am mad and i dunno why

pissing me off.

The Iphone- HAWT!!!!

I saw the future yesterday and it was good. Sweet jesus what a sweet looking phone. U got to give Apple credit cuz the Iphone is HOT. Str8t up sexy. banging form factor. I think this can shake the world.

Firstly, if you don't know what I am talking about after looking at the picture, then go to Apple.com/iphone and prepare to drool. Ok, I will ease up on the fan boy hysteria. Let look at the pro and cons of the Iphone.

Pros-

Sexy form factor- Looks polished from the get go. No clunky space to dissuade customers, ALready sleek and ready to go.
Screen- the screen is f**king gorgeous. Looks beautiful. No more tiny phone screen to peer at.

UI- THIS is the Killer app right here. If APple is able to make making and taking calls as good as the initial Ipod experience then they have a winner. The UI will sweep away about any cons I can think of Provided it is as nice as I expect.
From what I see, tapping does one thing. U can use your fingers to move the screen and enlarge and reduce images. I need to see how this works.
4-8gig HD- **Gets on KNees and THANks God** Finally!!! Just sync with music or files and GO! Awesome!! Although not the first phone to market a hd but the first one to be openly marketed in US in recent history.

OSX- I am interested on how this will work. A full blooded Safari browser on this things?? Tabbed browsing? WOW. No more WAP? I will be interested to see how that works. Maybe the WIfi on THIS phone will ork better than my DAsh.

Visual Voicemail- I thot that was huge. checking ur voice mail like mail is awesome.I have my VOIP line email me when a voicemail comes thru. Being able to choose whose VM u listen to is simple yet powerful. More control to the customer. Lord knows I want to be able to know who left a message first on my phone.
This just shows how powerful APple is. I bet they had to change somethng in their systems to let Apple do that.

GSM- Simple. it can be unlocked. if it can be unlocked. Folks complaining about price will be shocked on how expensive these suckers will go on Ebay. Can't wait.

CONS-

Price- It is freaking expensive but it is the price u pay for being a first adapter. If you look at other new phones, a lot of phones cost $399 or $499 to begin with. I dunno why folks are complaining for a phone. I know folks at work that paid $559 for a Pocketpc phone. Folks WILL buy this phone.

Carrier- Cingular. I put this as a con since I have T-mobile contract and I was considering Cingular for a while. Crap!! I guess. Though, if anyone should switch for a phone, it is the Iphone. Cingular wins big on this one though...

Battery- Non removable. WAT?? So if the battery dies, where do I put my data? I hope there is a data backup feature that one can use to backup the content sof the Iphone so when you get a replacement, u just resync and move on. I will say that most people keep their phones for a year or so. Then they switch out for the next one. So maybe the battery issue will not be a bad as I think it will be.

Conclusion: this phone gives me a geek boner just looking at it. I hope the actual device is just as good. This might be a paradigm shift that we will see the effects til 2009 when the Cingular Multiyear agreement ends.

PVP knows what i feel!!: http://www.pvponline.com/article/3075/tue-jan-09

Freedom.

 Something happened yesterday. Something huge. I got emancipated. Freed. My mind shackles were removed. It was a quiet explosion. I don't think I have fully understood where or what has happened til I do something about it.

Imagine if u could now walk again. U would want to walk but u are comfortable on that chair that you have been using to wheel ur self around.

I am free and I want to run. I want to find a better piece of cheese to nibble on. I want to flaunt my freedom. I want to see soemtihng new and spectacular.

I feel free. Now I need to knw what I am going to do with my freedom. I need to write a freedom manifesto.

Thank God for his mercies. I think I have lived a charmed life. Despite all that I have gone thru, I seem to find a way to come out on top in a strange way. I dunno how to explain it but it has really worked out for me.

Thank u God for everything and everyone.

Preachers and fancy cars.

I need to talk to a very rich man. I mean filty rich. The buy a car worth half million kinda rich. I want to know why you would spend THAT much money on a car. I mean there has to be a point where the cost of the car isn't true value but more of the intrinsic value of the car. The name. The prestige.

Granted, one can make the argument that the price of the name doesn't have to start in the Bently , Maybach level. It could very well start at the BMW, Mercedes level. I do agree but there is a world of difference with $100 000 and $250 000 for a car.

