Date: 2008-01-08 22:08 Subject: Technology Mocks Me - And Other Sagas of Almost Woe Security: Public Mood: edgey Tags: about me, technology

So as you know, me cell phone died, or rather for the first time ever the battery ran all the way out because the plug where I thought it was charging wasn't turned on. Disappointed, crushed and anxious, I weathered Christmas without my own cellphone. And in January I bought a new one.

Today, it turns out that my phone didn't die at all. No sirreee.

I simply hadn't turned the bugger thing on.

Laughing at me are you, well I'd probably laugh too if I'd not had panic attacks about it. Turns out that you need to hold the OFF button on, for 5 seconds in order to turn the phone on. And I'd only be taking it off standby since I'd owned it, not having it ever turn itself off and go dead before (battery needing complete charging)

This information was in the troubleshooting section of the manual for the new phone, cause I picked it after it'd been charging all day, and it wouldn't turn on either and I had a moment of such complete and sheer utter panic at the thought I might have broken it before I even got it started.

Why'd I blame myself?

Well, I've an unusual electro-magnetic body field that messes things up. Zvi, the former roommate can attest to the fact that I can give the tv remote batteries a boost and cause them to last extraordinary long and other weirdness.

Still, I'm not too miffed. I got a second battery, a backup phone should this one suffer real harm and a double minute value card all for 15$ + shipping and handling. And the double minute card is usually 50$.

But I still feel foolish and edgy and slightly relieved.

In other news my slide british accent brought to you courtesy of Sweeny Todd and Zvi's birthday which I shall post about next.

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Date: 2008-01-08 22:34 Subject: So about Sweeny Todd Security: Public Mood: tired Tags: movies i've seen

witchqueen.livejournal.com and I went to see it for her birthday, which is today and continuing for two more hours. I thought I was going to see a feel good musical about a serial killer and his pie baking accomplice. I got a greek tragedy set to music.

I left the theater rather disappointed and jilted because there were complications and worse, seeming morality plays (subtext) to going about willy nilly murdering anyone who so much as looked at you funny.

No feel good blood bath of the year for me at all.

Zvi's summary? - "So. Much. Death! So. Much. Death!!"

If you like greek trajedies and you like musicals and you like costume dramas, then by all means go see it.

If you want to see Snape's sleazy great grandfather, also go see it. Heck I can see the AU HP / Sweeny Todd crossover's now with -> Spoilers ** _ Joanna _ ** <- Spoilers as his mum grandmamma who bites it when he's three or something (if there's mention or fanon that says otherwise about granparently presence). Anyway AUs can do that.

In Birthday News - I had a lovely time with Zvi. She said she had a lovely b-day, for which I'm glad and it was cool to hang out with her, talk about nothing and everything, eat for hours and be total nerds and visit the library on a day out. :)

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Date: 2008-01-08 23:40 Subject: -- Security: Public

I go beds now world.

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