Foreverpurple

If you are a new Droid owner you may want to check out my post: First 48 hours with Droid. A month into Droid life I posted about likes and dislikes and my chosen apps. The Droid function itself is great and I have no real changes of opinion on the device itself. One complaint I had was about the screen going dark during a call. Either it was a fluke or the upgrade fixed it but that damn Droid knows when you pull it away from your face because you need to press a key and it lights back up. :paranoid: The issue with the display not turning off when full charge is reached seems to be resolved. I completely forgot it was even happening! The Droid Wifi not working at home was fixed by removing the password from my home network and enabling MAC filtering instead. One issue that continues to annoy me is the light next to the cable port. Anytime you have the Droid plugged in to charge, that light is on. It so fucking BRIGHT!! I keep my Droid on the nightstand as its my alarm clock and that light is like a seach light illuminating the whole room. I try to cover it up with something but its not easy because the cable is short and it lies close to the edge. I tried coloring it in with a marker but that didn't help either. I see no reason for this big spotlight to be on during charge. Now let's revisit the whole screen guard issue. I bought EZ Guard screen guards. 5 of them for 5 bucks on Ebay. My only complaints: gathers lint and a bit of drag when swiping. Numerous people told me that the Zagg Invisible Shield was the end all be all, the answer to my problems. So I shelled out the $25 dollars and ordered it. Guess what? I kinda hate it. It collects lint just as bad. It shows smears (the EZ guard doesn't) and the surface isn't as smooth as EZ Guard. Now it does come with a whole puzzle of pieces to cover the entire phone which could be a selling point for you but for me its not. I have a face plate that covers the rest of the phone. I did install all the pieces simply because I paid so much for it. Honestly at this point I'm thinking of taking the screen cover off and going back to EZ Guard. OR after seeing the video below I may forgo the guard all together. My Keyring will work perfectly then. Here are the apps I currently have installed and comments where I feel necessary.

• Droid Light- my phone is my flashlight, this just makes it easier
• Dolphin Browser- Firefox for the Droid
• DroidLive Lite- I rarely use this but it works great. I was told I could use it to find old Howard Stern shows but its only channel 101 and its inconsistent. That's a content problem and nothing to do with the function of the app.
• Google Goggles- I still haven't tested it with buildings (will do so in NOLA though). The bar code scanner isn't as good as Shop Savvy.
• Handcent- Just got this yesterday. Prettifies your SMS messages :luv:
• Google Sky map- I haven't used this either. I'm not outside at night apparently. Maybe when it warms up.
• Key Ring- Stores my rewards cars in the phone instead of on my key ring. My screen guard prevents actually scanning of the barcode to work as intended.
• Locale- This app is the one I depend on the most and can't live without. The free version worked PERFECTLY. Recently the free version was killed off and the paid version is $10. Its far less reliable than the free version which sucks tremendously. There is no other app that does what this one does and I NEED it so I'm willing to deal with the problems now in hopes there is a future update that will return it to its former degree of awesomeness.
• Meebo- the online, all in one chat client, on your Droid! Log in to all your IM accounts at once.
• MusicSleep- It sings me to sleep and shuts itself off. Awwww :wub:
• Mute-One touch silences everything on your phone, a must have!
• Note Everything-Jot notes and lists
• PDAnet- Tether your Droid WITHOUT rooting Free version no longer supports https but that doesn't affect me much. If you need the ability to tether, its worth the $29 to get the full version. NOT AVAILABLE IN THE MARKETPLACE
• Photos safe-because not all photos are meant to be seen by everyone
• Pic say- photoshop your pics right on your Droid!
• Seesmic Android- Seesmic makes the most cutting edge amazing Twitter apps and the Android version is no different. Just this week it upgraded to give multiple account support. Its the only Twitter app on my Droid as of that update.
• Shazam-What is that song on the radio? Love it? Buy it instantly from amazon
• Shopsavvy-for the smart shopper, use the bar code on a product to look up prices, reviews and availabilty instantly. Rarely fails to find a product.
• Google talk- Google chat client, flawless of course
• Talk to me keyboard- Speech to text for every single app on your Droid, works great!
• Tripit-Load your itinerary into Droid. Haven't used it yet
• Google voice- Route your calls via Google Voice to your Droid with seamless integration. I love it! Saves me minutes :)
• Wave secure- secure your Droid data if its stolen, works remotely! Must have.
• Zen timer- Just a simple, soothing bell timer for my meditation

