Because I have an addictive personality, I drank the Koolaid and bought the iPhone 4. HUGE mistake. It's not even the fact that the phone drops calls half the time I use it, even when it's IN the case. No, what I hate about Apple is that, every time I plug in my iPhone, which is as infrequently as possible, there's an OS or software update that usually ends up taking the better part of an evening. I just HATE, HATE, HATE Apple for that. I always think it's my equipment, and switch from wireless to wired, end up rebooting my cable box and my router, only to find that, no, it's APPLE'S crappy servers that are slow.
But it's Sunday nite, so I'll let it sit and hope it doesn't crash out, which it's done the last 4 or 5 times I've tried to update.
On a much more positive note, the Liberty went 81-84 in OT against the Fever. Even though the Liberty didn't have the highest score, I can't say they lost the game. It was a GREAT game, and though there's always room for improvement, the Ladies played well.
Left MSG and went to JCPenny's. (While I'm connected to Google and posting this blog, the crappy Apple servers timed out again. Apple tells me there's something wrong with my internet connection. Funny, it's only the connection to APPLE that's bad....) Anyway, I'm in this quest for a bra that lifts and separates. Even though Pam knows some place on Madison Avenue that measures and fits you, the bras are rumored to cost about $100.00 each. One of the advantages of being smaller is that I can now buy and wear clothes that cost smaller. So I ventured up to Target and got some, but they don't have the side enclosures that I like. I like Playtex Just My Size, and now, even though I'm at the lower end of the ranges, (Apple timed out again. I just published this post to confirm it's not my internet connection. APPLE SUCKS!!! APPLE SUCKS!!! APPLE JUST SUCKS!!! If I ever talk about buying another iPhone, somebody please shoot me in the head? Please? If you're my friend, just shoot me in the head rather than let me buy anything else by apple, because they just SUCK!!!!!)
So now, even though I'm at the lower end of the ranges, I still am comfortable in the Just My Size series. So of course that series is being discontinued. Playtex has some cheap molded, underwire crappy bras that look horrible. Of course I picked up a couple of them. They were priced at $30.00 each, with a buy 2 get 1 free sale. While turning the section upside down to find 3 in my size, I found the Just My Size ones, and snatched a couple of them up. When I went to the register (because I've finally learned that the sale signs are always wrong), I found that the JMS bras were, of course, not on sale. Instead, they were a ridiculously low 12.99!! I spent years buying them at twice that price, so I was happy.
Oh. While I was in MSG, I stopped at Krispy Kreme. I stop there every time the Liberty plays at home.)I wanted to get a half dozen raspberry filled doughnuts. While I was in line, I saw this guy munching on doughnuts with an Auntie Annie's pretzel bag in his hand. What was interesting about him was even though he was a little heavy, his stomach looked like he was about 8 and a half months pregnant with triplets. Anymore, I look at large people eating as a reminder of where I've come from and where I don't want to return to. Yeah, I got a coupla donuts, not a half dozen. When I got home, I took a bite of one and put the other one away.
The cool thing is that I went to the Apple store to see when they'd have the free bumpers they talk about. Of course, it's something that'll get figured out and done on line sometime. Nice people, but completely useless. I come outside the store and there is a street vendor. He's got a case that has the correct cutouts and would fit the iPhone 4, and is the exact design I want. I ask how much. He addresses me as sir and tells me it's $10.00. I tell him he should give me $3.00 off for calling me a guy. He apologizes profusely and offers to give it to me for free. I acknowledge that he's a businessman and give him $5.00, letting him know that for a deal like that, he can call me "sir" any time. It was a great transaction -- I wouldn't have felt right taking it from him for free, and even thought they're cheap knockoffs, the one I have for the 3G has lasted for years. The 4G case, like the phone, is smaller and sleeker. It does look good. If only it worked as good as it looked!
I have to prepare a sermon to preach in North Carolina, and this week I have to complete and submit a budget for a program at work. As I was coming home on the train, I realized that one day I would like to preach on the subways. Here's how I'd like to do it. I'd like to enter a subway car, do 10 pullups, then announce something like "Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm not crazy. I do this because I can. Yesterday I celebrated my 60th (or maybe 55th!) birthday.
I'm Christian, and I came to tell you that happen to believe that stuff about Jesus Christ coming into the world so we could have life more abundantly. It's really working for me, and my desire is that it will work for you, too.
God bless you, and heaven smile upon you."
Maybe I could have a little card or brochure or something, telling them about being a cancer survivor as well. It seems to me that we preachers are supposed to share the GOOD NEWS of the Gospel of Jesus Christ; in my mind, it doesn't necessarily include beating people up -- it's more about encouraging them and sharing the love. I know preachers who dispute that, but hey, this is the message I want to share with the voice God has given to ME.
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