just another crack-head

Hallelujah! I've got a working cell phone now. Yesterday I bought a used Blackberry 8830WE phone off of some kid. I found his ad on Craigslist and decided that it was the cheapest deal on the market. I was a bit uncertain about buying a device from a kid (as I just don't trust them) so I had him meet me at the Telus store in the mall so that I could double check that the phone was legit before forking over the cash. Luckily for me (and him) - the phone was functional and ready to be activated.

The phone is now active. I've synchronized my Outlook life into it and have received a couple of calls. How exciting - I'm connected to the outside world again! :-) Now all that's left is to hunt down a silicone skin. I'm all about scratch-proofing my stuff. Time to develop my crack-berry-thumb...

Happy Holidays!

We wish you a very MERRY Christmas and a Happy New Year too! Stay safe out there! See you in 2009.

is it really that cold?

Chicky and I have been sitting inside gazing out at the flurries. We don't have any proper snow gear to be frolicking in the flakes so we're enjoying it from the comfort of my electric blanket. Our main concern is how we're going to get to work tomorrow. Neither of us are prepared for bad weather. We only accomplished to make a shopping list. Things to buy: boots, windshield scraper and a small shovel. Chicky figures he'll have to dig out his car at some point.

I checked the weathernetwork and it apparently is going to continue snowing till Christmas Eve. :-) This should make the drive to work even more interesting. As I was checking out how cold it is outside - I noticed that it's currently -34 degrees celcius in Regina right now. That's -40 degrees if you factor in windchill. They're HIGH for the week is -28. BRRRR!!!! And here I am wimpering at a mere -2 degrees! Lol - I've lost all my Saskatchewan blood and have become a westcoast-wimp.

winter wonderland

We woke up this morning to a beautiful white winter wonderland. The flakes are fluffy and sticking to the ground. I've got 104.3FM playing while I blog. This station plays "12 days of Christmas music" around the clock. It's so festive! I think I'm killing Chicky with my merry-ment. :-) I even brought home my santa bag of christmas hats so that we can take a family picture in them on the 24th. Yah! Lol - I think I'm the only one excited about it.

These are the times in which I wish we had TV. Channel surfing wouldn't be so bad right now. Oh well...that's what computers are for right? We're waiting for the Brick to come and replace my chaise. They weren't able to clean it so I get a new one! Yah! I can't believe their movers are going to make it up the hill today. That's really brave of them!

drowsy chaperone

Tonight Chicky and I went to see the musical "The Drowsy Chaperone" at the Vancouver Playhouse. I got free tickets to the show (one of the FEW benefits for the work I do with the Social Club). Chicky surprised himself and really enjoyed the show. We got great seats (3rd row) considering they were complimentary tickets. I thought the musical was wonderful and funny. But then I'm biased and love all forms of theater. :-) If you get the opportunity - I would recommend seeing this show, it's quite uplifting and just plain old FUN. The dance sequences make it even better! We had a fun date and drove home as the snow was just starting to come down. Time to put on our jammies and watch movies under my electric blanket!

lazy days of winter

This week has been quite enjoyable. Chicky took the week off work to bum around home and I had a week long of training downtown. We got to enjoy the life of a lazy student and a non-working-bum. We found it quite enjoyable not having to get up at the crazy hours of the morning and rushing to our responsibilities. I like just having to get up, get my backpack and get to school in time for the 9am lecture. Reminiscent of our university life.

As Chicky picked me up from the train station on the blustery wednesday night, I mused about how free we were to do what we want right now. Just the 2 of us doing whatever we wanted whenever we wanted. :-) No worries about getting home to let the dog out to go pee or having a baby to worry about. Ah...time to do nothing is such a wonderful thing. :-)

an early XMas

Christmas it a time for giving. In my case it's time to give ME something nice for all the stress I put myself through during the year. :-) This year's XMas gift to myself is a new camera. Thanks me!!!! *** pat myself on the back ***

On the weekend Toshiki, Chris and I went down to PhotoExpert in Surrey to do some shopping. We picked up some camera gear for discounted prices (I have a friend who knows the sales staff). Anyhow we pretty much made Dave's sales quota on Saturday. Toshiki and I bought the Canon 50D and Chris picked up a new lens. The Canon 50D camera is bigger than my old one so I'm still getting use to the weight/size. Chicky says the camera fits his hands much better now. I sold my other camera so I've only got this one now. No little-pocket-size camera for me! :-) I like the features and response on the 50D. I'm looking forward to taking more pictures with it. Maybe I'll even pick up a photography course in the spring - it's always nice to have dedicated days to go out and just shoot pics.

tasking turned tragedy

Alas I must say adieu to my beloved phone. It had an untimely drowning last week. :-) Note to self, DON'T try to multitask while taking a bath. Though I was able to revive it from it's watery grave - it just didn't act the same. The buttons didn't work which made making outbound calls next to impossible. I've been able to receive calls but lately it's been possessed and turning on/off by itself. Weird....

I tried to take it to Telus and plead death due to negligence but they were not empathetic at all and told me that there's nothing to do but buy a new one. I was frustrated that they wanted to sell me another data phone when this one was barely 1/2 a year old! Good god - data phones are NOT cheap either. Unfortunately I'm locked in the 3-year-prison-phone-term-plan with no chance of parole. I've been searching for a used data phone but nothing has caught my eye yet (maybe it's the prices that is making me hesitate). I think in the end when I have no more means of communicating with the outside world I will invest in a crack-berry. I like qwerty keyboard phones and that seams to be the "best known" one on the market right now.