You know how there are certain things you shouldn't treat as toys.....

Guns.
Knives.
Bombs.
Cars.
Grenades.
Dynamite.
Combustable chemicals.

And the like.

Well, you can add my cell phone to that list.

I just got my bill.

All $191.40 of it.

I'm going to go scream now.

Have a nice day.

The joys of vacation......

Ah, I've been on vacation this week.

So far, I've done absolutely nothing. Just as one should on vacation.

My birthday was on Tuesday. I celebrated 33 years on this earth.
This was the first year that I did not feel a year older.
That could be a good thing or a bad thing. I don't know yet.

I did start my vacation on a very high note. That's the reason why the pics are up; I joined in the big Anti-War march this past Saturday. It was electric...I loved it. Being in the midst of 7,000+ souls who felt the same way I did, it was great.

One thing that I wish to clarify is this; we will not make the same mistake that our predecessors made in the Vietnam War. We do not support the war, but, we support the soldiers! We want them here at home, on American soil. We want them to protect us on the very place that makes sense...American Land!

We know that our soldiers were sent ill equipped into this mess, and sent without a plan, other than lip service from Der furor, George Bush.

I have finally finished cleaning up my bedroom, including several shopping bags filled with papers, cards, bills, notes, etc that all needed a home or dumping into the trash. I've cleaned every inch of my room, including floor boards and door frames. It's the most organized my room has been in a long time.

Pity, since I have the strangest feeling that I won't be staying here after August. I don't think that my landlord will my lease, and, if he does, he'll ask for something outrageous like $1200 a month. The reason why I say that it's outrageous is because the going rate for a two bedroom apartment around here is $900 a month. Already we (my mom & I) pay $1000 a month, plus $75 a month for the parking space.

I don't know how much he paid for this place, but, I'm sure that he got shafted. Then again, many people got their hopes up when the monstrosity (the big, ugly condo building that is two blocks away from my place). was finally completed. They figured that property values would go up, and, landlords in turn would be able to charge higher rents.

Nope.

The monstrosity was completed a year behind schedule, and, refunds were given to all of the people who had purchased units.
Now the thing sits there, and only 4 units out of 15 are sold. The asking price is anywhere from $40K to $75K higher than the original asking prices.
And the landlords are screwed.
It still takes landlords months to find a new tenant for a vacant apartment; there are three empties just on my block alone right now. During the summer, it's worse. You'll see five or six empties for several months before the landlords have to settle for whoever is willing to sign a lease in the fall.

I think my landlord is an idiot. Then again, I've met many book-smart people who just seems to lack the most common sense.

God help him if any town inspector comes to take a look at this place. He's screwed if they see the basement.

Yeah, I heard about the recall on the MAGENTA Razr phone.

I'm not sending mine off, since it's working just fine. Like I'm going to send it, simply because they tell me to.

Last Tuesday evening, at about this time, I received a phone call from my brother (the irrensponsible one) that my abuelito passed away.

I didn't have the money or the time to go to his funeral in Mexico (probably Mexico City).

That fucking hurt.

I was shocked to see so many people marching this past Friday against the new immigration bill, and as a Mexicana, overjoyed. If I wasn't so mired in misery, I would have called off work and joined them.

I have a new toy! A V3 RAZR!

I don't know why Cingular thinks this is pink...THIS IS MAGENTA!!! Verizon has the pink one.

Is it not great?

Is it not wonderful?

Is it not sexy?

Okay, maybe that last question is a bit much.

I'm usually not so superficial or materialistic, but, I saw this and decided that I must have it.

So, after waiting for almost a month for my store to get it, we finally did. I had to harrass the guy in that department to get it out and get it going. The easy part was getting it activated; all that involved was giving the ESN to my cell provider and transferring the SIM card.

The hard part was putting this thing down. It's now about 5:30 in the afternoon, and, I've finally stopped shopping for images and ringtones to download. I've been doing that since 7pm last night.

My next cell phone bill is going to be soo fucking huge. Coupled with the almost $400 I spent buying the phone, accessories and a service plan, I should have sufficient cause for several heart attacks.

It should be against the law (or cheaper) to have this much fun with a cell phone, unless you're having phone sex.

Nah, that's not really that much fun either.