The Continental Spur. A beautiful car in every which way of the word. Is it that much better than the Mercedes S class S65??  I mean, is it really that better??

I decided to price out the Mercedes S65 and the BMW 7.60i with all the sweet additions. I was able to get it to $200k for the Mercedes. What else do u need? Why does one spend more?

Can anyone give me insight on this?

I was searching my photo archives and found this gem.

If I remember correctly, I just woke up and realized that the Bed Head fairy had given me a near square cut. I dunno what else to say. Move over Spongebob Squarepants and Behold SquareCut BedHead.

I would like to note that my hair is totally natural. No additives to it.. When I went to a hair dresser to twist it, she didn't believe it was natural.

Is this how being buzzed feel like?

We started this drinking game with CSI Miami. Every time David Caruso puts his head down and raises it to say some thing corny, we drink. Every time they play the techno music to disguise the boring , mind numbing part of CSI work. we drink. Needless to say, we finally did it on the last 20 minutes of a show and wifey got buzzed. She is coherent and still walk but defintely impaired. Is this what buzzed is about?

The room is spinning around and am a little unsteady on my feet. Interesting feeling. I can't imagine what would have happened if we did the drinking game to the full 1 hr show. I don't have any desire to drive  at this state. Man, the room is unsteady..

Hmmm, tequila.......

Am allergic to the homeless

Not really but I am slightly peeved at them. Ok quick recap. Wifey and I went to a homeless shelter to help out on Xmas day. the shelter were giving free thermal underwear, hats , gloves and food out. Awesome experience, simply because it gave me pause to realize that I am freaking blessed to have what I have now.

Anyway, I came down with a severe throat infection. Coughing was very painful and I was sucking down cough drops to numb the pain enuf. I think my immune system got dropped kicked by a bunch of people with a lot more germ power than I had.

o now I am laid out in bed, drinking orange juice. hot toddies and any other concoction that my wife deems necessary for me. She even had plans for a Vicks hot tub experiment for me but I wasn't about to do so.

All in all, I would do it again. In fact, i will do it again. Volunteering for stuff lik that makes u realize what blessings u have as you exist right now. It makes u appreciate life as it is for u.

One thing though. if people hare are soo destitute.. how are folks in countries in Africa. Nigeria sef? we do ourselves a great disservice not contributing to reducing poverty in any way we can.

merry Xmas to me.

Wifey got me a camera lens!!! It is freaking sweet. I can soo much zoom in. I can really get into the details. Xmas presents are awesome!!!

Quick Note to God: Nice work in the the wifey blessing!!

New thots on the TMobile Dash.

I have been using the Dash for a while now. I got the 1gb Micro SD card with it.. Sweet!!! everything has been well so far.. I have had trouble with WIFI though. I got it to log into my WIFI network but it was really slow. I mean Sloooow. I thot I would try another network without encryption but It didn't improve any. I will try the library wifi. MAn, I hope I can figure it out. wa is the point of Wifi if it is So sloow?? Shoot, It seemed that the EDGE network was faster.

Other than that, I am enjoying the phone. I think the bible sw I found would work very well. Pocketnester is a small Nintendo system on ur phone.. I dunno how functional it will be but I bet it would be nice in the DMV or small spot of bureaucratic hell that requires me to wait.... I will add pics later...

Google SMS is Kickass

These days when I think I need cellular internet to do stuff, I  go to Google SMS and see if they have the functionaltiy.  If you don't know what Google SMS is then sit down.. Daddy will have to school you. You send a message to 46645( Googl) and you can get directions, Movie times, addresses, weather and even Phone listings.  All in text message.

You wan tot know how to get from 2343 lamar Blvd , Austin, tx to 15000 Reasearch Blvd, Austin, texas ?  Sned it to Google and get their directions on your texts..

You can even get sports news. Like socres and stuff. Tis fantastic!!!!

I am freaking blessed!!!

 I have come to the realization that I am greatly blessed. I look back at my life and see all the trials and tribulations I have gone through. I look at where I am right now and I realize that I have had favor beyond what I expected.

Coming out ot College to finding a job and finding a wifey like mine… Unbelieavable. I can't sit here and say that I deserve anything that has happened to me.

I am blessed indeed. What have I struggled against that my God hasn't given provision for?

I am getting the T-Mobile Dash! Glee!!

