It's Monday again, and iPhones are already BROKEN...

So tell me, did you? Did you go waste 500-600 dollars on the iPhone?? If you haven't are you going to?? Please tell me if you do. My sister's boyfriend, his brother, and their mom all went and bought them. I just don't understand spending that much money on a phone for three reasons.
1) It's the first edition! They ALWAYS have tons of problems. Look at any large technological marvel that's come out, and it always has bugs. The first IPOD Mini's were recalled for their batteries, there was some kind of cell phone that was like exploding on people, XBOX 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 both ate people's games and overheated. The first version is always the guinea pig model and should not be trusted, let alone purchased.
2) This is technically two reasons (a) In six months it will be outdated!! Someone else will have come up with a cooler, newer, more powerful TOY, and this one will be next to obsolete. It happens every time someone comes out with a new car, phone, laptop, or TV. There's always a better stronger one on the way. Just watch. Remember the RAZR cell phones? How many different models do they have now? I let my wife buy the PINK ones when they came out, and she practically hates it now. (b) It's not gonna be $600 forever! The price of my cell phone when it first came out was $450, and I got it for free over the internet. If you just wait like 6 months, I'm tellin you the price will drop dramatically.
3) I may need to say this a little slowly. IT'S A CELL PHONE!!! You know how much sensible stuff you can buy with SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS?? Forgive me for shouting, but good grief folks! That's just insane. Maybe it's just me - maybe just because my wife and I are both having to work to support ourselves, and tossing 600 bucks on a cell phone just because it's new and cool doesn't strike me as very responsible.

To me, the craziest part about that phone, is that if you check the news, you'll see people are already ripping it apart to see how it works. I mean they are literally tearing it to pieces; some people are being almost surgical about it, and one video on youtube.com shows guys beating one with a hammer. That's just not cool. Then you are really wasting your money. So crazy. Of course, they're all first edition, so they're probably gonna break in a month anyway.

OK, enough ranting for now. How was your weekend? Mine was AWESOME. We spent almost three hours at the gun range with NINE different guns. For those of you that care (and those of you that don't), I'll list them! We had.....a .22 target pistol, a Kel-tec .380, an XD 9mm, a Glock 17 (9mm), a Glock 22 (.40), a 1911 (.45), a .22 rifle, and TWO Bushmaster AR-15's (.223)!! OH, it was soooooo much fun. My hand still hurts from all that shooting. After that, I spent 8 hours on a ride-along with Jersey Village Police Dept. That, my friends, is the true definition of fun. We pulled some people over, gave tickets, searched a car, and arrested one lady. So so so so so much fun! Sunday was nice, church at 11:30, lunch at Fuddruckers afterwards, and then home to write a paper (bleh) and watch The Interpreter (great movie). Didn't get to sleep till 12:45, but hey, that's what weekends are for!

Well, better get back to work. Later!!

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