June 8, 2013

This morning my phone was acting up. I got a notification that I had missed a call but the call never came through. It was my dad so I tried to call him back but my phone wouldn't open the calling function of my phone. And my text messenger also wouldn't load. So I emailed him. And eventually I was able to send him a text message using my tablet. But he was calling me about spraying ants at my grandma's house and by the time he got my messages he had finished the job. Kind of a fail. My phone sucks. I have long passed the break-even point on the phone (where it made more sense to pay full price for the phone and $10 less a month rather than pay significantly less for the phone but $10 more a month).

So I am thinking it is time to get a new phone. One that doesn't suck. But, in general, I don't want a phone. It was nice having it turned off for however long it was I had it turned off. If I'm not initiating contact with people, I rarely hear from them, making the $70 a month I pay for a phone seem like way too much. But the cheapest plan is only $10 cheaper, which adds up, but it is kind of a worthless plan. It would be much better to just not have a phone. Though I don't think it is worth all the nagging I got when my phone was turned off. So there is a good chance I could be dropping hundreds of dollars on a new phone in the near future, and completely hating the fact that I am doing it. I am annoyed by all of it.

I spent a lot of my day watching MacGyver and Sons Of Tucson and working on my cross stitch. By the time I called it good for the day I had finished three of the four words, leaving me with 'TRIPPIN' and the stick figure. Hopefully I can finish that soon.

I also watched 180° South and a National Geographic show on Redwoods. I actually have the issue somewhere that covered Redwoods and I always wondered how they got the giant foldout picture of the Redwood tree. Turns out it was a camera that they slowly lowered from the top of the tree, taking pictures as it went, and then digitally stitching them together. Makes sense. Both the documentary and the show made me realize how much I miss camping and being outside. Anyone who currently knows me probably thinks this sounds ridiculous because I am pale as a ghost and spend all my time inside, but do really love the outdoors. I want to go hiking and camping and go on adventures, I just don't have the motivation or initiative to do it alone. I need friends. I need a group of friends that will go on outdoor adventures with me. I also need a group of friends that I can play video games with. And for either of those I need to be more outgoing, which I'm not. I want to do everything, which is overwhelming, so I do nothing, and life is passing me by. It sucks more than a little.

Tonight I watched Safety Not Guaranteed. I like the dude from New Girl and I like Aubrey Plaza most of the time, though her acting range isn't that great. I didn't really know what to expect from the movie but I ended up really enjoying it. Helped greatly by the fact that they went for it with the ending. It would have tanked the movie for me if they hadn't.

I don't work tomorrow so it would be cool if I could finish my cross stitch. At some point before Father's Day I need to at least cut out and clean the QR code for my dad and then figure out how to frame it. I'm hoping that doesn't become a whole big thing. If it goes smoothly, that would be great.