Monday, December 11, 2006

Get it now?

I need/want a new cell phone. Since I do not have a home phone, my cell phone is my primary way to communicate. My dirty little phone likes to take my calls and not give me my messages for what can be hours later. He has decided that ringing/vibrating is completely up to his discretion as to when and if it will happen.

My dirty little phones favorite trick by far is to half the volume on all calls for the first 45 seconds of the conversation. Then, without warning (after I have pushed the volume up to as high as it can go) he will boost his volume thus allowing me to get a nice ear piercing shrill directly to the ear drum.

Phone is very much an outdoors kinda guy. Take him inside any place with four walls and he will stick his antenna up in the air and refuse to work until he is taken back outside. I used to think it was my carrier the evil Verizon, but realized when other Verizon phones laughed and frolicked indoors, my phone was the only one sitting in the corner playing with his naughty little buttons.

I have been shopping around for phones since my contract is up and I can now get a new phone for "FREE". Free if you don't count the fact that all the new phones only take Bluetooth headsets not the corded ones I have. Then of course if you even want to be able to use the MP3 feature on your phone you have to buy their little music bundle which allows you to transfer your music to your phone from your computer. So now my free phone costs me $79.99 for the Bluetooth headset and $49.99 for the music bundle!

I could forgo the headset, but have you seen me drive without a headset? Pedestrians flee!! Dogs wail! Cars honk! Mail boxes shiver! Squirrels fly! Trees tremor! Michael cries.

There is this one phone though...She works with my headset. She has a qwerty keyboard. Her camera rivals my actual digital camera. She calls to me. She is the siren of the Verizon store. Her name is enV. I find myself dreaming of her at night. She is my density...I mean, destiny

34 Comments:

Anonymous sandra said...

Does she have a name? Sounds like it might be Perfection...!

2:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

My contract's about to run out and I hate my phone too. It's on a 30 second delay. It makes me insane. Problem with me is I just want a damn phone that makes those cool little things called phone calls. I don't need to take pics, send emoticons, listen to music, look like a borg, send/receive emails, test my blood, take a sobriety test, date, get cancer or anything else. Just phone calls! Is that too much to ask? Apparently it is.

2:27 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

Sandra - Isn't she dreamy?

Lee - How can you pass up looking like a Borg?

2:57 PM  
Blogger mist1 said...

In February, the 6700 with keyboard will be mine. I am holding out for that upgrade credit.

9:43 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know the phone you're talking about. My Cingular contract's up for renewal and they carry that one under the name 8525. Hot phone. I'm just afraid if I get it I'll be like one of those kids who annoy me by always fiddling w/their little keyboards in public - developing a permanent hump in their backs 'cause they walk bent over so they can concentrate on their Borg phones.

9:45 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love your blog. You should publish it in print and sell it as a coffee table book.

7:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

enV! I love it. Now if only she could give good foot massages.

Vibrate mode just doesn't do it! ;)

7:45 AM  
Blogger skinnylittleblonde said...

LOL, your current phone may find it's soulmate in mine. LOL, thank goodness that I don't use it for work.

10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think my phone hates me too. I've been blaming it on t-mobile but maybe it is the phone after all.

1:49 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

Mist - I just know as soon as I buy one the most awesome phone ever will come out!

James - SANCTUARY!! SANCTUARY!!

Karen - Thank you! I think it would be used only to hold up uneven coffee table legs if that were the case!

Dan - She might have one hell of a vibrator!! ;)

Skinny - We should get them together!

Claudia - I looked up all the reviews on my current phone and I don't seem to be alone...

5:49 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I use a Virgin phone. All prepay since I am a commitment-phobe. I am ready for a new phone, but the thought of signing a contract makes my stomach knot up into a tiny little fetal position.

5:26 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Normally, I hate conversations about cell phones and airlines but...

I just bought a Verizon media razr (w/ the mp3 bundle).... Would the music sound good through a blue tooth setup? I hate the corded headphones I have w/ it....

But I do love the appearance that I'm talking to myself....

7:22 AM  
Blogger Some Random Girl said...

that's the kind of phone I want! How coincidental! I am going to need a new phone. I want one with a key board so I can text you faster! This is a great post by the way! it's almost like the old niles coming out to play!

Have you switched to beta blogger yet? email me!

7:45 AM  
Blogger Sizzle said...

density! hee hee.

7:47 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

One time? I saw a lady at lunch that appeared to be talking to herself, but there was no cell phone. I think she must have either been talking to her imaginary friend or she had a ghost with her! Really! No lie!

