You chose the Pre over the iPhone? 

Today was the first day of the "family reunion".  So far it's been great.  I woke up at about 8 to a home cook breakfast.  A bacon and egg sandwich.  Then we departed the condo for the beach house where we met everyone and played in the ocean.  It was great seeing Heather, Matthew, Aunt Martha Ellen and everyone else.

We played in the ocean for a bit where I made sure to wear plenty of sunscreen.  We ate a little lunch, nothing like southern ham sandwiches and then played in the water again.  We laughed and joked and just floated in the water.  It's amazing how much fun you can have just floating along in the ocean with good company.  Kind of like The Little Mermaid except in reverse.  After we were all pruned it was time to get out and head home to get ready for Hollywood night.  We are all dressing up as famous people.  We are even having the Oscars, or the "bama" version at least.  Now I must retreat and put on my Frank costume.  I will report on the evening's activities a little later.

As I sit on the floor of gate B22 at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Airport, writing this tethered to my iPhone 3GS, I reminisce about two years ago.  Why two years ago?  Well two years ago is when cell phones as we know it changed.  Two years ago, the iPhone was released.  Back then we didn't have touch screens, apps stores, and fully functioning internet devices.  The iPhone changed all that.  It changed what a cell phone is to a person.  It has become an entertainment device unlike any other.  I dare you to be bored with an iPhone in hand.  There has been many other similar devices released but nothing nearly as "smart" as Apple's iPhone.

I remember sitting in a similar position two years ago for an entirely different reason.  I wasn't waiting for a flight to a family reunion.  I was waiting for the first of these devices.  The first iPhone.  I was so excited and my excitement was justified.  It was the greatest tech gadget I had ever laid my hands on.  Despite it's many deficiencies, I was perfectly content.  Their were wish's I had for the device, most of which has been addressed.  I listened to one of Eplesauce's podcast which focused on the original iPhone a couple month's ago and everything we talked about that we thought would make the device better has been fixed.

So now I write this connected to my new 3GS.  The newest revision of the famed iPhone.  I know that this will be a consistent cycle one that will probably never change as long as Apple keeps making iPhones.  The changes aren't all that big but they are enough to make me want to upgrade.  So for now I write with and about the iPhone 3GS.  Maybe next year, early summer, you will be reading a post about the iPhone 4G, with video iChat, and the ability to solve world hunger, and the energy crisis.

So as I'm still undecided on whether or not I'm going to pick up the new iPhone 3gS, I am excited about all of the hoopla.  So as a way of celebrating the launch, I thought I would post a video of the original 3g launch which I was fortunate enough to be apart of.  So enjoy.  Oh and PS, if you look closely at the beginning of the video, you will see me standing at the counter when the two gentlemen are being interviewed.

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So I'm extremely sore today.  Both hands hurt.  Not entirely sure why, maybe it was the couple of balls I caught bare handed.  My chest has a perfect circle on the right peck from stopping the pop fly with my chest then my hands, my legs are sore.  But...it was all worth it a blast.  PNR lost last night 12 to 5.  For us that's a win especially compared to the 21-6 score last week.

So I've had a busy week thus far.  Referring not only to this week but also the past weekend.  The weekend was great.  I hung out with Greg all weekend because we worked on my bike.  Saturday, Greg and Dan came over to help me install my new Yosh exhaust.  First I treated them to lunch for helping me and then we got down to business.  We took the bike apart which had it's issues, mostly with taking off and replacing the headers.  Those damn screws were hard to get to. Dan left right as we removed the stock headers, and then Greg and I put on the new headers and exhaust.  We were both pretty dirty and tired so we decided to wait and put the PCV on Sunday and scrap going to the race.

Greg left, and Marc, Eric and I went to Star Trek saturday night.  It was an awesome movie, so entertaining.  I already can't wait for the sequel.


On a rainy Sunday morning, Greg came back over and we installed the fuel controller.  That was an issue in and of itself.  After scratching our heads for a while we decided to completely take off the tank which made life much easier.  Paco stopped by for about and hour which was nice.  As we all were working on the bike, we were witness to a domestic violence dispute...WTF?  I thought Lone Tree was a nice part of town.  The girl was ok but the cops were called and craziness ensued.  We remained in our little bubble of niceness aka the garage, and did our thing.

We got the FI installed and started her up.  Man did she sound good.  All in all I was pretty proud of what we were able to accomplish.  Both of us are mechanically challenged so it felt good.  Gave us the confidence to try other things.

Tonight is PnR softball and I'm excited.  Always a good time, and hopefully we do better.  That's all I have for now.  As I fight off nostalgia as always, I put my mind into other things.  Primarily to distract myself.  That's ok right?  Ignoring your thoughts?  Especially if they are potentially damaging?