Looks like I chose iPhonecalypse day to post something new. And in case you wondered, yes, I shall say something about the Second Coming of the Jesus Phone. But I also happen to have other things to say, or at least I did an hour ago, including but not limited to: Wall-E and how I haven't seen it yet, some medical equipment for the new millenium and a lion.
Does it ever happen to you that you're about to eat, I don't know, say... duck, and at the last minute the cook decides to serve fish instead and you're all "hmmm"? You don't complain and everyone says it tastes great but inside you're disappointed and food doesn't taste like it should?
That's me today. And that's all I got to say on the subject. Oh and I am being very litteral, no metaphorical duck or anything.
I also bought a $6 pint of Ben & Jerry's cookie dough something or other ice cream yesterday and boy was it ever not worth the price. Or maybe my expectations were absurdly high, I really don't know, all I can say is the store sells it way too expensive, I wouldn't buy it again, it's just not worth it.
2. Hopefuls shouldn't be allowed to ask beg for presents. It just don't seem right.
If you were thinking this was about religion and I was going to get preachy, you're an idiot. I do not believe this is the right place to tell anyone Jesus saves, as I'm sure nobody comes on SG looking for spirituality, though if you wish to learn more about christianity, there are places you can visit around the site. No this isn't about that. It's about this:
4. iPhone F.A.Q. (Ferretbite Answers your Questions)
So. It's here at last, probably in your own city. iPhone 3G. I am marveled by the amount of people waiting in line then bitching in one particular blog (I'm talking exclusively about Mexico here) that they weren't able to get it and how sad that makes them. It's just a phone. And it's only launch fucking day. Production won't stop after today and neither will shipments of the much awaited device. In other words get a grip, dammit!! Anyway,
Don't you just have to have it? No. Our iPhone supplier has developed the worst possible plans they could, and service is not only bad, it's fucking expensive.
Would I want to though? Sure I would. I just have other priorities right now. Plus, I already own a first-gen iPhone that can do a lot of the things the new one does, except for the GPS thing which I wasn't planning to use anyway.
So what's the plan? I wait and get me a cheaper plan with unlimited data. Or I don't get any data transfer services at all. It's not absolutely necessary.
You sure you're not jealous? Positively. It would be a stupid move to enter a 24 month contract for this, especially when, knowing Apple, they will launch a new version of the phone in a few months or maybe a year. Also the coolness factor isn't even there anymore because you only got it now that it's available to everyone with a credit card (which I expect a lot of people getting this are going to max out again), not back when it was actually a big deal.
It's not quite there yet but the river is about to reach its limit. Water's not exiting fast enough and it keeps raining. This usually translates into floods. If I become inactive for a while it will be because of that. Being unable to log on to SG is the least of my concerns. Floods mean mud, rats, possibly snakes, and moving a bunch of shit to higher places so they won't get ruined. My house is fairly near to the river so even though we usually don't have flood problems, there's a plan. I'll let you know how it goes.
The Device is here. It's a surgical laser. This surgical laser, the big (100 Watt) one to be more precise, and it might not sound like much but believe me, it is. It is a very big fucking deal. Expensive as hell. And scarce. So yeah. That's what I donated my share of our profit for. Very rarely does my Father become excited over a piece of machinery and this is one of those times.
Why do I say it's a lightsaber? Because it does pretty much the same thing. Complete with the minimum loss of blood after it cuts through tissue and stuff. So there you go, mystery solved.
I told Vermin yesterday how I took my mother to some place out of town so she could by some things. Well, I decided to do some shopping myself. Now, a month ago I went to Mexico City and got me a new bag to carry my computer in because the one I had looked like crap. And I hated it. I got me a 13" 'loft' shoulder bag from STM, in case you wondered.
And yesterday I bought a pair of PUMA shoes. Yeah so? Well, I realized when I got home that I accidentally bought shoes that match my bag, and I already know that sounds incredibly girly so forgive me while I crush your intention of saying anything along those lines. For proof of what I say, check below:
I have a sworn declaration and witnesses that the bag came way before the shoes, so don't even question the veracity of my account. Look at me talking like that.
I am intrigued by how fascinated some people are with Barack Obama. I have no opinion on his policies or anything because I do not know them, but what little hearsay I gather makes me think he's either some sort of visionary, a skilled politician with a silver tongue, or a big fucking fraud. Or maybe a combination of two of those, I'll let you decide which ones... Either way, I am appalled by the response he gets and how incensed some of his defenders' arguments become, sometimes they act pretty irrationally.
There's a common place often cited that says "the political brain is an emotional brain". I believe this is not just some bullshit saying, but if you want to read something really interesting, I suggest you check out this study which, in short says that
Many sectors of the prefrontal cortex, including anteropolar regions, are activated during a task inducing implicit priming of political attitude
In case you wonder, the prefrontal cortex is the part of the brain whose action involves certain aspects of the personality such as the ability to tell between right or wrong. Serial killers have a different frontal lobe than the rest of the population. This is why political debate becomes so absurdly heated and often, as is the case with our CE boards, quite uncivil.
I'm sleepy. Very much so. Before I go, I'll say this: Feyne is my new favorite SG and Azkadellia looks better than ever, which is a lot to say. Oh and I need suggestions to buy stuff on the iTunes Music Store, so go ahead and name songs, artists, albums, whatever, I need to get music. No electronic or miley cyrus at all or ever.
Yeah, I'm kind of cheesed about it, but since I have it available on TV for once, I'll still watch the highlights. Gnarly mountains are still gnarly mountains, yes?
