the mall

against my better judgement, i went to the mall today. short pump mall to be specific. i had my mind set on an experiment and i had decided to carry it out.

my goal: play with an iphone for 30 minutes to make sure it was actually as cool as i think it is.

verdict: it is so fucking cool.

my main concern was the whole typing thing. was i going to be able to work the touchscreen with my man-hands and to be honest, it took a little while to get the hang of it, but after about 30 minutes i was already twice as good as when i started.

not too shabby.

so, come june when my verizon contract ends, i will be jumping ship to the world of the iphone. this is good for two reasons. a) i don't have the money for an iphone right now and b) i have a feeling they might drop the price one more time before june. after a few months of employment and a few months of slowing iphone sales, the timing will be just right.

of course, the negative side of going to the mall today was that i didn't realize it was PRESIDENTS DAY and every kid in junior high and high school had the day off. so where do they all go? the mall. i was dodging these little assoles left and right. so annoying. i wanted to grab these kids by their headbands and flourescent band t-shirts and yell "WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE WEARING?" for the past three years, i've seen the kids dress more and more ridiculously and maybe it seemed less obnoxious before because it was in the context of a rock show. sure, it's flamboyant, but they're surrounded by 100 other kids wearing the same shit, so it's safety in numbers. but somehow seeing it at the mall, outside of a music element, it just made the kids look 100 times more ridiculous.



since no 14-year-olds read my blog (to my knowledge), my rant will fall on deaf ears.

i hate the kids.

i love the iphone.

happy freedom week!