Ben and I are both hooked.  Ben had not see the first seasons at all and I had caught shows randonly so we’ve started Netflixing them.  We watched four shows this evening and probably would have watched more except there are only four shows per DVD.

HEE HEE!  If you have not yet, check them out.  Fantastic show.  Plus, when I was younger I used to day dream that I was some Super Secret Totally Awsome FBI agent who saved the world over and over and over.  So this just gives me fresh story lines…

Shut up.

Life with my Sidekick has been fantastic. I looked up a cut of beef as we sat track side at Laguna Seca for Ben as well as looking up the schedule for the day. At dinner the other night I was able to see if a store was still going to be open when we left… it’s just endless, really. Let’s see:

• I have most of my email forwarded to it so I am ALWAYS able to check it.
• I have various shopping lists that I keep as notes. One note for each place. If I think of something I need from one of the places I can add it to the list in SECONDS.
• I put EVERYTHING in my calendar. From appointments with the head doctor to reminders that it’s trash day. Every day I make sure that my Outlook and Sidekick are updated.
• Every time I use the ATM check card I send Ben an email because he is the Updater of the Quicken God. I can now send him stuff AS I do it. Actually, I need to be better about this and not putting it off till later because that makes his job more difficult… I’m trying.
• I’m not bored sitting outside Cassidy’s class waiting for her anymore!! Today I actually researched sewing machines while I waited. The other day I looked up some low carb recipes for dinner ideas.

The list goes ON AND ON…

Right after I got it I started hearing rumors on the SK forums about a new update OTA (Over The Air) 2.3. It was supposed to have all sorts of fancy new features like time stamps for AIM and the ability to read CSS. I wanted it. Right then. Unfortunately all Dander and T-Mobile would say is that the updates were being sent out “randomly” and “when you got it you got it the end”. I’m not sure if you all realize this, but the part of my brain that controls my patience level is broken. I don’t have it. At all. None. Zilch. NON EXISTENT!!

After waiting what seemed AGES… JULIE GOT IT! $^!*#@$*!@ I tried not to hate her. I tried not to be jealous. But if she wasn’t such a nice girl I’d probably have stolen hers in the night because… I BOUGHT MINE FIRST AND IT JUST WASN’T FAIR!

THEN! Yesterday after work I checked the forum and LO AND BEHOLD people were saying after a few restarts… the update started DLing!! After about 10 restarts and Ben mocking my obsession for a good 20 minutes it started downloading!! And then my battery light came on… heh I plugged it in though and got the update and it’s like a whole new devise!!

My favorite new features so far:

Calendar:
Much better layout for daily views.

Email:
Clickable links in the body of emails. (Before links were all at the end of the message)
Discard a message from the Browse Messages screen with the display closed.

WWW:
CSS!! (Colored text, backgrounds, forum posts show up properly)
JAVASCRIPT!
Much faster load times.
General prettyness.

Note:
Fold/unfold all notes using keyboard shortcuts.
Send a note via email message.

AIM:
Time stamps.
Away message viewing from the main menu.
BUDDY ICONS!
Ability to email conversations.
COPY/PASTE(!!)

Photo:
MUCH better gallery setup.
You can ROTATE photo’s.
Set a photo as your keyguard screen.

There are SO many more things but those are the features that I use the most. I’m telling you, this is the BEST purchase I’ve made in a long time.

P.S. - I am now addicted to City of Villians. Hence the lack of updates. And if this post does not confirm my ridiculous geekyness I don’t know what could..

When I get to work it’s 6:00AM. Still dark. When I wake up it’s about 7:00AM. So there’s an hour in there where things happen that I should probably know about and don’t. And things happen that make me wake up instantly and want to shoot myself in the foot… like on Monday when I closed my hatch onto my cell phone and shattered both the inside and outide LCD so that I can’t see the time, who’s calling, phone numbers, alarm settings, etc. It was like somebody had cut off my right arm. No, it was worse than that because then at least I could blame somebody else for the STUPID move.

After I threw up a few times and said my weekly quota of ‘fucks’ and ’shits’ I went inside, put on my headphones, sat at my desk and pretended to work. It’s amazing how dependent you become on a little tiny piece of technology. I knew I needed a new phone right away so I started looking at he one I’ve been eyeing for awhile, the Mototorla Razr V3. I looked around for the cheapest place to get it. Even on Ebay it was just under $300. For a phone. Ugh.

Ben saw that if we renewed our Cingular contract we could get the phone for $200. Score. We go to Cingular that evening (Despite the fact I have a fever and feel nausious. Yes, it’s THAT important to me.) and talk to a girl there about getting that done. She tells us that we can’t upgrade our phones till November 18th. A month away. Ben asks if there is a way we can get that overriden. We are resigning another year long contract and it’s ONLY a month away. She tells us only her supervisor can do that but she’ll go ask him. When she returns she tells us he doens’t think there is anything he can do but he’ll be with us anyway in a few minutes.

So we wait a few minutes and out of the back of the store comes the manager visibly annoyed and stomping up to the counter where we were standing and:

Manager: I told her there’s nothing I can do. I can’t over ride it. What do you want me to do?
Ben and I: *shocked and silent for a second*
Manager: I mean, you can all customer service but that’s the only way.
Ben: Okay, that was of no help to me. That’s exactly what she said.
Manager: *shrugs* Well, you can call them.
Ben: What you have told me has been of no help. *starts to walk out*
Me: *follows Ben*
Manager: *tries to save the sale* Well, you can call them from here and I can take care of it.
Ben: You have been no help.
Me: *as I walk out the door, LOUDLY* Aparently customer service doens’t mean anything to them here.
Ben: *loudly* I guess not!

Before he got the whole way to the car (maybe 20 feet away) Ben turned around and headed back inside to ge the managers name. He was already in the back probably shoveling more food into his fat face.

We came home and after phone calls, and internet browsing and more nausea, we headed to T-Mobile. I’ve wanted a Sidekick for probably close to a year and a half but never dreamed, ever, that I’d have one. Ever.

When we got to T-Mobile there was a CHAIR for me to sit in… and Phu, our salesman, was AWSOME. We got the sidekick AND two accessories for LESS than what the Razr would have been. AND I HAVE A SIDEKICK!!

I haven’t put the thing down in two days. I feel like crap. My head is pounding, I’m feverish.. BUT I HAVE A SIDEKICK! I HAVE A SIDEKICK! I HAVE A SIDEKICK!

I’m once again becoming addicted to City of Heroes. I like my new Hero. She’s a tanker. And she’s cute. And she can take on 10 men all attacking her and walk away with all her endurance and most of her life. Basically, she kicks ASS!

Unfortunately, like my healer, she can’t solo. I need a good damage dealer to dish it out while I have the baddies aggro’d and attacking me.

*counts down the time for Ben to get home so we can play*