what i should have done on valentines day

so, my valentines day was almost hall of fame bad.

i don't want to go into it here since i posted a myspace bulletin about it, and really, thats where i post all of the good stuff...but i did want to say that this is where i should have been:

Valentine's Day Pillow Fight

photo sniped from:
http://www.pbase.com/bvaez/image/92963404/medium

I am reconsidering moving back to the city. where, but in SF (maybe NY), do you get to take your valentines day tension out on total strangers, in public, in a fun way.

more video mashups

more you-tube awesomeness....


Not for star trek purists. wow.


or greenday purists.


for for those that love video mashups. these are really good.

for Lent, i'm giving up the iPhone

so AT&T has figured out that people that will pay $400+ for the iPhone, will also pay $150 month to use said iPhone...

which i begrudgingly paid...so here was my plan:

2000 minutes - $99
iPhone data plan - $20
text message plan (M2M text + 200 texts) - $10

after taxes it was about $150/mo....however, even though i have a contract, AT&T decided to drop the text message plan. So I get a bill for $250. yes, i text *that* much. $100 in text overages. i'm a texter.

so, AT&T is explaining to me that they discontinued the plan I ordered and they will credit me for this month, but in the future, to avoid a high bill, they can offer me this other, more expensive plan. And at that moment, i realize that because i love the iPhone so much, i'm willing to let AT&T f- me. I mean, the service sucks...my calls drop daily....and they change my plan at will, regardless of the mandatory 'contract'...but the iPhone is so great, it overcomes AT&T's many many shortcomings.

So that's when i realized the iPhone is my personal crack...and yes, i have had a CrackBerry, and got a RAZR as a form of smartphone rehab...but it wasn't the same...i missed mobile internet. and a qwerty keyboard. and email. personal email. work email - not so much.

so for lent, i'm giving up my iPhone and i'm going back to my RAZR just to see if I can do it...

man. it's only been 5 seconds and i feel so ... disconnected.


you know what. who am i kidding. i'm weak. i can't do it. i'll just give AT&T my blood sweat and tears. and buy some of their stock...............if they can get me to blog about how much they suck, AND STILL pay them almost $200/mo, they've got to be profitable in any economy...well, i just checked the stock price on my iPhone (see how useful this thing is), and they are down, like everyone else. But regardless...for the fact that i'm sitting at my computer, but checked the stock price on my phone instead of pulling up Yahoo Finance shows just how much i *need* my iPhone.

as for lent, well it's a good think i'm not actually catholic.

I'm retiring from Facebook Fight Club

So, I added the Fight Club app on facebook...and it's annoyingly addictive...and it's not even a video game. no rapid-fire button pressing. no animation. just win or loss based on some algorithm. or more likely, a random roll of the virtual dice.

anyhow, so, despite the lack of interactivity or requirement of skill, i've been training my fighter, that cr@zy b!tch (really, are you surprised by the name) and i had a perfect fight record.

47 wins, 0 losses baby. i was openin' up cans of whoop-@$$ chun li style.

then, one fateful day, i met my match...this one fighter, with a name that just said...if you lose, it won't be good, but if you win, it'll actually be even worse for you....and i *knew* i shouldn't have started the fight...but i couldn't help it...i am, that cr@zy b!tch, so i had to press my luck.

and as luck may have it, i was defeated. smote down if you will.

and the name of this fighter that defeated me and shattered my perfect fight club recored was....

wait for it...

ALLAH.

no i'm serious.

welcome, to my life. just when i get all cocky and start to believe my own hype....here come ALLAH, to remind me of humility.

appropriately humbled, i am now retiring from fight club.