I am sorry. My igboness waged a valiant war against my technophilia. Both sides raged and struggled to come to dominance. I twas tough and hard but my technophilia is a woman with big knockers and it was what befell my igboness. Technophilia was breathing heavily and Igbo man 's eyes strayed from her face for a second and she bashed his head in with the Excalibur!!!

For a while T-Mobile has lagged behind Sprint and the rest with their phones.. Well, actually they haven't. They just haven't had the Treo and were late to hook up with the Razr. The T-Mobile SDA and MDA are good phones and I think Sprint has a better marketing dept cuz I see the Sprint PPC-6700 more than I see the T-Mobile MDA.

All that changes with the T-Mobile Dash. Otherwise known as the HTC Excalibur. Smartphone know the less but with a qwerty keyboard and WIFI?? Great googa mooga!!! That is awesome!!!  I can throw Pocket Street and trips on it and have an entire Map of Austin in it.  It has a Mini SD card slot that DOESN'T require the battery to be moved to use. Get on ur knees with me and thank Jehovah for that feature. Granted, I would prefer to not have to remove the back cover but it is a compromise I am willing to live with.

I have decided that will stick with Smartphones from now on. There are more features and customization is very available. Programs and games galore and the beauty are contacts. I can sync my contact with Outlook so if my computer dies or I lose the phone I can get another phone and resync and voila!!!!  There is absolutely NO reason why I should have to send hours reentering my contacts with a new phone. No Sir!!

My igbnoess had fallen to the floor, Beaten and dazed. It watched as technophilia brandished Excalibur. As his vision faded, he realized that Excalibur cost $50 less than it was supposed to be. My igboness can go to sleep now. It's work is done.

The price I paid was cheaper than the online site eventually that is. I still have to send in for the mail in rebate but you best believe I will do so!!!  I have seen an abundance of hack, tweaks and games for my Dash. Merry Xmas to ME!!!!!!!!!

 

Why do we type WWW still???

 I mean, it's totally unnecessary. CNN.com just just as well. Why even use the COM even? Well, THAT doesn't work. there are some programs that allow u to only type names like that AOL, Google but if using a normal browser, CNN.com is the most expedient way to access the website.

 

Ok, I am good now. Rant over.

 

Mustangs ,Vipers and CLKs are short man cars!!!!

i went to the Austin Car show. It wasn't too spectacular. Only one concept car that I saw built by Ford. It looked like a Maybach with a truck bed. U know how there is soo much space in the back of the Maybach? Same thing with this car. I wish I had my camera with me.
PLS believe me!!!

Anyway, the thing I wanted to talk about is the fact that few sports cars are built for tall people. I am pretty well proportioned. I know my legs might be long but they aren't mutant long.

I love the new Mustang. Car looks sexy. Tres sexy. Wifey agrees with me. I finally tried got into one. I so tried cuz I don't believe that I should have to hurt my knee and almost twist an ankle getting into a car.

I also feel that I should be able look straight at the windscreen not at the very edge of it. Now I know some cars have adjustable seats but if I have to bring the seat all the way down, we have already passed the point of comfort.

Then in the Mustang, i couldn't even turn my hear properly without fear of hitting my head on the side of the roof.

Granted, I couldn't adjust the seat cuz it was a car show but my freaking honda gives me better head space than the Mustang!!! I have never appreciated the fact that I can turn my head and look str8t at the windscreen.

Now if I can't get into the Mustang then the Viper is simply laughable. I couldn't get over the fact that I wasn't comfortable in that car.

Good grief!! what sport cars do tall men drive?? Certainly not the Mustang and vipers!!

I know someone that was kinda taller and he drove a drop top Mustang though..Older version. I wonder....

The highlight of the show was the Dodge Magnum SRT 8. Ohh that is sweet car!!!! SWEET!! I wants it.. I needs it... Smeogol... My preciouus...



That and the Dodge Charger, I think i am sold. I want that car. Now I have to find a rich, insecure girl that thinks I will leave my wife if she gives me 2 Dodge Magnums. I am tired of hearing about those women gifting undeserving men with stuff like that!!!! I want mines..

Or i could just buy it. the rich gal story is going to be MUCH more entertaining than me purchasing it though. Hoochie stories usually trumps hard fought savings stories.

