Look at my new Apple product! I call it iGotnothing.

Well kids. I am a little down today. I showed up at my Apple Store bright and early, like a good little Mac-boy. I was expecting the line, since I opted for sleep last night. 8:00 was when I stepped into place. In fact, it all started out really hopeful! The plan, according to the Apple associates was this: 40 people let in at a time, 10-15 minutes each. I was about number 300, but I do exaggerate. Could have been a lot less in front of me. Still, at 15 minutes each group I figured about 2 hours. Seems logical, right? We have been through the lines with Apple before. They usually don’t screw up too bad.

After about 2 hours I really was getting discouraged. I had definitely moved up, but not much. And we had been at a standstill for a really long time. Twitter kept me appraised of the issues as we went. Servers down! Servers up! Servers DOWN! Richard came over with a snack. I finally got to go look at the entire line. Wow. He waited with me for 30 minutes. When it finally looked like I was moving again he took off to get ready for work. I waited, chatted with the gal next to me, and questioned the Apple folk. They were saying all systems were a go! Twitter linked me to more stories that it was bad. iTunes servers were the issue, and folks have been having trouble with iPhone 2.0 updates as well as the Apple Store activation parade…

It was when I was reading about how folks were sent home with NO WORKING phones (after Apple DE-activated old iPhone, but could NOT activate the new one) that a woman came past the line with her 2 new phones and a warning. “Don’t let them activate you here! I have been inside since 8:15 trying to get activated!” I decided screw it. I, like so many before me, left the line. After 3 hours.

I figured dude. 3 hours and I am not even halfway… Plus my current iPhone is working fine. Rocking iPhone 2.0 too! So I can wait. I waited this long… Right?

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I mentioned the possibility of my attending a sort of blogger meet-up. Well, not sort of.. An actual blogger meet-up. I know, I know. More with blogging about blogging. I just think I should know bloggers in real life. I feel like such a novelty act around a lot of my friends… Anyways. I clicked around over at the MeetUp site, like snooping… No one seemed gay. Not that I am looking to hook up (hello, totally like married), but it’d be nice to meet some more gay folk…

As you can see, Brian totally ‘get’s me’.

OoOoOoOo

‹ wish i hadn't asked!

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2008 Presidential Election Candidates on the Issues via In4mador. 

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Gawd, can I whine or what??

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Don’t they say that if you smell toast it means something? Like a stroke?

Hmm. That would be bad. It’s not that I smell it really. I am depicting the taste though. I really want some toast. I think that means I am hungry.

Today I’m having one of those mornings where it’s hard to get going. For example, it took almost twenty minutes to make coffee. That only involves four steps! Filter, beans, water, on-button.

I feel bad for my coworkers today. I am clearly having issues of some sort. Time to go get my damn toast… I’ll probably end up like this guy today!

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