10:18 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

You can have my cell phone ig you like...I haven't used it in two years.

I don't get cell phones...

The LAST thing I need is people being able to get ahonld of me when I don't want them to. ;)

Steve~

11:59 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for reminding me just why I got rid of my cell and stuck with the plain old home phone. They just feel like an ankle bracelet, and I like my privacy. Oh, and I keep them in my pocket, which seems to beat the hell out of them so they never work, rendering them useless anyhow.

12:39 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for reminding me just why I got rid of my cell and stuck with the plain old home phone. They just feel like an ankle bracelet, and I like my privacy. Oh, and I keep them in my pocket, which seems to beat the hell out of them so they never work, rendering them useless anyhow.

12:40 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thanks for reminding me just why I got rid of my cell and stuck with the plain old home phone. They just feel like an ankle bracelet, and I like my privacy. Oh, and I keep them in my pocket, which seems to beat the hell out of them so they never work, rendering them useless anyhow.

12:41 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

Just D - I know what you mean. Getting a new phone means a two year commitment...I like Verizon, I'm just not IN like with Verizon.

Matt - I talk to myself without the headset so it won't be any differnt for me.

RG - You just want to be like me! No I have not switched to Beta...I don't know when or if I will.

Sizz - You like my Back to the Future reference?

Karen - She had her phone implanted into her head!

Steve - Thats what voicemail is for! Your phone is two years old so its the same age as my dirty phone! I need my phone to be hip and up to date!

Bird - I keep mine in my pocket too...I hate those little belt clips for them...Ahhhh

Bird - I keep mine in my pocket too...I hate those little belt clips for them...Ahhhh

Bird - I keep mine in my pocket too...I hate those little belt clips for them...Ahhhh

4:33 PM  
Blogger Dinah said...

enV? That's awesome. Updating my stupid crap-out phone was one of the best moments of my life. Top Ten, maybe, Fifteen at least.

8:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have a lovely phone that rings every so often if you want. I hate the thing. The only reason I have it is so the school can call me in case of an emergency with one of my kids. After rethinking this, I'd rather not get that call.

4:52 AM  
Anonymous Guess Who said...

Lee, I completely agree with you. Just give me a simple phone only for phone calls. If I want to take a picture, I'll use a camera. If I want to check my email, I'll get on the PC. Etc--

But I finally got a cell, it was free from Verizon. Really-- it was free!! Of course, all I can do with it is to call 911 and that suits me fine.

Land line is the way to go.

12:56 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

Dinah - I'm looking forward to my top 15 phone update moment!

Olives - Maybe you and your phone should go your seperate ways!

Guess - You old fart!

4:42 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't get suckered in by Bluetooth. The technology isn't there yet--you'll be stuck yelling at yourself, and people will think you're crazy.

And thank you. THANK YOU for the George McFly reference.

8:45 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

crank - sadly you don't have a choice with a lot of the new phones. If you want a hands free you have to get bluetooth. Glad you liked the Georgie reference!

9:04 PM  
Blogger slskenyon said...

I'm glad it seems you have found a suitable replacement for your previous, less amenable "partner." My cell phone either committed suicide or suffered from what I can only term a "sudden death" while I was on the phone, and now, I have a replacement--oh, and yes, "free" is an entirely relative term. Thanks, Verizon.

2:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Is it just me or is it the coolest that the "she" phone is fucking awesome?

1:24 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

laziest blogger ever of all time award goes to....

Nihilistic

for... not writing a goddamned thing. Again!

4:46 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

katie - Its just you

Matt - FOR ME? I'd like to thank the little people! You like me...you really really like me!

1:47 PM  
Blogger Miss-Informed said...

Look at you mister 30 comments! Someone must blog faithfully! Hope all is well.

8:41 PM  
Blogger Nihilistic said...

Miss - I think I'm actually referred to as a lazy blogger...hehe...I do good to post once a week...

4:32 PM  
Blogger DrM2B said...

wow....someone got coal in their anonymoooose stocking huh?....

LEAVE HIM ALONE!! we LURV Nihiily!...

come here babe......((((hugs)))

1:13 PM  
Blogger pauligirl60 said...

I continue to be so impressed and inspired by my son. I always knew he was special and I am and always will be his best friend and MOM... what a ride he is now on... always, always be true to your beliefs and always know that there are people who love you as much as I do... my little golden boy... mom

7:32 PM  

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