Want To Feel Stupid?
I've always resisted any kind of change. I want it the way I want it, and I get a little anxious when it ain't that way. I suppose 2009 has been a lesson because I can't always have it the way I want it.
Anyway, I felt completely inadequate yesterday and that's because I finally broke down and got myself a Blackberry. It's a complicated son-of-a-bitch!
I was excited to get my first call on it - so I called home and asked my wife to call me right back. She did, it rang, and I answered it! How cool is that? Then I waited and when it didn't ring again for over a half-an-hour, I sort of panicked because I thought it was broke and I had no idea how to light up the screen, let alone fix it.
My plan was to hand it to Matt and let him set it up - I needed Springsteen ring tones of course, and a Yankee banner was also on my wish list. So in my best - "I need it now," voice, I commanded Matt to get to work.
The best laid plans - Matt wasn't sticking around long enough to help - so Kathy took it and set to work. A couple of hours later, no Springsteen ring tones, a completely irritated wife on the home phone with Verizon, and me anxiously awaiting on the couch.
Finally there was success - Kathy was able to download two ring tones, but she let me know how hard it was - Matt already returning from his hoop game - grabbed the phone, mocked his mother, and downloaded two more in less than three minutes.
Ah, technology - the kids are kicking our asses.
Anyway, I felt completely inadequate yesterday and that's because I finally broke down and got myself a Blackberry. It's a complicated son-of-a-bitch!
I was excited to get my first call on it - so I called home and asked my wife to call me right back. She did, it rang, and I answered it! How cool is that? Then I waited and when it didn't ring again for over a half-an-hour, I sort of panicked because I thought it was broke and I had no idea how to light up the screen, let alone fix it.
My plan was to hand it to Matt and let him set it up - I needed Springsteen ring tones of course, and a Yankee banner was also on my wish list. So in my best - "I need it now," voice, I commanded Matt to get to work.
The best laid plans - Matt wasn't sticking around long enough to help - so Kathy took it and set to work. A couple of hours later, no Springsteen ring tones, a completely irritated wife on the home phone with Verizon, and me anxiously awaiting on the couch.
Finally there was success - Kathy was able to download two ring tones, but she let me know how hard it was - Matt already returning from his hoop game - grabbed the phone, mocked his mother, and downloaded two more in less than three minutes.
Ah, technology - the kids are kicking our asses.
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