Fear of in laws

I survived the in laws!!! Wifey unit had the entire family come to our place for thnxgiving. Now I knew that they were coming but I still had to stifle an initial emotion of panic.

All her family here in this small, tiny apt. My apt isn't small by no means but with with 4 extra people coming in, my apt felt like a litter box.


I couldn't get over it. I reduced the gibbering fear to a slight whimper. Wifey couldn't help me cuz this is her family! her people. I was the intruder that that took their only daughter. They are coming to MY place and staying in my place.


What if they don't like the way e live? What if they think I am not good enuf for her?What if they think I don't treat wifey right and proceed to beat me with cold turkey legs?


Not rational thots but in laws initiate my fight of flight instincts. It turned out great though but I didn't realize that I had such fears. It wasn't until the parents had left that I was relieved.

Now imagine if I had bad in laws. I would need anti ulcer medicine.

My life is good.

P.T.F.C Post thanksgiving Fridge Confusion.

I have noticed a new condition in the thanksgiving season. It is called P.T.F.C Post thanksgiving Fridge Confusion.

This condition is initiated when the leftovers are piled into identical clear zip locks bags and loaded in the fridge.

The sheer amount of food satchels in the fridge combines to create this condition where one is paralysed when seeking foodal elements for your post thanksgiving meals.

Look at this picture. I don' know what is meat or stuffing. Beef or chicken? I don't know. I can't tell. I have spent at least 15 minutes staring at the fridge in total confusion. All the zip lock bags look the same and I am scared of upsetting the obviously precarious balance of the fridge.

I ate a lot for thxgiving but I have eaten considerably less after the food had been loaded on the fridge.

Check this pic out. I am lost!!!! I don't recognize my fridge no more. All I know is the Cherry Lemonade bottle at the bottom and that is my go to choice.

Even though I wanted meat, I would stare at all the zip lock bags and my brain would freeze.

See the pic. Tell me I am not crazy. This is a real condition.

My trip to the country!!!

I have returned from the freaking country!!! My boi D invited me to his in laws' farm ranch an hour from where we live. Wifey is from the Chi and so far, she has been disappointed that I don't regularly milk cows and rock big ass belt buckles. So actually going to the country and be at a real life ranch was a no miss event. I trust my boi and he is of the African persuasion so I know that my deliverance scares can never happen. Although if anyone comments of my purty mouth, I am outta there!!!

So we rolling to this joint, Mapquest, google maps ready. Sorry just joking. mapquesting the address was an experience in of itself. Yahoo maps laughed at me and pointed me to the downtown area of the nearest town. I figured that going to Main Street CAN't be a farm ranch. I then went to Google maps. My main source. My trust worthy maps source. Nothing. I think Google maps laughed at me and showed me a map of Texas with a "good luck buddy" icon next to it. Slight hyperbole? Maybe but I swear the browser laughed at me.

I was literally going to off the beaten path. Since technology has failed me, I called our hosts for personal directions. I was essentially told to drive til u leave all civilization and wait at the solitary gas station and wait for them to rescue fetch us. Now u know that filled me with buckets of joy. Any place so far of the beaten path that requires us to be picked up scares me.

Now why did we go still? My boi is naija. We go way back. I don't owe him money and since we past the last Bank ATM 30 miles AGo, I am good. If he can handle this then i can. Plus wifey is never scared. So we rolled. As we drove, I spotted my boi's car. Great, so we all caravanned with him and drove... and drove... and freaking drove... .

I checked my phone. No signal. No strike that. No freaking service. Dear God, T-mobile don abandon me oh.. we soon turned off the highway and started driving on a narrow ass road that looked too small to be a 2 way road.

i comforted myself with the existence of Power cables along the road. At least we will have electricity this weekend. Lights are not essential for me. I am Naija remember?? My checklist is simple. I want indoor plumbing and hot water. I didn't come to Yankee to do cold bucket baths again. Walahi.

What? We turning off this narrow country ass road?? Into a red gravel path?? Chineke!! We can't drive more than 20 miles on this road!! Where in God's earth we going?? I sat back and reaffirmed my trust on D.

Finally we are here. the house is Nice. Beautiful house. electricity- check, indoor plumbing- check, hot water- hell yeah!! I think this will be great. the folks at the place were great..
Life in the country is relaxing for real. U feel the tension of city life melt off.

