It's time for a "free cell phone upgrade," and, despite EJS' discouragement, I head to the AT&T store to check out the phone selection. With Mom inquiring about the status of our current plan, I tell the badgering salesbaby that I'm just looking for now.

My goal is to decide between a BlackBerry Bold and an iPhone, and make the purchase right away. So I play with each, leaning away from the prettier, slicker, more badass choice towards the more practical, affordable one. Enter Badgerman.

"So, what are you looking at today?" among other annoying questions.

"Well, right now I'm deciding between the BlackBerry Bold and the iPhone." I reply without emotion, trying not to make eye contact. Meanwhile, EJS offers that there are often good deals online.

Mom wants to see the Bold, so we walk over to it, his eyes following, and I explain to her that I prefer the BlackBerry, but it is more expensive and I don't really have $300 right now.

"Well, what are you going to use it for?" and the eavesdropper clearly thinks that I am in high school.

Caught way off guard, I say, "Well, e-mail and such." Not the most intelligent reply.
[Alternate Response, provided by Mom: "To text all of my teeny bopper friends."], if I were confrontational enough.
[Alternate Response, provided by EJS: start name dropping to achieve respect], if I were clever enough.

"Well, the BlackBerry is more for like business, but the iPhone is more like a toy to play with."

And he could have sold me a phone that day.

When I turned 21, I received funds to purchase a camera. This was essential considering the one that I owned at the time was given to me for high school graduation and, well, 4 megapixels? It became even more pertinent when, a few months ago, I was elected Historian of my fraternity for 2009. So, seven months later, I made the decision to buy this excellent device, courtesy of Steph and Josh.

So far, I love it and have used it tons. The quality of the pictures surpasses my standards for a $200 camera, and the interface is intuitive. Hopefully I'll get a chance to use it more at fraternity events. In the meantime, I'll keep taking pictures of Emily.

Oh yeah, and this is a new blog. Welcome!