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I apologize to some of you (you know who you are) who are sick of hearing about the new iPhone.  I know you hate hearing about it but it’s the big thing this week and so I am going to address a big topic about it that has been all over the forums on the net. 

Alright, so this Monday at the WWDC Apple released the new iPhone……iPhone 3GS.  The “S” stands for speed and man it’s true.  The processor in the new phone is 2X faster than the original 3G.  It’s way faster than the ORIGINAL iPhone (which I have) and is just the next step in the evolution of the iPhone. 

Now, the main point of this entry.  There are many people who want this iPhone 3GS and wanna upgrade their current phone.  That is totally understandable.  Hell, I wanna upgrade mine.  I didn’t upgrade to the 3G when it came out, I figured I’d wait till they came out with something new.   And here we are.

$199 for the 16 Gig and $299 for the 32 Gig.  Not bad, not bad at all.  However, you have to have an upgrade available to you and a lot of the people who upgraded to the 3G from the Original iPhone aren’t eligible, well not completely.

This will give you all some insight.

Okay, so there you have it.  AT&T subsidized the 3G’s to give you all a lower price.  That made you all happy.  But, now that there is something flashy and new you want the same handout.  Not gonna happen.  For the people like me who waited and didn’t have to have the “newest and coolest” piece of gadgetry are eligible and so are new customers.  I think that’s fair.  But no, some people are taking it to the next level.  They are bitching and complaining that they were “mislead when they purchased the 3G and weren’t told about the new iPhone!”   Boo-effing-hoo!   Myself and everyone else who bought the original iPhone paid regular price and didn’t get the special price. 

Enough about me, back to the sad little 3G users.  They have gone so far as to take there bitching to a famous social networking site: Twitter.  They are starting a Twitition on the subject.  They are saying that AT&T needs to “offer reasonable prices 3G upgrades”. 

This is just pathetic.  You already got a deal on a phone and now something new comes out and you don’t get the great deal that others are getting and all you wanna do is BITCH.  I mean I can feel for you only a tiny bit.  I understand that when something new, better and faster comes out that you want it.  I am that way to.  But, you “want” it, you don’t “need” it.  You feel this need for it so when other iPhone users see you with your phone you can say “Yeah it’s the NEW one”.  Maybe not all of you but I know that most of you are that way. 

So here is my final thought:  Get over it.  You got an extremely awesome upgrade or deal when you signed up and got the iPhone 3G.  If you “need” this new and badass iPhone then you are going to have to pay.  That’s the way the world is.  Deal with it.

P.S. Here is another story about how iPhone 3G users are angry.

This “recession” hasn’t been something I have really felt.  Yeah, I found some deals at Circuit City when it was closing it’s doors and certain people I know have had wage freezes at work and a few friends were either laid off or had their hours cut drastically at their work.  That was pretty much it.  Everything else I know about what’s happening has been through the news stations I frequent.

Well, it finally hit home.  The company that I work for was finally hit with the current economic crisis.  They crunched numbers.  They looked at every possibility and then came to the conclusion that it was either lay off 7 people or everyone take a 5% pay cut.  I mean we didn’t have a choice but if we did I would have chose the 5% so that no one (including myself) would get laid off.

I am not too worried but it’s gonna be a tough road for the wife and I.  I am currently in school trying to finish my BA so that when this crisis is over I can use it to move myself up in the world.  I am also working two jobs.  I worry mostly about the time I get to spend with my wonderful wife.  I love her to death and just love being around her.  A thought that pops in my head is that with this situation is that we will drift apart.  I couldn’t take that.  I won’t let that happen and I don’t think she will let that happen either.  It’s just scary because you hear about things like that happening when times are tough.  I know we will pull through and come out VICTORIOUS on the other side.  I just love her so much that I don’t wanna have anything happen to us.

In-laws are coming this weekend and Denise and I have some stuff to get done around the apartment and so forth.  I also have personal stuff I gotta get done by Friday night so we can have a FUN-FILLED, action-packed and any other “hyphenated cool words you could throw in here” weekend.

So on Monday (or was it Sunday?) we began to do some Spring Cleaning around the flat.  I began by cleaning out my car and that was not something that was awful or was at the point where I was swimming garbage (like my old car) but it needed to be done.  Denise began by cleaning the bathrooms.  She is really good at it and I suck it seems like.  So, instead I cleaned the living room and so I helped her with the Kitchen.  Yesterday I tackled the kitchen so more and mostly did “organizing” of said area.  I then hit the spare bedroom.  I mostly use that room.  I use it as an area for getting ready at 2:30 a.m. so I won’t wake my wife who is still sleeping.  It ends up being a dumping ground for dirty clothes and other stuff and it just needed some organizing.  After cleaning said room I went to class and then got a text from Denise saying that she saw the room and that “I hardly recognized it!  Fantastic.”  That made my day.

I also have some homework that I am going to get done before Saturday so I can have it done and be AHEAD of schedule on my homework!  YAY.

Other than that, I am looking forward to seeing the Redwoods this weekend.  Maybe, just maybe I will see and Ewok or two.  A man can hope right?

P.S.  I am so glad Karo has a blog.  I didn’t know she had me linked so that means I have a new reader and someone to add to my blog roll!

Swine Flu, Air Force One flying over New York and the Recession.  These things are in the news but are not scaring me.  If something is going to happen it’s going to happen.  I am not going to walk around with a mask on my face when it’s happening in California.  Yes, if there is a case of it here in Oregon I might been seen wearing one of those medical masks.  But dammit I am at least going to make sure it matches my shoes when I go out.

This whole “swine flu” thing is the least of my worries.  I have bigger fish to fry.  I have a wife and have to think about our daily lives.  I have two classes that take front seat to some outbreak that resembles the flu.  We need Dustin Hoffman and that black guy from “Outbreak” to solve this problem.  If they were on the case I don’t think we would have anything to worry about.

“Swine Flu, fuck that.  ‘Rain Man’ is on it!”

Besides my wife and school the other main thing I have to worry about: Transformers - Revenge of the Fallen.  Lame?  Hell no.  I am hoping to God that it doesn’t suck.  A lot of people just called the first one tons of CGI and “loud noises” but I thought the story was good and a great introduction to the live action war between the Autobots and Decepticons.  The second is suppose to be the equivalent of “The Empire Strikes Back”.  However, this statement scares me.  “Empire” is one of my Top 5 movies and to say something is like that movie scares the living BEJEUS out of me.   But I am going to keep my hopes up and cross my fingers.

My in-laws are coming into town this weekend and my wife and I couldn’t be happier.  I think it will be a fun weekend to just relax and have a good time with some family.

Hello.  I am sorry for the time that I have been away.  Things in my life are just crazy and it seems like life is going 115mph all the time.  Luckily, I have those evenings where all I do is sit at home and chat with my lovely wife and find out about each others day.  It’s those moments that I just love.

I appologize for not blogging in so long but I will be coming back.  I looking into re-vamping this blog.  I am working on changing the look and feel and hopefully it’s going to be something you all enjoy. 

I am not going to stop blogging, that’s for sure.  I will be posting more often and hopefully I will build my readers back up to where it use to be.

-Jason