Disaphonement
The world of disappointment continued to manifest itself today, but I refused to participate in it. I watched other people engage in and actually become disappointment. At the health club today, one woman walked out because she refused to work out in a location where the song “Crazy Bitch” was playing on the stereo. The owner turned the stereo off as she was walking out. I told the woman next to me that I could understand how that song could be offensive to women. I did not mention to her that the CD version of the song uses the F word about a dozen times. I enjoy having loud rock playing while I work out. Since every rock station in Georgia is still playing that song, I fear that some kind of low energy music will be on from now on.
I acquired my new cell phone today with the 1000 extra minutes. For five extra dollars a month I get access to news headlines and stock market quotes. I tested the phone before I left the store. My Apple computer stock had gone down two dollars a share for some reason ! Quickly driving to the library computer lab, I discovered that several journalists had been given advance copies of the phone and were elaborating on its faults in their newspaper columns. Despite these bad reviews, people are already camping out in front of Apple Stores and AT+T stores in anticipation of the I-Phone’s release at 6pm on Friday. It is predicted that not everyone in line on Friday will be able to get one before the stores sell out. I can’t seem to remember how many phones will be shipped to the stores on that day; perhaps 200,000 ? If you need a new phone, check and see if your current cell phone provider will give you a new one to keep you from buying an I-Phone. This new phone of mine is totally cool !
’til tomorrow,
I.C.