Alive

There are two things I HATE...

1. People who lie and are not dependable

2. Inanimate objects with a mind of their own

The whole big-loser-guy thing has been brought up on more than one occasion. True to form he has managed to avoid his end of the deal...again.

I am a bit worried, but know things will work out in the long run. I try very hard to keep my perspective. I also have a few cards left to play. I guarantee his life will not be pleasant if he decides to keep being a d-bag.

The second thing I hate is a newish problem. I am starting to believe my Android is alive...as in "Johnny 5 is ALIVE" alive. 

Remember Short Circuit???

In the last few months Droid, or should I say Diva, has started acting up. The memory is basically shot on my 18-month old device. The Aly really was not developed well enough to handle the applications and data usage a techno-savvy gal can put it through. I have barely been able to use Facebook since July. If I do choose to open FB then I run the risk of the memory being so drained I cannot send or receive text messages.

Ok, that may be a Superior Being’s way of telling me I text a bit much.

I like "talking" with my thumbs, sue me...

I have been annoyed with Droid for a while. My brother brought it to my mothers and my attention that we were able to upgrade our phone service contract in February and I got a little tingle. Was it true? Could there be a Siri in my future? Yes, I have developed iPhone envy and want a Siri in my life.

Is there anyone who doesn't know of which I speak?

Just a quick rundown in case there is a person who has used the DVR and missed the Apple commercials...Siri is a voice activated application on the iPhone. You can literally ask the phone a question and a female voice returns with some sort of answer, usually in the form of a web search or list of restaurants, gas stations, taxi services, what have you, within a few mile radius of your location. One friend went so far as to ask Siri to marry him! Her response, "I think we are better as friends."

Seriously??

Those Apple people are WICKED smart!! Or is it smartasses?? Regardless, how freakin’ cool to talk to your phone and get a response?!?

I digress. Sandpile and I started talking, and compared to the price of other "non-Siri" phones it wasn’t out of the question to REALLY upgrade. Shoot, she even saved money!

So, somewhere between Memphis and Houston is a white 16GB iPhone 4S with my name on it. Hooray, right?

Noooottttt exactly…

Remember I now call Droid Diva? I swear Droid KNOWS its days as my one and only are almost over.

Yesterday Droid developed some quirks. First, the back button from the touch screen won’t work, so I have to use the slider to go back. Not a terrible problem, but a bit odd. The terrible problem, and what makes me think the machine has developed a “brain”, is that while trying to use the phone in any way Droid decides it’s going to do something else. Mostly just go back to the home screen and sneer at me, because it KNOWS I am at Droid’s mercy.

I opted to, gasp, call someone last night rather than text. It was seriously taking five minutes to say “how was your day?”

I am NOT a slow typist.

So I wait, I turn Droid off and put it in timeout for a little while. Maybe Diva isn’t correct, maybe it’s a two-year old…

Regardless, I hope FedEx gets to the apartment while the office is still open today. OR I hope that Baseball ends so I can get home in time to meet my new friend Siri!

Inspiration Song…Alive by Pearl Jam