Water water everywhere

First, my tub leaks (and I get a new floor) and now it’s storming outside to the point of hailing.   More on the new floor when it’s finally fixed.

Life has been interesting lately.  I’ve been dating some, which is nice and scary at the same time.  Readers, would you like me to chronicle some dates I’ve been on?  It might scare intrigue you.

A dear friend of mine got a job in Virgina recently and it was good to see her one last time this weekend before she goes down there on Friday.

This just in for non sequiturs: work is starting to pick up as the students come back at the end of the week.  Still haven’t moved offices yet.

I ain’t sayin’ I’m perfect….

I bought Sugarland’s new album Love on the Inside.  Great album.  Favorite songs include “All I Wanna Do”,  “Fall into Me”, and “Take Me As I Am.”

My favorite lyric is (from “Take Me As I Am”):

“Slow to trust but I’m quick to love. I push too hard and I give too much.  I ain’t sayin’ I’m perfect, but I promise I’m worth it.”

The reason I like this lyric is that it’s the truth.  I’m single, readership.  Partly by choice, and partly by high standards.  I want too much, and most of all I want communication and honesty.  If I don’t get these, I tend to push.  Usually I push the person away, but not always.

If you’re reading this and thinking “that’s me, too!” then feel free to comment.

Welcome to my life, Crackberry.

Yes, I bought a blackberry.

The news that I couldn’t have an iPhone due to lack of service on the NYS-31 between my apartment and work (for about a mile, in a heavily wooded and deer-laden area) forced me to return my iPhone.  Luckily; however, they was no restocking fee because I returned the device in 3 days (even to a different Apple Store!)  I gave myself two weeks before deciding on a Verizon phone.  Here was how I made my decision:

1. Check phonearena.com and phonescoop.com for reviews of all Verizon phones.
2. Walk into Verizon store, look at all the phones
3. Contemplate the LG Dare
4. Pick up the Dare, start typing in landscape mode.
5. Put Dare down and decide it’s a useless effort.
6. Wander around store more, look at the LG Chocolate 3
7. Play with the phone, realize it’s a good phone.
8. Walk around store once more to make sure I didn’t miss something.
9. Look at the Blackberries
10. Pick up the Curve, try typing, put it down
11. Pick up the Pearl, try typing, try applications, try Internet Browser, decide I like it.
12. Ask sales rep about the data package.
13. Learn I get a 20% discount on the $29.99 data package.
14. Bell goes off that that’s the price of the iPhone data package.
15. Play with blackberry some more, decide to try it. Check out.

I’m still learning a lot about the Blackberry, but I do like it.  It has many of the 3rd party apps that the iPhone is getting mainly because it’s one of the most popular PDAs out there.