Well, hello! Sorry about the lack of posting recently - it's been a hectic past couple of weeks. Between picking up lots of extra hours at work and having a visitor from out-of-town, I haven't had much spare time. (And when I have, I've been a complete bum.)
My best friend Erica was in town this past weekend. She was only here for a couple of days, but we made the most of our time. On Thursday night we went to Downtown Tonight, a weekly festival at Caras park which features local bands and foods. Friday we biked downtown from my apartment for breakfast and some shopping. That afternoon we floated the Blackfoot river. We came home and recovered while watching Pride and Prejudice (she hadn't seen the movie version yet), then went downtown for drinks and late-night grub at the Ox. On Saturday we hit the farmer's market, did a little more shopping, then went on a nice hike down the Bitterroot valley. We went out for dinner that night and then came home, so she could reluctantly pack up and head back to the (insanely hot, steamy) midwest. This was her third trip to Missoula in the three years I've lived here. Hooray for good friends!
My old cell phone broke in half last week, so I had to replace it. Boo for purchasing a phone before your scheduled upgrade! Cell phone companies totally screw their loyal customers, and I'm pretty sure they are the only ones who do that. Anyhow, my new phone takes pictures and plays real songs instead of midi files for ringtones. Not necessary features as far as I can tell, but fun to play with.
Well, I have to work in the morning, so off to bed I go.
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I also find that "penalizing you for being loyal" thing that cell companies do to be totally bogus. Now that I'm not longer tied to Sprint by way of family, I fully intend to provider-hop form place to place -- whoever will give me the best deal at the time will get my business. Hell, I don't even mind losing my number every year or so -- it might even been a good thing.
As for cameraphones -- they can be great, when coupled with something like Flickr. I love being able to upload photos directly to Flickr from anywhere I am. Sure, the quality of most cameraphones leaves something to be desired (although Aisa actually has some five and six mexapixel cameraphones these days), but the immediacy almost makes up for it.
I've never been able to get into real songs as ringtones. It's fun stuff, but I never hear a real song as "oh, my phone's ringing!" I always hear them and think, "who turned on the radio?" I've gone to keeping my phone in my pocket at all times and doing vibrate-only pretty much exclusively. I'm non-disruptive and I never miss a call.
She's back! I've missed your musings. And let me add a well-done to your praise of Erika. She's wonderful.
Jeff, I don't usually use pop songs as my ringers. Right now I have the themes from Harry Potter and Pirates of the Caribbean on my phone. Oh, and Luis's ring is a recording of him playing a sweet new piece on his guitar. I don't use songs you'd hear on the radio, because I'd never notice it, either...
Thanks, Neena! I think she's awesome, too!
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