Colorado Springs is amazing.

Hey everyone,

I am in Colorado Springs for work until Thursday so no gaming till then.  It is freaking beautiful here.  I can see the mountains from my hotel room, amazing.   

New Phone.

Cell phone stuff
I <3 ATT
So I ended up getting the Sony Ericson that I listed below from ATT.  I must say I have never had a problem with ATT/Cingular's customer service reps.  The clerks at the store are occasionally idiots, but when you call in on the phone to their customer service you can tell their first language is english and that the reps are instructed to do whatever they must to make you happy.  In the past when we went over in minutes and owed 150 bucks they removed the charge and just moved us to a better plan and explained I can go back to my normal one next month.  I needed a phone and wasn't applicable for an upgrade they gave me a free upgrade anyway.  Tons of stuff like that has happened with me and Cingular since I first started using them some where around 1999.  I had to use alltell for 2 years in that mix and absolutely hated them. 

The new phone.
Loving the new phone so far.  It has one of those gravityometer things so when I tilt it the screen switches and it has some sweet games using that feature.  It has really good sound quality, takes great pictures, and is just all around a nice phone.

BUT,
I can't figure out how to email pictures.  I am cheap and don't have unlimited text messages so I don't want to send pictures via MMS, but I have unlimited data so if I can email them or upload them through a site that would rock.  So I still yet have been able to figure that out.



Halo Gaming.

I played with Caesar, Risen, and Ekkesiv for a week or so and though it was cool getting to know them it didn't work out.  It sucked that it didn't work out, but it opened the opportunity up for me to play with F1R3 and Neks0ne again, which is great.
When I first started really playing competitive halo those were the guys who helped me learn the does and don'ts and got me moving from a guy who had a decent shot to a guy who can play with a team.  I have played with a ton of competitive guys, but a big difference with them is that you have a great time even when you lose.  I have never heard F1R3 or Neks at the end of the game tell our team or the other team, the connection is what decided the outcome of the game.  It is always just good game, and then moving on.  So needless to say I am having a blast playing with those two guys and Whoever (that is his tag and it makes things confusing when you try and post about him).  It's a great group of guys to hang out with and we have had some really good initial success.  So win, lose, or lag I am looking forward to the site's tourneys and just online customs and MLG MM again.

For those of you who are wondering, yes Squadbattle is still my girlfriend on the side even if I am enjoying MLG again.  So feel free to hit me up with invites if you want to do either.

The Ella.
She cracks me up.  Always.
She is jabbering like crazy and talking all the time.  She moves her voice up and down like she is saying words and emphasizing certain ones.  She has taken 10 steps in a row and is trying to learn to walk so she can chase down one of her best friends, our dog.  She learned to open his cage the other night which is not something she should know how to do.  But I thought I left it open and she was trying to crawl in there so I walked over and pulled her out and closed it then she just grabbed the handle and opened it right back up.  She says Dada when she is happy and laughing and says Mama when she is angry or grumpy.  So Mom isn't a big fan of that but it sure makes me laugh.  Ella would also like to thank ACORN for helping her register to vote. 

The Joys of breaking phones.

So my phone crapped out on me last week.

The thing just won't receive signal anywhere. I think the term is "the stack" went out on it. What ever it is the stupid thing won't work, but I can't complain too much because it took some abuse in it's time. I have a horrible habit of leaving it on my lap after talking while driving and as soon as I get out of the car, it goes skipping across the pavement.

So because I have 5 months till I can get a new one at the discounted price I felt like my back was against a wall since they sell their crappiest phones for $200+ out of contract. So I started searching the interwebs and came across the iClones and other chinese phones. If you have never seen them, they sure look interesting.

The iclones come with 2 batteries, dual sim slots, and microSD slots for memory. I would be really interested to try one out, but I am too worried that it would be sluggish and have poor audio quality. The thing is I don't know for sure and am super curious. Because if I could use that phone on ATT as a normal cell phone the internet plan is only 15 bucks for all you can eat (all other PDAs are 30 per month).

Here are some pics of the iClones this is the i9 phone. It supports up to 8 gbs microSD storage, has shake controls, does the little flip the picture or video thing as you turn the phone,has dual sims, has FM radio and more features.



Here is a watch phone:



Here is a normal phone that gets TV reception (local channels on air waves). Which seems to be a pretty common ability for their phones.



So after doing a ton of research and coming to no real conclusion I got on live chat with ATT tech support to find out if the i9 would be considered a PDA or normal phone, in lieu of actually having to answer my question they opted to give me an early exception upgrade. So now I am just going to go with the ultra sweet Sony Ericson W760a in black. It has a 3.2 mp camera, shake controls, dedicated game buttons, bluetooth 2.0, and FM built in.

But there is still that part of me that really wants to check out a phone that picks up TV channels and the iClones. Let me know if you have any experience with the chinese knock off phones.

Your keyboard is cooler than you know.

So I found this too cool not to share.

These are all the things your keyboard can do that you may not have known about.

Stolen from here and given props for it.

Just something to lighten the day...

20 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and Point A Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.

2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice.

3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries with that.

4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label It "In."

5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks. Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch To Espresso.

6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write "For Sexual Favors"

7. Finish All Your Sentences With "In Accordance With The Prophecy."

8. Don't Use Any Punctuation

9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.

10. Ask People What Sex They Are. Laugh Hysterically After They Answer.

11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is "To Go."

12. Sing Along At The Opera.

13. Go To A Poetry Recital And Ask Why The Poems Don't Rhyme

14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area And Play Tropical Sounds All Day.

15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party because You're Not In The Mood.

16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Hard.

17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream "I Won! I Won!"

18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking Lot, Yelling

"Run For Your Lives, They're Loose!!"

19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner. "Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go."

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity.......


20. Send a Post To Someone To Make Them Smile..
It's Called Therapy...

stolen from webchatforum.com who stole it from  www.nativeamericanjobs.com