flat tire
Got up went to work. car has a flat. I end up riding to work, which was nice and took about the same amount of time as it would to drive. However, I was bummed about the flat and it ruined my day, in addition to having a crappy day yesterday which lingered to today.
I was planning on buying a new phone today (this one broke, which I'll explain later), which I don't really want to spend the money on, but I like getting new gadgets, so I was kind of torn about it. But having the flat tire ruined it for me because it just means more money being spent that I can't afford to spend at the moment.
Well I've been looking around on amazon, cingular, helio, buy.com, craigslist etc...for a new phone that rocks as much as my old one (sony ericsson w600i) but I didn't want to spend another $250-300 and have it die in less than year (I got this phone last july on the day I was fired). I ended up ordering the Ocean by Helio. Its brand new this week and its had very good reviews from just about everyone thats reviewed it (gizmodo, engadget, nyt, cnet, etc), so I feel like it will be an ok investment (if you can consider a phone an investment).
My old phone, the w600i was pretty awesome while it lasted. The camera was great, worlds better than the motorola razr and the msging let me just email it to my flickr account or send photos to any other camera phone user. Its not very small, but the microphone quality is great. The look and feel is also a lot better than any other phone I've played around with, as is the UI. It also runs java and can play mp3's for ring tones.
Anyways, certain buttons stopped working a couple months ago so I have not been able to make any new calls to numbers that aren't already in my phonebook. It has bluetooth so I could update the phonebook with my laptop, but what a pain in the neck. I also cannot delete messages in my voicemail inbox because the 7 button doesnt work. Txt messaging was out of the question, which is a big deal because like most people my age, I txt more than I call.
So yeah, I broke down and got a Helio Ocean with 2 year contract. ugh 2 years?! Who the heck allowed this to happen? So much happens in 2 years. How long until 3 years? If I think about it too hard I can just feel the corp execs aura like dead jedi, staring at me telling me to make more phone calls and buy more minutes.
It was also a little more painful because my contract with cingular was month to month at this point. However, my bill is too high with all the data I send (pictures, txts). My average bill was usually over $100 for the last year with Cingular even with the basic media plan. Now it will be $71flat with unlim data/500 minutes and replacement plan if I lose or break the phone.
The positive to all this is that I get a new phone that looks and sounds pretty awesome, I found a coupon today that got me some very good discounts on the phone itself, waived the activation fee, and knocks off about $20 from my bill each month for the first 4 months. but ugh, 2 year contract.
I'm getting the screw hole in my tire patched tomorrow I hope. I hope having the car sit on the flat for a day doesnt render the tire useless. It was nearly brand new (december). They are $80 a pop and big-o doesnt carry the specific tire (toyo proxes4)
I was planning on buying a new phone today (this one broke, which I'll explain later), which I don't really want to spend the money on, but I like getting new gadgets, so I was kind of torn about it. But having the flat tire ruined it for me because it just means more money being spent that I can't afford to spend at the moment.
Well I've been looking around on amazon, cingular, helio, buy.com, craigslist etc...for a new phone that rocks as much as my old one (sony ericsson w600i) but I didn't want to spend another $250-300 and have it die in less than year (I got this phone last july on the day I was fired). I ended up ordering the Ocean by Helio. Its brand new this week and its had very good reviews from just about everyone thats reviewed it (gizmodo, engadget, nyt, cnet, etc), so I feel like it will be an ok investment (if you can consider a phone an investment).
My old phone, the w600i was pretty awesome while it lasted. The camera was great, worlds better than the motorola razr and the msging let me just email it to my flickr account or send photos to any other camera phone user. Its not very small, but the microphone quality is great. The look and feel is also a lot better than any other phone I've played around with, as is the UI. It also runs java and can play mp3's for ring tones.
Anyways, certain buttons stopped working a couple months ago so I have not been able to make any new calls to numbers that aren't already in my phonebook. It has bluetooth so I could update the phonebook with my laptop, but what a pain in the neck. I also cannot delete messages in my voicemail inbox because the 7 button doesnt work. Txt messaging was out of the question, which is a big deal because like most people my age, I txt more than I call.
So yeah, I broke down and got a Helio Ocean with 2 year contract. ugh 2 years?! Who the heck allowed this to happen? So much happens in 2 years. How long until 3 years? If I think about it too hard I can just feel the corp execs aura like dead jedi, staring at me telling me to make more phone calls and buy more minutes.
It was also a little more painful because my contract with cingular was month to month at this point. However, my bill is too high with all the data I send (pictures, txts). My average bill was usually over $100 for the last year with Cingular even with the basic media plan. Now it will be $71flat with unlim data/500 minutes and replacement plan if I lose or break the phone.
The positive to all this is that I get a new phone that looks and sounds pretty awesome, I found a coupon today that got me some very good discounts on the phone itself, waived the activation fee, and knocks off about $20 from my bill each month for the first 4 months. but ugh, 2 year contract.
I'm getting the screw hole in my tire patched tomorrow I hope. I hope having the car sit on the flat for a day doesnt render the tire useless. It was nearly brand new (december). They are $80 a pop and big-o doesnt carry the specific tire (toyo proxes4)
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