Phony Update
Jun. 6th, 2015 02:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vovatWe have new cell phones now, LG G3 models. We were considering switching to a different carrier, but staying with Verizon sounded like the best deal. Fed Ex was supposed to deliver them on Monday, but our apartment is in the back, and people seem not to realize this even when we specifically tell them. It's happened multiple times with people delivering food, and it happened with Fed Ex as well. Beth called them after they reported a failed delivery attempt and gave specific directions, but on Tuesday they just came to the front of the building again. I don't know if they would have done that a third time, but I waited out on the front steps on Wednesday to make sure I could intercept the delivery guy. I actually saw three Fed Ex trucks within the space of less than an hour. I've always kind of thought Fed Ex was a crappy version of UPS, and I guess I don't know how UPS would have handled this, but for some reason I still have a more positive opinion of them. ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bethje made sure to get phones with removable batteries, as we both know what it's like to be out for a long time and have the battery go dead. It's not so much a problem with a new phone, but we're going to have these for two more years. Non-removable batteries seem to be the trend these days, which kind of sucks. It's probably a ploy to try to get you to buy a new phone once your battery starts dying. This is the first phone I've had in a while that didn't have a slide-out keyboard, another feature that's gone out of fashion, but I think I can do without it. It's also annoying that unlimited data plans are so rare now. When I'm home all day I hardly use the data plan anyway, but that might change if I get a job.
Today, we visitedtherealtavie (yes, I am persisting on using people's LiveJournal handles even when they haven't used them in years) and watched a special on the building of Walt Disney World. We still have stuff from Netflix that we need to watch, but I haven't been in the mood recently. I do want to see Avengers: Age of Ultron while it's still in theaters. Beth said she looked at the listings for next Wednesday (for some reason tickets are cheaper for Wednesday matinees, at least online; we'll have to see if it's the same when buying them at the door), and that it will still be playing then.
It looks like one of my longer Oz stories, Prince Pompadore in Oz, will be published in Oziana. I thought it might be too long for that, but maybe it's shorter than I thought. Besides, Oziana has had some pretty long stories in it before.
I've apparently gotten my last.fm scrobbler working again, but I don't know why it stopped working in the first place. It looks like it hasn't updated since January. Does anyone else still use last.fm?
bethje made sure to get phones with removable batteries, as we both know what it's like to be out for a long time and have the battery go dead. It's not so much a problem with a new phone, but we're going to have these for two more years. Non-removable batteries seem to be the trend these days, which kind of sucks. It's probably a ploy to try to get you to buy a new phone once your battery starts dying. This is the first phone I've had in a while that didn't have a slide-out keyboard, another feature that's gone out of fashion, but I think I can do without it. It's also annoying that unlimited data plans are so rare now. When I'm home all day I hardly use the data plan anyway, but that might change if I get a job.Today, we visited
therealtavie (yes, I am persisting on using people's LiveJournal handles even when they haven't used them in years) and watched a special on the building of Walt Disney World. We still have stuff from Netflix that we need to watch, but I haven't been in the mood recently. I do want to see Avengers: Age of Ultron while it's still in theaters. Beth said she looked at the listings for next Wednesday (for some reason tickets are cheaper for Wednesday matinees, at least online; we'll have to see if it's the same when buying them at the door), and that it will still be playing then.It looks like one of my longer Oz stories, Prince Pompadore in Oz, will be published in Oziana. I thought it might be too long for that, but maybe it's shorter than I thought. Besides, Oziana has had some pretty long stories in it before.
I've apparently gotten my last.fm scrobbler working again, but I don't know why it stopped working in the first place. It looks like it hasn't updated since January. Does anyone else still use last.fm?