Games:

• Tetrads-Tetris
• Connect Four
• Raging Thunder- Car racing game

she searches... for the answer to a question long forgotten she searches... for the key to a lock that has long been broken she searches for him he searches for her she is the answer, he is the question she is the lock, he is the key next comes silence completion 2/6/2010

My New Orleans Saints quilt is listed on Ebay: http://bit.ly/aQ75vj a must have for a true fan :)

Tuesday was my gall bladder HIDA Scan. I snapped a couple pics at the beginning and end of the testing. It takes about an hour and requires an IV. In the first phase they inject a radioactive trace and wait 30 minutes for it to fill the liver and then move into the gall bladder. It shows up on the screen as white dots. I know from numerous movies and tv shows that exposure to radioactive material turns you into a superhero. I'm not sure yet what my super power is but I'm sure it will reveal itself in due time.:nod: The second part of the test they inject something to simulate a fatty meal to stimulate the gall bladder as if you were eating. The woman administering the test said I might feel pain, or cramping, or gas or nausea. I got all of the above. It was incredibly painful but it didn't take long to realize this pain is the pain I was experiencing last week and a couple months ago when I had attacks that felt like a heart attack. She didn't have to give me much to set me off again after the pain began to move down into my intestine. Holy cow I wasn't expecting it to be so intense. Do you see the creepy face in the dots? I have a demon in my belly! :irule: As of right now I'm waiting to hear from my doctor about the plan. I need to get in fast and be recovered by Feb 12 or put it off till after Feb 17. We can't lose the $1k we spent for our hotel in New Orleans :( If for some reason you want to see a larger version of the pics, just click them.

Direct from the WTF category... this mornings dream. The first part I remember is walking around between baseball fields, like in Newcastle. I stopped in to use the restroom but I think it was only to check a bump in my mouth. I had a red bump just inside my lip. While I was examining it in the mirror a woman came up and started talking to me. Clearly it was a sales pitch for something or other. I pinched the bump and red stuff that I suppose was blood but looked like marinara sauce came out. I was weirded out by this and had to keep going to get tissue to wipe this stuff off my fingers. I don't know why I just didn't turn on the water and wash my hands. Anyway the red stuff stopped and I pinched again and it looked like TOOTHPASTE was coming out of the hole. This went on far too long with this woman still babbling at me the whole time as if this was nothing unusual to her. It was coming out just like toothpaste too, a long white snake of toothpaste from my inner cheek. When I finally got the last of the ...whatever it was...out, I was left with a large hole in my inner mouth. It didn't hurt or anything so I washed up and left. The woman was still standing there trying to sell me whatever she was peddling. Next I remember I was riding a big wheel through Newcastle. :drive: I think I was dressed like a bum or my hair was a mess. Something was wrong because I was trying to keep from looking at people so they wouldn't recognize me. I was more concerned about my hair than the fact I was riding a big wheel. :headslap: I was stopped next to the sidewalk, where BHP&L used to be, talking to someone when I noticed a 18 wheeler driver put three cats on the sidewalk and drive off. I rode my big wheel up to the cats, they were beautiful and there was one especially I wanted to take home. When I started to touch it I realized it's fur was full of bugs, big weird bugs! There were two of these 4 inch bright green with black stripes beetles. I couldn't bring myself to touch them, I was too skeeved out by the bugs but I really wanted to take the cat home. I was torn over what to do, how to get rid of the bugs and save the cats but without having to touch the bugs. That's all I remember. You know I had a big wheel as a kid but I never was able to truly ride it, the front wheel would just spin in place when I tried to pedal. Maybe it traumatized me more than I knew! LOL