On Sunday November 19th I went to Costco. I knew that my truck tires were bald and required replacement before winter just in case it actually gets cold enough to freeze or something. Costco didn’t carry the size tire I need for my small truck so I ordered some. They told me that the tires would probably be in on Saturday, but that they would call me.
The other thing that Kurt has been pestering me about is a cell phone. Ok fine it comes in handy during emergencies. On Saturday November 25th we went out gift shopping. I was looking for a laptop (gift for myself), and Kurt kept flashing different cell phones at me. I broke down and finally decided that a cell phone isn’t the end of the world and picked a prepaid type without any extra crap. – The store was sold out, so we went to two other stores and same thing. That night I hopped online to buy the phone.
Costco hadn’t called on Saturday so on Sunday we stopped by to get some doggie treats and see what was going on with my tires. The guy that took down my number the previous week had sloppy writing so they couldn’t call to tell me that they only received three of the tires. As we left the store it was snowing and not just a few little flakes that don’t stick – it was actual snow. That night I sent out an email to all my friends saying, “I’m finally as hip as my grandma, I don’t have it in my possession yet, but I finally broke down and got a cell phone. My number will be ***-***-****. I should have the phone by Friday-ish.”
Monday morning I wake up at 7am without power. I know it was seven because I have a laptop. We don’t have a corded phone, so when the power goes out so does the phone. I tried to get online to email work that I would be late but my wireless router also requires power. I went to the kitchen to get the flashlight so that I wouldn’t have to shower in total darkness, and hopped in the shower before all the hot water turned cold. I did all the rest of my normal work morning routine and then went out to wipe all the snow off my truck and get it warmed up. I did take the time to note that I could not see the tracks from Kurt’s car. He leaves for work at five. At 7:30 it was still snowing. I backed out of the driveway, but as soon as I hit the center of the road, I was stuck. If only I had traction.
The neighbor behind my house was in the middle of helping someone that was stuck beside my house (I’m on a corner lot), and came over to help me after pushing the other person. He helped me back into my driveway and let me borrow his phone. All that and it turned out to be a snow day – I didn’t even have to go in.
At 8:30 my power came back on and I open my email to see that one of my 50-something year-old friends replied to my cell phone email with, “Hahaha. As hip as your grandma! Now you need a MySpace page (like me).” I spent the day deleting accounts I no longer use and then added MySpace.
*** Update January 1, 2007 ***
I deleted my myspace.com account. As I expected it just wasn’t my cup of tea. I did find a couple people I never thought I’d get in touch with again, so I don’t think it’s entirely evil. I’m just not interested in the sparkly little comments and it seems a lot like match maker and classmates.com type of sites as in it’s just a place to hook up then promptly loose interest and leave as I did. The biggest difference is that you can change the background other custom things as long as the advertisements aren’t affected. I loved the Borat theme I put on my account, but I’d rather not resort to using a bunch of css hacks to achieve a pseudo personal space. The community aspect of myspace isn’t that appealing either. I don’t usually spend a lot of time with online communities or forums because sticking to the same topic is boring and forums that allow users to wander off topic usually get out of hand and become a drag to the moderators.
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