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blue angels

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:01:03 -0700

Fleet week. There's always mixed feelings about this. Some people HATE it because of the Blue Angels practicing above their homes and office buildings, and some people love and appreciate it.

I don't really have strong feelings for or against it, but I think it's pretty cool that we get stuff like this in San Francisco. Blue Angels always remind me of being in elementary school, playing jumprope or running around playing tag, and whenever they'd fly by over us with that loud whooosing sound, everyone would stop what they're doing and look up in awe.

My latest observation... Majority of the people who HATE it are transplants. I even asked some people I knew who grew up in San Francisco what they thought about it and most of them said that even though, yes, after a couple days, the noise gets annoying, that they didn't really have a problem with it. Some people that were part of my survey were from a Yelp thread and I checked the hometowns of those who hated Fleet Week, and yep, majority of them listed some location other than San Francisco for their "Hometown". People who responded with something along the lines of "Get over it" listed San Francisco or some city down the peninsula as their hometown.

It's only once a year for one week, so quit your yappin. Some people enjoy these things: airshows and miltary appreciation. I also walked to downtown today (beautiful day, I might add) and saw lots of nice looking guys in their spiffy Navy uniforms roaming around Union Square. Appreciated. :D

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pb

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:21:53 -0700

pacific beach

This photo was taken at 4:08 pm (Oct 2, 2008) with my iPhone and I have no idea how it turned out like this. I think it looks pretty darn cool.

And I did decide to keep the phone. It was the most useful thing ever during our trip. I don't know how we'd manage to get through the days without it. 411? Tourist pamphlets? Judging a business by its looks? I still brought my GPS, but it was way easy to filter out restaurants, bars, and distances with theee iphone. So hooray. I also downloaded Winterboard so that made me love it a little more than I did the first week I had it. :D

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still on the fence

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:00:31 -0700

So I succumbed and am now an owner of an iphone. All my previous phones have been free Nokias from upgrades so paying for a phone is also a first for me.

I'm not gonna lie. I wasn't a big fan when this gadget came out- who needs another procrastination tool? Not I. I think I already spend too much time on the internet. But two things sold me: Google/Map/GPS and Pandora at your fingertips... okay, and the fact that I didn't have to wait in line like a doofus (I was the only customer in the store). But really, right when I found out there was a Pandora app, I considered getting an iphone just for that alone (because I am so in love with Slacker>Pandora>last.fm, in that order, yes).

So opportunity knocked and told me I can get an iphone for the subsidized price and not the ridiculous price (which I'd probably kick my own ass for later). Why not see what the fuss is all about? Will an iphone really change my life? ;P

While I find many of the iphone's features really convenient than those of a standard cell phone, I somewhat do miss some features of my old Nokia phone. Can I live without some of the features I used to have? Maybe it just takes time getting used to since all I've known is Nokia.

Some thoughts:

I miss MMS. I used this a lot to take/send photos of random/funny pics to friends. :(

If I get interrupted while texting, I can't save it to a Drafts folder for sending later. I either have to send it now or start all over later. :(

Can't forward text to others. I can probably live without this.

Can't send a mass text message. So I'll get charged for multiple messages sent instead of one sent to many people.

Lack of camera options. I understand this is not a camera, but still, my old phone had zoom, night mode, sepia/greyscale, crop, etc. I can live without this. Old phone took crappy night shots anyway.

Youtube but no video recording? I can live without this. Not that I really used the video function on my old phone anyway but would've be nice.

I upgraded to 2.1, and I must've done something wrong because my text messages disappeared. Do they always disappear when you upgrade? Did I miss a backup step before upgrading? At least I only had 3 "convos" that disappeared.

I don't like how SMS previews pop up when a new one is received. What if someone is "playing" w/ my iphone and that person reads something they're not supposed to? Baaaad.

I find texting easier w/ the physical buttons than touch screens. I've been making more typos w/ the iphone- maybe I just have fat fingers or it's something to get used to (as with typing w/out looking at the keyboard and texting with one hand on a standard cell phone).

No user profiles. I used to have 5 set-ups on my old phone. I can probably live without this.

The vibrate function is really weak. I've missed a couple calls already because of this.

Can't save contacts to sim card. I opened a new gmail just for syncing my contacts so I think I should be okay now?

I really dislike the predictive text function. Is there a way to turn it off? It keeps autocorrecting "zell" to "sell" or "cell". Boo. And my fat fingers can't "x" out the bubble that pops up.

No copy/paste. My old phone didn't either so I can live w/out it, but would be really convenient for copying/pasting links to messages/emails.

Contacts would suck but the double-click to Favorites saved it for me.

Battery life doesn't bother me because my Nokia's battery sucked too. But hopefully I won't need to get a new battery in the next 2 years.

It's bulkier than my old phone but that's something I knew beforehand. I can live with it.

Apple stuff is known for being user-friendly but I feel like I have a lot to learn (and get used to). I also know that all phones have their quirks, so I'm giving it another week or two trial before I decide to return it or not. I think I have 30 days? I really want to like this phone.. especially if I'll be stuck with it for 2 years (and within those two years, 4 more iphones will probably come out). So far, I think it's a great tool for keeping up-to-date with whatever (NEXTBUS!, weather, news, etc.) and finding resources (restaurants, shops, etc.), but I feel it's less functional as a phone for me. I've considered the Touch, but even that's useless without a constant wi-fi connection, and I don't need another mp3 player.

Are there things I'm overlooking in settings or are there apps I can download that will address some of these issues?

On a side note, my mom wants me to keep the iphone just so she can play with iSlots, which she discovered on my aunt's iphone. HA.

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where the magic happens...

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:06:29 -0700

vox!

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innocence lost

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:04:28 -0700

I came upon Jordan Knight's "Give It To You" music video, a song that came out while I was in high school. I always thought this song sounded cool and how awesome the ballroom to hip-hop dancing (in a pop song) was in the video, but it was only today that I actually paid attention to the lyrics.

And, DAMN THIS SONG IS NASTAY!

It's amazing how a song that I thought was so fun and innocent (I mean, caamon now, doing a choreographed dance at a carnival!!) is actually about this guy letting a girl know that he can satisfy her sexual cravings in bed.

Just let me know and I'll give it to you
Show me where I'll taste you there

Jordan Knight - Give It To You

I feel dirty now.

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today's bubble tea

nobody@vox.com(zell) — Tue, 27 May 2008 20:56:57 -0700

IS FROZEN YOGURT.
(I was going to say "the new bubble tea" but this isn't really "new")

I've noticed a sudden influx of frozen yogurt establishments opening in every other neighborhood in the city but still no Pinkberry (which supposedly started this "craze"). It just kinda came outta nowhere, much like expensive gourmet cupcakes. Frozen yogurt in cups with supercool neon-colored fonts is all the rage! And I haven't tried it yet. How trendy can yogurt get?

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