Another reason why I can't buy a new 3g Iphone

I promised myself months ago I wouldn't buy a new upgraded iPhone because of the applications.

They scare me.

It's not that I'm afraid to use them.....I'm afraid I'll use them all the time.

This fear found a home in me when I was at a board meeting.

My colleague, sitting next to me, pulled out her iPhone and starting waving it around under the table we were sitting at....it sounded exactly like the light sabers used in Star Wars.

I asked her to stop swishing her phone around.... because I knew I would grab it and and wave it at the pontificating board member across the room in a futile effort to severe his head from his torso.

Right then I vowed ...."No upgraded phone for Gina."

It's made life easier.... as people tell me about their cool applications...I mentally go "lah lah lah" and ignore the input.

Today...more fuel for my resolution.

Although I would never have the talent to play this application ....knowing it exists is just another reason my current old iPhone must last into the next century.

Please note: he is blowing into his phone..and simply pressing the touch screen.

P.S.........from D.C.

Well....I'm home from D.C. ....scary trip back. It was flawless.

Caught the Subway....caught the Marc train to Baltimore/Washington Airport...caught two flights home that were not only on time but my home flight was early by 10 minutes. Spooky.

Hub stays on in D.C. till Sunday and already texted me that it's snowing ....so looks like I made it out on time. Whew!

Thought I'd share a few pictures as a post script to my trip.

Worse Carpet in the World Award

Although the Marriott by the Zoo is a very nice hotel, who the hell picked out the carpet for the lobby???? The rug covered the first and second floors. Acres and acres of flowers a foot wide in wild unsettling colors....I kept thinking ........Little Shop of Horrors?? Little Hotel of Horrors??

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I believe they should post a warning sign: Do not look down. The carpet has been known to induce nausea in susceptible individuals. If you have been drinking or taking drugs (legal or illegal) please note you are not hallucinating.

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The Obligatory Panda Picture

Of course I went to the Zoo. And of course I went to look at the Pandas. Bit disappointing. You know all those cute black and white Panda pictures??? Well this panda needed a bath. His entire rump was dirty brown. I'm sure they'll probably Clorox him before the spring tourists arrive.

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Harass children you have left behind. More good things to do with your Iphone.

Occasionally throughout the day, I would email a photo of myself or hub to the boys who were home alone.....with captions like......Did you go to school today? Did you take the dogs out? Are you doing your chores? And my personal favorite: Mom knows all....don't even think about doing what you think I won't know you did.

Unfortunately the last message didn't work. Right now, I'm waiting for #2 son to get home from school. He's in BIG trouble.

Got into my convertible this morning and noticed: the seat was all the way back, the rear view mirror was adjusted up, most of the gas was goine and there was an alien hard rock station on.

No one is supposed to drive my baby especially without my permission. I'm actually looking forward to hearing the creative fib/excuse he will make up.

Poor Guy Award

Geez, how old can this joke get for this guy....year after year after year..........

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Girls gone geek........

Terrible.

Just terrible.....there we are in a restaurant....huddled over my iPhone......the soft white glow of the screen reflected up onto our faces. We are trolling the net, googling, and emailing pictures to ourselves......with cranberry martinis at our side.

The vodka made me confess.

Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night....and can't fall back asleep.....I grab my iPhone, check my email, read my MSN home page and even scan the New York Times.

Krista (extraordinary girlfriend now living in Minnesota) expressed her sympathies.

She won't allow herself to get an iPhone....because she...wonder woman and supreme wizardess of technology and the net......would also wake up in the night....and surf the net from bed.

Surfing the net from your bed.

That's bad.

What happened to me?.....I was a nice girl once, a respectable woman who would go to her office, sit in an ergonomically correct chair....and check her computer.

Now...I'm at a red light....texting.....I'm taking a walk and sending an email.....I doodle with Safari in the dentist chair trying to figure out how to unload and load the pages correctly.

And I want to go to the Apple store in Manhattan....to buy more stuff for my phone so I can do even more.

Krista reminded me of something real scary.

When we took a writing class together, about 6 years ago, my research paper was on: internet addiction.

Oh my god, she was right. I said, not me ....never. I'm not one of those geeks. What's sooo great about the internet if you not into porn?

To make ourselves feel better....we started talking about a potential trip to take this summer.....

hmmmm....why not take the train from Winnipeg ( Yeah Diana .....Winnipeg) to the Artic....to the last town on the line....Churchill.... a bleak bleak town....on the edge of Hudson Bay known mostly for its Polar Bear population.

Wow...that's something to think about....let me make a note on my iPhone to send you that information.....or do you want to Google that now .....before we get our Tiramasu?

Damn...I think it's too late.
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Ah....turn the camera around Gina

Yeah...the camera hole is one the back of the phone....duh....

Finally......

Hey I think we got it right.........