Sarah Palin Costume

Oct 30, 2008
Categories: politics, cellphones

Check me out! I’m Steph Palin. :) Actually, i did one of those “What would Sarah Palin have named you?” things and my name became Stag Tunnel Palin.

Steph Palin

This is my Halloween costume. I think it’s pretty darn good.

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Growing

Jul 21, 2008
Categories: des moines, cellphones, family, apartment hunting, art, concerts, photography, shopping, road trips, life

First of all, thanks for leaving so many wonderful comments on my last post. It meant a lot to me.

My sister Amy and her son Harper are visiting from Oregon right now. They arrived on Wednesday and the three of us and Mom had fun shopping around the East Village of Des Moines, going to see WALL-E, reading Diary of a Wimpy Kid, and generally hanging out. Friday evening Uncle Doug and Aunt Vicki had a little BBQ to celebrate, and of course their whole branch of the family was there. Saturday we drove out to Uncle Dave’s and visited with that bunch and Harper had fun playing with his second cousins. It had been a couple years since most of us had seen each other, and it was nice to be able to catch up.

That evening Mom, Amy and I went to see Ani DiFranco at The Capitol Theater in Davenport. I never cease to be amazed by how much she rocks. She was a little less talkative than the last time i saw her over in Iowa City with Emily last summer, but that’s okay.

I wish i’d taken pictures of all this stuff. :( Next time.

Yesterday Amy & Harps headed for Cedar Rapids and Mom & I came back to DM. On our way we stopped at the Amana colonies for lunch and picked up some blueberry wine. I hadn’t been around there in quite a few years. It’s really well-maintained and cute, but it was so hot that we didn’t stick around for long.

My Mama in Amana

Bumble Bee

I saw some paintings by this Chicago artist Laura Lee Junge in a little gallery there, and i thought they were really neat:

On an unrelated note, my current goal in life is to decide on an apartment to move to in Des Moines, which is proving to be a major headache. But i got my new camera phone today, so playing with that should relieve some stress for sure.

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My first ebay

Jul 07, 2008
Categories: ebay, cellphones

After all these years of buying stuff on ebay and selling books on half.com, i finally have actually listed something on ebay to sell. It’s my Nokia 5300 Xpress Music phone. It finally occurred to me to get it replaced since the call clarity was bad and it’s under warranty until August. I just got the new one today though, and I still don’t like it. I don’t use the MP3 player and I don’t like how hard it is for me to hear the person on the other end. So, i’m selling it.

I plan to buy a phone that has a 3.2 megapixel camera to replace it. Or, should i say, a camera with a phone in it. :D

While i’m on the topic of cell phones, i’ll quickly sing the praises of T-Mobile. They saved my ass last month when i went way over my minutes, to the tune of $100. I gave them a call before the billing cycle was up and they simply moved me temporarily to a plan with all the minutes i could possibly use, for only $20 extra (which actually turned into $40 because of increased taxes and a few extra text messages in addition to the minutes, but that’s still better than $100+). No contract extension. In fact, it seems someone effed up and only signed me up for a one-year contract last August (that Nokia was supposed to be free with a 2-year). I’ll be sticking with them anyway. The iPhone is really enticing, but i hate AT&T with a passion. I could always hack one and use it on T-Mobile if i worked up the balls.

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