1st thing on the agenda- Fishing. We start heading for the fishing hole. there is this cool game they play in the country. it is called " Try not to step on the steaming or dried pile of cow crap". The winner gets to wear their shoes again after the weekend. Back to the fishing. My wife represented. 5!!!




I never thot fishing would make her so happy. See the pictures for evidence. All in all, i enjoyed my time there. The people were fun and I made new friends. I learned that living in the country shows u how much personal interaction we miss in this tech whole we live in. Don't get me wrong. I love my Internet and cell phone. Anyway, I have blogged enuf.

I can't cook... Sue me!!!

I can't cook. Haven't been able in a while. Don't really see much desire to do so. Even in my bachelor alone days, I still didn't' cook much. I scrounged off family friends and dear sister to get cooked meals. I survived, In fact, I look pretty damned good for a guy that blanks out when people hand him measuring spoons and says words like "fold, baste, fricassee" Cooking channels are just as entertaining as Telemundo for me. Both channels speak language I don't understand. Most important thing is that i survived.

Now wifey comes into my life and she loves to cook. Wants to cook. Knows that I don't want to cook or can cook. She is OK with it. Now, some men and women will look at her in disgust for "accepting such a subservient female role". They are mugus all of them. If she didn't cook, I would still eat. the reason she cooks?? Honestly dunno . Don't care. My wife cooks cuz she loves me.

When I compliment her on the delectable meal, I have. Her face lights up. It is in my best interest to speak on her fooding skills as effusively as possibly. I think she likes it when I throw in a bunch of adjectives and do the holy ghost dance after a steak dinner. I thin collapse on the bed but I think she likes that as well.

It works for us and I am not about to be messing with a good thing. maybe some day I will surprise her with a home cooked meal. I will also rent a crash cart and ready the defibrillator as well. I might need it.

A timeless idea for a tattoo.

I have finally found a timeless tattoo. I have wanted on before a while but I have refused to get one fr any reason. I needed to find a timeless reason to get one and I think i have found one.

I will tattoo my wife's name and the name of our kids. I dunno how I will do it but this is the first idea that actually struck a chord with me.

I was thinking like a scroll that shows her name then the kids name. When the last kid is born, we close the scroll.

Wifey WILL hate it though. I emailed her to let her know and I promptly got a phone call about it. Needless to say, I had to spend 15 minutes reassuring her that I will turn to an exhibitionist or tattoo addict. That ish is painful!! I need a very good reason to go there!!!

P.s I have no kids as I type. No kids coming. no twinkle in my eye at all.

p.p.s I will have to write about wifey's tattoo fears, some are pretty hilarious..

LESS Talking, More Ovulating!!!!

I saw this kid at work. Strange thing since most folks I see at work are men, very few women and some people that are barely women. U might think it harsh but U have not seen what I have seen..**shivers**

Anyway, the kid. he was so cute. Big eyes, curly hair, the sort that would grow like an afro. he looked at me and waved. he smiled and my heart melted.

I left my work and asked him his name. He told me and added his age in the cutest. he said, I am three!! As he raised 4 fingers in the air.

I decided that I might as well give him some knowledge so we worked on the correct finger formation for the number 3. Soon enough, he got it and we proudly showed the number 3 for all to see. The conversation dried out by then. He had exhausted his chest of nuggets in the time it took to get the 3 formation thing. So he went for the tried and true declaration.

He pointed to his daddy and said "that is my daddy!"it was said with so much pride and surety that whatever was left of my heart pool liquidated and poured out of my chest cavity. God help me, he was adorable. it was one of those moments where you would forget all the crappy things he did to u for the last 2 years.

As soon as he left with his Daddy, i called my wife and the convo went like this.

Wifey: hi baby:
Me: funny u say that, I want kids.
Wifey: what?? u want kids?
Me: I saw a cute kid, i talked to him. I want one.
Wifey: Ok baby, we will talk about his when u get home
me:" I will not be distracted from my quest!! I want babies..
wifey: we will talk later sweetie...
me: LESS TALK More ovulating!!!!

true story!

Not one of my proudest moments but the child was very adorable. the feeling wore off by the time I got home though. i think I am almost ready for kids. Almost. When I get there I will have to convince wifey that i am going to be a great father.

previous child rearing comments about shock collars and tasering our kids will certainly bite me on the ass. Women!! can't take jokes..