my gadget-ism has reached all new levels. the king of all gadgets is finally, painlessly, mine. i am now able to access the internet on the fly, i can email on the road, i can AIM from the bathroom. yes, i got a sidekick, a sidekick two to be precise. words don't do this product justice, so you'll just have to check out links or reviews on it. for the amazonian price of twenty five dollars, i now possess the gadget of my dreams.



the only problems i have with the sidekick is that you can't upload your own pictures to use as caller id photos. that and the damn vibration is not optional -- nevermind, i found out how to turn it off, stupid me. the only other minor issue i have with it is that it's not white like most of the screenshots indicated, it's actually a light silver-ish color. but hey, nothing is perfect right?



the true downside to finally being a gadgeteer is that i had to change my number. but who needs a number when you're aim enabled twenty four seven?



i take a masochistic joy in re-entering all the contact information into new phones. i love it when everything finally gets all neat and organized. it feels like a new beginning, like my world is in order and i'm ready to embark on the next stage of my journey. i believe i will organize my memoirs according to cell phone eras in my life. "pager. pre-cell phone. the clunky years. the orange one. hawaiian flowers. hawaiian flowers two. rainbow clown fish. sidekick 2." and so on. i also take a perverse joy in reading instruction manuals cover to cover, just in case they tell me about a cool new trick. like you know, turning it on.