My Great Desire

It's very simple.

I want a cell phone that works, and a cell phone company that is dependable. I've had a cell phone for five years (which is less than most people), and I have never, ever, never ever ever had a good combination.

So I'm trying again. I'm doing this now...a BlackBerry with T-Mobile. Not a fancy BlackBerry. Just one that will do what I need it to do. This combination will attempt to replace the most expensive failure of a device in the entire history of technology . This isn't quite fair of me. I had the Treo 600 and the link is for the 650. But the 600 was riddled with flaws. I literally fixed a persistent, death-laser buzz with scotch tape and tin foil once. Really. I totally did it and it worked for 6 months. Then my McGyver job stopped working. But I'm not lying about the 6 month fix with tin foil.

Anyway, despite my dwindling bank account, I ponied up for one of these ridiculous things. I dunno, I just did it. I mean, I'm so tired of buying a $20 ear bud that stops working after six weeks. So I spent some more with the hopes that this will work. Of course, when it falls out of my car door before I get out of the car, only to be crushed by my boot in the winter, I will not have done much better, will I have? No. I will not have.

And they look ridiculous and make me angry. But then again, so did cell phones. And ear buds. And now those look like normal things to me. So maybe this will be a normal thing? I promise not to wear it while buying fruit at the grocery or while on line at the bank (who stands in line at the bank anymore?) or...you know...wherever other people make me mad when they do it.