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Saturday, April 25th, 2009 05:55 pm
my phone is my life
Things I Am Trying To Do
Pry myself away from Arthur, my phone. There's a vague certainty in my mind that being more than four feet from it will cause my sudden and untimely death through withdrawal.
So far I have--downloaded apps, become a junkie for fucking solitaire again, rediscovered sudoku on a touchscreen (yeah, this will end well), added bookmarks for all my favorite sites, and learned to type very quickly with my thumbs. I think I can do anything with this phone and a good head start. Or a small head start.
However, what I am not using it for is phone calls. There are two listed. Both exist because I needed to know my phone number and it was easiest to call the landline to get it. I'll be honest here; I am not a phone person. Basically, if I could have grafted a phone capability onto my Nintendo DS, I'd be using that. but luckily, someone grafted on a gamestation on a phone and I can compromise like that. So you know, I give up having any kind of healthy relationship with technology. Currently, I'm trying to convince myself that the recession does not demand that I buy a new laptop to help with consumer spending (and so I can get both a solid state hard drive and name it Merlin to bring all my tech into my new fandom), and let me tell you, John II is not happy (he is the current laptop).
Phone
I have no idea how to review something that I'm desperately in love with and want to marry in some kind of exotic ceremony on the Galapados islands (so Child can visit with the turtles or tortoises or something after the wedding; I'm an awesome parent like that). But. Here is what I have learned.
1.) It's remarkably easy to think of it less as a phone and more as an extension of your body that someone cruelly amputated from you at birth, and by God, when you find out who authorized that shit....
2.) I cannot make the bluetooth work. I mean, it makes sense. John II and Arthur aren't compatiable. Different fandoms. Not sure about the crossover potential. They both open their networks and pair up okay, but there's no connection if you get my drift. However, all is not lost--the USB cord seems to act as an adequate conduit between them and they feel less dirty sharing music files and embarrassing photographs. It's like technogay panic with my tech. I wonder if John II is still upset about losing my last phone? Cause really, he needs to move on, already.
3.) There are many hundreds of time-wasting applications out there. I feel I should try as many as possible.
4.) I can growl really terrifyingly. I didn't see that coming. Nor, I think, did the sister who picks up my soulmate and tries to do things to him.
Things I Can't Do Yet
1.) Move things on my main screen. When I add shortcuts, they toss themselves onto teh screen willy-nilly with no order or sense of balance. This is kind of slowly but surely driving me insane. HOw do I arrange my tiny icons? Yay ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kymbr! WHO BRINGS SANITY TO MY SCREEN!
2.) How to use this for world conquest. I am working on that though.
Pry myself away from Arthur, my phone. There's a vague certainty in my mind that being more than four feet from it will cause my sudden and untimely death through withdrawal.
So far I have--downloaded apps, become a junkie for fucking solitaire again, rediscovered sudoku on a touchscreen (yeah, this will end well), added bookmarks for all my favorite sites, and learned to type very quickly with my thumbs. I think I can do anything with this phone and a good head start. Or a small head start.
However, what I am not using it for is phone calls. There are two listed. Both exist because I needed to know my phone number and it was easiest to call the landline to get it. I'll be honest here; I am not a phone person. Basically, if I could have grafted a phone capability onto my Nintendo DS, I'd be using that. but luckily, someone grafted on a gamestation on a phone and I can compromise like that. So you know, I give up having any kind of healthy relationship with technology. Currently, I'm trying to convince myself that the recession does not demand that I buy a new laptop to help with consumer spending (and so I can get both a solid state hard drive and name it Merlin to bring all my tech into my new fandom), and let me tell you, John II is not happy (he is the current laptop).
Phone
I have no idea how to review something that I'm desperately in love with and want to marry in some kind of exotic ceremony on the Galapados islands (so Child can visit with the turtles or tortoises or something after the wedding; I'm an awesome parent like that). But. Here is what I have learned.
1.) It's remarkably easy to think of it less as a phone and more as an extension of your body that someone cruelly amputated from you at birth, and by God, when you find out who authorized that shit....
2.) I cannot make the bluetooth work. I mean, it makes sense. John II and Arthur aren't compatiable. Different fandoms. Not sure about the crossover potential. They both open their networks and pair up okay, but there's no connection if you get my drift. However, all is not lost--the USB cord seems to act as an adequate conduit between them and they feel less dirty sharing music files and embarrassing photographs. It's like technogay panic with my tech. I wonder if John II is still upset about losing my last phone? Cause really, he needs to move on, already.
3.) There are many hundreds of time-wasting applications out there. I feel I should try as many as possible.
4.) I can growl really terrifyingly. I didn't see that coming. Nor, I think, did the sister who picks up my soulmate and tries to do things to him.
Things I Can't Do Yet
kymbr! WHO BRINGS SANITY TO MY SCREEN!2.) How to use this for world conquest. I am working on that though.
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From:And if so, I SO CALLED THE PHONE SOULMATES JENN!
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From:I suggest this one be left in the Child's most capable hands. *g*
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From:I expect that if you do have a wedding ceremony, there will be pictures? Would you put a tiny bow tie on Arthur? Inquiring minds want to know!
Heh. I know how to growl as well, and I have found it woks in a variety of situations - including intimidating loved ones and small animals.
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From: (Anonymous) Date: 2009-04-26 05:16 am (UTC)*worried*
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hundreds of time-wasting applications out there. I feel I should try as many as possible
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From:...and you mean the Galapagos Islands. And definitely tortoises. /evolutionary biologist snobbishness.
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From:...ah, that's the spelling! *g*
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From:Do you get the 3G network where you are, or EDGE? My home city-to-be doesn't have 3G on TMobile, but does on AT&T, so I should probably consider that...
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From:Pfffft. Please. SGA is an AU whore to start with and Merlin has magic. The real problem is that they're both pretending to be alpha males and there's much posturing before they can bond; the elaborate rituals from two entirely different centuries, after all.
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