. Again, if you’re kind of mean, which I am. And I do have to admit that she annoys me sometimes, which is why I don’t watch her shows. But I’m sure she’s a very nice person.

And that’s all for today. Peace and comfy shoes.

MAN has today been a happy day for me! First of all, I was messaged early this morning, by the best uncle a girl could have, that there was an iPhone software update. Hoo-RAY! If you know me, you know that I am in a serious, monogamous relationship with my iPhone. I believe I have said before that I love it, and want to have it’s babies. Luckily, the boyfriend is totally ok with this. Excited for me, even.

So I slap the sleepy off myself, fire up my computer and plug my phone into iTunes. I clicked the “check for updates” button and the software update started to download. Yipeeee! Several very anxious minutes later, my phone has cool new features. Since I am not the “read the manual” kind of girl, I go to work playing with it and figuring out what’s different. Since I’m also not the “take your time and be patient” kind of girl, I get online and head over to Macworld for the 411 on what my phone now does:

Cool new mapping features- check. Movable, wiggly icons- check. Add web bookmarks to your home screen- check. Have up to NINE home screens- check. Cool new video features- check.

I am stoked. Completely and utterly. It’s like having a new phone all over again. And I LOVE that my upgrades are FREE. So I get a new and improved iPhone with every new software release. Thank you Apple! I am most appreciative of this because of my past experiences with Motorola- a company that likes to release stripped-down versions of a phone, only to unlock “new” features here and there, and release it again, and again, at a ridiculous price.

So THEN Best Uncle Ever shoots me another message telling me watch Steve Jobs’ 2008 Macworld Keynote Address, to watch him explain the new features I downloaded today. That’s where I learned that I can ALSO send SMS messages to multiple people! This may not sound like a big deal to those with phones that can already do that (all of mine have been able to, up until now) but it was a huge for me, that I couldn’t. What that means for YOU, my friends, is that when I get DUI checkpoint texts, I can pass them on now!

However, I still won’t be passing on those lame-ass “chain texts” that wander into my inbox periodically. Oh, for those of you that I haven’t already told: We’re not 15 year-old girls. Stop sending the “forward this/pass this on” texts. It wasn’t pleasant in my email, and it’s even more annoying on my phone. Please and thank you. However, if any of you feel a very strong desire to annoy me, that you simply cannot fight- you have my permission to call me, yell in the phone and hang up. Or leave me obscene voice mails.

Ok, now my phone is all updated and humming along fabulously with it’s new superpowers. I thought I couldn’t get any more excited by anything (electronic) today. I was wrong. (If you have read any of my posts, you’ll see that I’m wrong a lot.) I’m guessing this was in an attempt to make me cry or something, but Best Uncle Ever sends me another link to another one of Apple’s latest marvels: MacBook Air. Are. You. Kidding. Me. Not long ago, I read about Leah Culver who raised money online to buy a MacBook Pro, by selling ad space on said Mac. I am THISCLOSE to trying that here. I am not afraid to pop a PayPal “Donate” button on my blog and beg for money to buy a MacBook Air. But I’m not gonna. At least not yet.

Soooo… after today’s immersion into all things Apple, I now know that I want to marry Steve Jobs and have baby Macs.

That’s my new phone case that’s just 48 hours away from being mine, all mine. I’m sure no one is happy for me, but that’s okay; I’m happy enough for everyone. I’m just glad I found one that wasn’t black, or plastic, or ugly. Considering what people pay for their iPhones, shouldn’t there be really cool cases for them too? Or maybe it’s just me. Ok, it’s probably just me. The phone is new and I’m still in get-cool-things-for-it mode. I’ll get past it, I promise. (But… if you are in need of a nifty iPhone case for yourself, or someone you love, you can get ‘em here!)

Work was cool… No one yelled at me, so that was good. I’m off tomorrow, so that’s even better. And the boyfriend is off tomorrow too so that’s super better. AND… I got the Lord of the Rings trilogy for Christmas, so I think tomorrow night would be a good night to watch them all! (No making fun of my nerd-ness!) In my defense: Orlando Bloom & Viggo Mortensen. But I don’t need a defense because they are kick ass movies! I thought they were lame until the boyfriend forced one on me and I LOVED them! I even cried pretty much the entire third one… LOL… I realize I am a pathetic example. But still… no making fun of my nerd-ness.

Well, I have an iTunes card burning a hole in my wallet so I’d better use it now, before it ignites itself. I am a music junky and I need my fix.

The End.