On the subject of “gay marriage”…

I could live with this.

Death of an iDream

July 11, 2008. It was supposed to be the day I finally got an iPhone. Alas, AT&T has crushed my technological dreams of a mobile computer with their retarded rules about upgrades and contracts. Their new version comes out next week and is half the price- $200. A lot for a phone, I know, but this is actually a good deal when you break it down. It’s an iPod (alone that would cost $150), a computer that surfs the internet, a GPS system, a camera, and a phone. It probably blows your nose for you too, if you ask it to. So you might be able to see why I was so excited about it. However, when I called AT&T, they told me I hadn’t been with them long enough for an upgrade and if I bought it without an upgrade it would be close to $500. GAH!

 

So, I hung up the phone (gingerly, since apparently I have to make this POC cell phone last til October) and muttered under my breath the evils of capitalism and oh well, I still love America and I`ll keep my thoughts on what you can do if you don’t to myself. That’s another blog though.

 

The most irritating thing about it is, I have finally managed to save enough to buy this phone, but if it sits in my account ‘til October, you can bet that it will get spent at the end-of-summer sale at the mall, or on diapers, or on a pair of shoes that Aubrey must have bc that kid, she just loves to kick her shoes off. I’m sure there’s a lesson in all this. Until then, I’ll continue to get lost, listen to the radio and be Facebook-deprived.

 

UPDATE: Mégan suggested I call the Apple Store, and they told me that I could buy the phone there for $200 and they would activate it. So apparently they are sticking it to the man, but I guess I’ll find out the true story when I show up to the store next week. Either way, I suddenly feel silly that I am whining about a phone. Oh well, I haven’t blogged in awhile, so hopefully its accomplishing what I want it to accomplish- giving you glimpses into my mind that I probably wouldn’t normally talk about unless you asked.

An answer to a boring Friday morning

Thanks Megan for tagging me! Here’s how it works:

Here are the rules:
1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning.
2. Each player answers the questions about themselves.
3. At the end of the post, the player tags some people and posts their name, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

What was I doing 10 years ago:
I was living with my grandparents in Tulsa. It was a great time for me to get away from all the mess I had made of my life in Mexico, make new friends, and get really involved in my church. I also got my driver’s license and wrecked my mom’s car 4 days later, and cruising Memorial (in Tulsa) was like the coolest possible thing you could do.
Five Snacks I enjoy in a perfect, non weight-gaining world:
Any mexican food, Any chocolate, Dr. Pepper, My MIL’s homemade mac-n-cheese, Funyuns

In the real world: (I think this was originally about food, but random facts are more fun, I think)
1. Ryan’s nickname for me is Kitty. This started when we first got married and were obsessed with SouthPark and on this one episode, Cartman gets mad at his cat and says, “No, Kitty! Bad Kitty!” so whenever I’m in trouble, Ryan calls me Kitty. But it has turned into a term of endearment.

2. Incidentally, my nickname for Aubrey is Miss Cat, bc when she was a newborn, whenever she cried she sounded like an angry little cat. I have tried to dub Ryan “Daddy Cat” but he says that’s gay, so nevermind.

3. I measure my weeks by how many days til I have church again, I love it and the people in it that much.

4. I learned how to water ski when I was 4 years old. I hated it until I was about 15

5. I like the people I work with, but my job makes me feel like my life is meaningless about 50% of the time.
Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

1. Buy my church a building with land and put windmills on it so we wouldn’t have an electric bill. (I’m pretty sure that would cover the tithe but if not I’d give the rest in cash)
2. Pay off all our debt and probably buy a bigger, fully “green” house. Solar Panels, rain barrels, etc. Oh, and it would be in Italy.
3. Buy my dad a mountain. (don’t ask)
4. Give Ryan oh, I dunno, a Mil or so to open a restaurant or a Whitetail World or something like that
5. Make sure Aubrey is taken care of for the rest of her life and probably get started on another kid since I could afford one.

Five jobs that I have had:

1. Dean Hanscom’s personal coffee maker
2. Victoria’s Secret (first “real” job)
3. Banking
4. Administrative Assistant at SCU
5. Administrative Assistant at IPHC

Three of my habits:
1. Worrying

2. Checking the news every morning as soon as I turn on my computer

3. I can’t go to sleep if I know there are dishes in the sink.
Five place I have lived:

1. Tulsa, Oklahoma
2. Mexico City, MX
3. Santiago, Chile
4. Oklahoma City, OK
5. Yukon, OK

What do you want others to get from your blog:

Well, I like to write so its kind of an outlet for that to me. If people read it and get something from it that’s awesome but I don’t really have an agenda other than putting myself out there. I know why I read other people’s blogs: It’s a way to glimpse into their lives and things that don’t always come up in normal conversations.

I’m tagging Angie