iPod Touch

Shut up Erik. You are continuing the tradition of having everything one step above me you big shithead. So how's the iPhone beeotch?  They cost over a thousand up here with a plan and it's bell offering it. I have a blackberry so I know that bell is the devil.

Neat.  It's a traditon of mine to get things well after their initial release because Apple is famous for sneaking in these upgrades and drastically lowering the price after a year or less.  I learned that lesson with the eMac.  Got the bottom-o-the-line model and it cost 1100 plus tax CDN, which came to like almost 1500.  Had a shit CD-ROM drive and I had to spend money to get an exterior LaCie DVD-R drive along with it...another few hundred.  2 months later the SuperDrive eMac cost 999 CDN.  I was truly disgusted.  Now it's a piece of junk, won't turn on.  Got the white iMac, 3 or 4 months later...SILVER ONE comes out.  I traded it to my Mom for a spankin new MacBook, 2 months go by ALLUMINUM ONE comes out.  So I waited awhile for the iPod.  I just went bottom of the line again with an 8 gig.

It's getting ridiculous, to the point where I (almost) don't want to spend money on them anymore.  If I quit asking for these little toys and just banked the money they costed I would be in my own house right now...probably with an iPhone.

The curve is nice and very functional but it's a brick for me since no one calls, or everyone who does call I don't wanna talk to.  The themes are garbage, the internet is garbage, everything costs money to download andif it doesn't it's a 30 day trail.  I hate it.  I only keep it around because it's my only phone.  I don't text, tweet or any other nonsense.  Heh, but I can say I own one.

The MacBook is the only thing I use every single day.  Great for writing and school work.  Other than listen to music when I'm drunk or youtubing, forum-ing, wikipedia etc. and burning movies and playing poker it's also a brick.  Nothing I own reaches full potential.  I've had a 360 since they came out and didn't even know you could just sign into Xbox Live Silver and chat with people.  No idea.

Someone needs to educate me on this stuff.  I've been in a coma for 5 years and I'm just now waking up and discovering all these bricks in my room.  The espresso machine gets used every few hours though (or in today's case every 10 minutes) so that was a fine investment.

I missed you guys.  <3

Why is stuff so expensive in Canada? I know part of it is the exchange rate, but damn.

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread

Simple, Steve Jobs hates Canadians.

But yeah, I'm used to seeing commercials that say "now just 100 dollars US!" and automatically doubling the price in my head. Sad huh?

And Erik did you jb your iPhone?  I wanna jb my iPod today but I've heard of them becoming completely unresponsive and bricked beyond repair...any truth in that?

Add me you boob.

Thanks A-man. I have officially decided to do it. Possibly tonight. So can I get that ibeer app for free if it's jailbroken?  Can you really get full versions of games and apps for free?

Read FBI: these questions are purely hypothetical and possibly a figment of your imagination. I do not pirate anything. I do, however own an African grey parrot but his name is stewie and that's hardley a tough pirate captain's first choice for a name. Leave me alone.

You CIA and DEA fuckers can frig off as well. Good day.

Not officially but they can basically come and go and arrest as they please.  There's no "DEA Canada" but I know that when dope busts go down it's either the local police narc squad or american DEA taking them down.

Not that I'd know anything about dope busts...

Me and Erik are going ice fishing this weekend.  Erik, you need to bring the Jim Beam's and I'll bring five packs of smokes and a can of chew for you.  All you dirty Arkansaucers dip don't you?

So yeah it's jailbroke.  It's pretty and lovely, all that jazz.

Next Mission:  Xbox Live to play with all you cool dudes and get my ass whooped in MW2.

Assassin's Creed 2 rocks.  Sabotuer is okay.  I want BioShock2.

Open tray error sucks.  I keep having to smack it in.

My lighter is dead and I'm lighting smokes off the toaster.

^ my news.

Funny you mention smokes because I stopped smoking (again) one week ago today. It was extremely easy this time, as I read the book The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Allen Carr. It was a really incredible book that took the approach of allowing you to smoke while reading it, and I swear half way through I wanted to stop but he insisted I didn't. By the last chapter you will actually be pumped up and excited to stop smoking. The fact is, it's easy with the right mindset. There is nothing to give up because cigarettes are not necessary for anything. There is no pain to withdrawal unlike many other drugs. Keep in mind that when I started reading I had no intention whatsoever to stop.

I smoked for 4 years (I'm 22) and I quit 2 years ago only to go back 6 months later. Now I know I will never smoke again in my life. The financial and health burdens are finally removed and I'll stop feeling like an outcast wherever I go. I'm also feeling great (no mood swings that were just nicotine cravings) and I'm starting to work out again.

Dip is disgusting.

I play Halo 3 if anyone wants to play with me.

