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gwendolyngrace) wrote2009-04-03 10:42 am
gwendolyngrace) wrote2009-04-03 10:42 am
I hate decisions....
Large and small.
Okay, first off: no, I did not watch Show. I did not watch Pushing Daisies. I also didn't watch Bones. I watched "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" on HBO (and missed half of it because of my father!) and liked what I saw. It's charming. And Anika Noni Rose is HILARIOUS.
Then I tried watching some of the "Highlander" marathon until I remembered that the final ER was on, so I switched to that about 20 minutes in. OMG, Ernest Borgnine! I thought he was dead. Yay.
And I cried. And I approved of the ending.
So, I am still way behind on SPN. Meh.
Last week my phone was not charging properly. I took it to Sprint on the way out of town and they "cleaned" it and assured me that my battery was fine - it should now work better.
Nope.
It's really annoying. The phone charger will make contact, show that it's "charging"... and about 2 minutes later it stops charging.
My current plan is to go to Target and get a charger that isn't the universal port - one of the ones that charges through the other contact - and see if that makes a difference. If so, yay: $15 and my phone has a little more life. If not, then the choices are to switch out the phone (again - this will be the 4th of the same model) or upgrade.
The problem is that I really am not all that happy with any of Sprint's current phones. (I did find out that the med center supports Pop mail access for more than just blackberries, so that's a good thing! But I'm still not crazy about any of their devices.) I looked a little at AT&T and other carriers (Verizon, TMobile). I don't really understand their plans very well, nor do I think they're really all that much better than what's out there.
I really would like to get back to one device instead of the phone for voice and the Sidekick for data, but I'm just not jazzed by anything available right now.
What's your fave tech at the moment? What's the best plan out there?
(Oh, and BTW, in doing this I discovered that Sprint gives a discount to Med Center employees... like I could have known that for the last TWO YEARS. I wonder if there's any value in asking about a retroactive discount? There are also deals with AT&T and Verizon, but, like I said...don't really understand the plans too well, or think they're all that ideal.)
There were wild turkeys in the lot behind our building today! I have pictures; just no USB cable to upload them. Two cocks (roosters? heh, I said cock) and a few hens (3? 4? I fail at counting).
Okay, so the other decision I can't make is on Amazon:
Vote for your Favorite Sesame Street Clip for the 40th anniversary DVD.
There are ten clips:
Aligator King (the number 7)
Bert & Ernie (the one where Ernie has tied string to his fingers to remind him - not as classic as the banana, sadly)
King of Eight (Good grief, it's princess number 9)
the Martian Beauty Song (she doesn't like shoppin' cause she doesn't like hoppin')
"What's the Name of That Song?" (YAY JOE RAPOSO and JEFF MOSS)
Pinball Animation (1-2-3-FOUR-5-6-7-8-NINE-10-11-12)
Caribbean Amphibean (he likes to hop in the tropical sea! A frog in the coconut tree)
Big Bird singing about the number 4 (cute number but nothing special)
a Henson ball (which is an impressive Rube Goldberg machine, but otherwise kinda boring)
Elmo's "debut" (which was a bit of a tap-dance routine featuring pretty crappy greenscreening - and therefore disqualified).
As much as I love the cuteness of the Alligator, the King of Eight, the Maritan Beauty, and the Caribbean Amphibean, and as much as I would hate not to see another Raposo/Moss song be highlighted, I think it has to be the Pinball Animation - because ANYONE who's ever seen Sesame Street can sing that and it sorta symbolizes everything about Sesame Street's goal to teach counting and basic skills.
But oh, I love those other clips. You should go vote!
I should do some freaking work today....
Okay, first off: no, I did not watch Show. I did not watch Pushing Daisies. I also didn't watch Bones. I watched "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" on HBO (and missed half of it because of my father!) and liked what I saw. It's charming. And Anika Noni Rose is HILARIOUS.
Then I tried watching some of the "Highlander" marathon until I remembered that the final ER was on, so I switched to that about 20 minutes in. OMG, Ernest Borgnine! I thought he was dead. Yay.
And I cried. And I approved of the ending.
So, I am still way behind on SPN. Meh.
Last week my phone was not charging properly. I took it to Sprint on the way out of town and they "cleaned" it and assured me that my battery was fine - it should now work better.
Nope.
It's really annoying. The phone charger will make contact, show that it's "charging"... and about 2 minutes later it stops charging.
My current plan is to go to Target and get a charger that isn't the universal port - one of the ones that charges through the other contact - and see if that makes a difference. If so, yay: $15 and my phone has a little more life. If not, then the choices are to switch out the phone (again - this will be the 4th of the same model) or upgrade.
The problem is that I really am not all that happy with any of Sprint's current phones. (I did find out that the med center supports Pop mail access for more than just blackberries, so that's a good thing! But I'm still not crazy about any of their devices.) I looked a little at AT&T and other carriers (Verizon, TMobile). I don't really understand their plans very well, nor do I think they're really all that much better than what's out there.
I really would like to get back to one device instead of the phone for voice and the Sidekick for data, but I'm just not jazzed by anything available right now.
What's your fave tech at the moment? What's the best plan out there?
(Oh, and BTW, in doing this I discovered that Sprint gives a discount to Med Center employees... like I could have known that for the last TWO YEARS. I wonder if there's any value in asking about a retroactive discount? There are also deals with AT&T and Verizon, but, like I said...don't really understand the plans too well, or think they're all that ideal.)
There were wild turkeys in the lot behind our building today! I have pictures; just no USB cable to upload them. Two cocks (roosters? heh, I said cock) and a few hens (3? 4? I fail at counting).
Okay, so the other decision I can't make is on Amazon:
Vote for your Favorite Sesame Street Clip for the 40th anniversary DVD.
There are ten clips:
Aligator King (the number 7)
Bert & Ernie (the one where Ernie has tied string to his fingers to remind him - not as classic as the banana, sadly)
King of Eight (Good grief, it's princess number 9)
the Martian Beauty Song (she doesn't like shoppin' cause she doesn't like hoppin')
"What's the Name of That Song?" (YAY JOE RAPOSO and JEFF MOSS)
Pinball Animation (1-2-3-FOUR-5-6-7-8-NINE-10-11-12)
Caribbean Amphibean (he likes to hop in the tropical sea! A frog in the coconut tree)
Big Bird singing about the number 4 (cute number but nothing special)
a Henson ball (which is an impressive Rube Goldberg machine, but otherwise kinda boring)
Elmo's "debut" (which was a bit of a tap-dance routine featuring pretty crappy greenscreening - and therefore disqualified).
As much as I love the cuteness of the Alligator, the King of Eight, the Maritan Beauty, and the Caribbean Amphibean, and as much as I would hate not to see another Raposo/Moss song be highlighted, I think it has to be the Pinball Animation - because ANYONE who's ever seen Sesame Street can sing that and it sorta symbolizes everything about Sesame Street's goal to teach counting and basic skills.
But oh, I love those other clips. You should go vote!
I should do some freaking work today....