18 June
Well, yesterday we had a big cell phone meeting at work.
A couple of weeks ago, you see, we were given a flyer stating that we at The Company That Must Not Be Named would be able to get cell phones on our company's business plan at this fabulous rate, practically free and all, and even though I don't like cell phones, I thought that the deal was too good to pass up.
I have a dread of being one of those cell phone people, you know? Those people who are constantly advising people of their whereabouts. There's always one on the van every trip, "I'm just going into the tunnel," or "I've just come out of the tunnel". You can't walk down the street without hearing someone tell someone unseen "I'm walking on 45th St. now," or "I'm heading into McDonald's".
Who are these people? Not the ones with the phones, but the ones at the other ends of the phones simply frothing to hear where everyone is at all times!
I just had this picture in my head of people wandering all over the office talking into the air, saying "I'm in the flow lab now!"
Anyway, I pretty much had decided to get the phone, in fact, I had definitely decided to get the phone! I wanted a cell phone! More than life itself!
Then I walked into the meeting. My God, it was complicated! There were peak minutes and off-peak minutes, there was roaming and no roaming, there was digital and analog, there was voice mail and email and this and that and it was like calculus it was so hard to understand, and it was getting more and more expensive and you had to buy the phone and you had to decide right then and The Raccoon found out that they required a $200 deposit if you have iffy credit (the guy didn't tell the room that, he told her afterwards because she asked straight out)...
And then I remembered "O yeah, I don't want a cell phone!"
Just saw Nathan Lane perform "Tschaikowsky" (the song that Danny Kaye made famous in Lady in the Dark) on Conan O'Brian, and all I can say is...
Too slow! For shame, Nathan.
I know what everyone's saying about The General's Daughter, but I don't care. I've been desperate to see it since the first time I saw the trailer, and James Woods does that cool thing, running his hands over the bars of the jail cell...
Yum. I think $9.50 is a bargain to see that moment.
You know, I really wish that American Photo magazine would knock it off with having nude women on the cover practically every month. It makes it embarrassing to read it in public, if you're a woman.
Probably if you're a man, too.
Today's horoscope:
You feel a bit overextended today as you survey the many activities which seem to be calling for your attention. Make priorities.
One year ago today:
If a man blinks slightly, he's probably got something in his eye.
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