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread

I tried dip when I worked at a convenience store.  I just ripped one open because only like 5 guys bought it regularly.  I tried peach Skoal I think it was...my god.  It was the most disgusting thing I ever put in my mouth.  It burned so bad I had to spit it after about a minute and my eyes were watering and I was trying to serve customers...it wasn't pretty.  This is coming from a guy who dumps half a pint of frank's extra hot sauce on his eggs every morning...even I couldn't handle the dip.

I dunno about the states but we have what's called "illegal tobacco" here and it's what 50% of Cape Breton buys instead of paying 15 a pack at the store.  They're bags of king size unstamped cigs, 200 per bag for about 35 bucks.  They used to be as low as 15 but the police are busting them a lot more now and it's basically more profitable than selling coke or weed on a small scale.  The cigs themselves are pretty bad...some bags are more disgusting than others.  They have huge tobacco "twigs" in them and when you flick them the hot ash falls off.  They're also either dry and harsh or so moist and tightly rolled that you get a headache trying to get a drag off them and end up having to cut the filters.  I don't care if I need to collect cans for a pack, I wont buy those bags.

You can get cheaper tobacco and gasoline at native reservations around here which my family does a lot...but the savings are only apparent if you buy a carton and it's still about 90 dollars.  120 for a carton anywhere else.  Specialty methol cigs can run as high as 135 a carton.  That's 8 packs.  Ridiculous.

Weed is still cheap up here though...

Eck.  Congrats on quitting A-man.

Clark if I could tear myself away from Modern Warfare 2 we could play. It's just really hard to go back to Halo after playing any Call of Duty games. I recommend you try Modern Warfare 2 even though I know your reply is going to be you have and you don't like it. Everyone plays MW2 for a reason, it's just a better multiplayer experience all around.

Evan some apps are just a pain to get off installous, just check back and see if someone else cracked it. Here are some payed apps I've gotten for free that I recommend:

Midomi Soundhound
Tweetie 2
Metal Gear Solid Touch*
Bejeweled 2*
Skee-Ball
Guitarist
DigiDrummer*
Flight Control*
Labyrinth 2
Backdrops
Finger Physics*
The Moron Test
UnblockMe
DoodleJump*
Tetris

*Highly recommended
I left out all camera related apps because they'd be useless to you but included Midomi because I'm not sure if the touch ever got a mic?

Oh and dip is gross. The only one that I could somewhat tolerate (but still hate) is camel snus but I don't think that's even considered dip. It didn't really do anything for me but was nice when I knew I couldn't smoke for a long period of time. Now I don't have to worry about any of that.

Thanks Ameer. I will be sure to check those out. Is that drum one any better than drumkit?  I find drumkit really late in detecting my finger movements and I love to tap out beats as I can play real drums. Nope no mic, she's bottom of the line 8gb. Has nothing extra. I don't even use it as a music player. More just as an app and Internet machine that is sooo fun to manipulate. I'm getting really fast with the key board and you start to feel pretty cool when you get it down pat. I don't know about anyone else but I use the bb curve button keyboard and find it much harder to use than the touchscreen on the iPod. Many people complain the opposite but I think the landscaped key board in safari is much larger, more responsive and easier to manipulate than actual buttons.

I gave up on jellycar for today as I'm sick of it timing out. Tried shopping cart hero and it really sucks. I don't know why all the ratings are so good I thought it sucked. Doodle jump is endlessly entertaining even though I haven't gotten past 100,000 yet. My gf has officially beat me in falldown and she beat trace this afternoon. She loves the iPod but hates regular video games. She'd rather tetris than mw2. Hehe.

You must be bored tonight Ameer. We're going back and forth at fxb pace!!  I'm downloading it now so thanks again.

What kind of name is Ameer?  TERRORIST!

I'm Lithuanian.

You were really on the no-fly list?

"I even get my age wrong sometimes."  -CheesyBread

I love my iPod touch.

Kati says it's ruining our relationship.

So I have to choose between them sometimes.

Having a girlfriend is hard.

“One of the most prominent icons of modern day Christianity, the Crocoduck is capable of dispelling all arguments in favor of Atheism and Darwinism simply by not existing. Its sworn enemy is the platypus, which, in harsh contrast, is capable of proving god does not exist by existing.”

My iPod pretty much does everything. It even controls my Mac and my TiVo...

Created it myself. A skin for an app called DVR Remote.

“One of the most prominent icons of modern day Christianity, the Crocoduck is capable of dispelling all arguments in favor of Atheism and Darwinism simply by not existing. Its sworn enemy is the platypus, which, in harsh contrast, is capable of proving god does not exist by existing.”

Nice Jason.

OMG that's so hilarious and terrible at the same time Ameer.  Must make for some good conversation!  I wouldn't exactly clasify it under "no big deal" though...I'd be pissed.

Not many Evan suicide bombers out there.  There's a prospect, eh?