iReallyWantOne

Vs.

So I’m in a bit of a quandary. With Steve Jobs’ recent announcement of the iPhone @ Macworld, my previously “done-deal” decision to buy an iPod has been put on the skids. Do I indulge in what might be the coolest piece of technology to come around in the better part of a decade knowing that I probably won’t be able to actually put to use half of it’s capabilities as well as intended, or do I go for the sure thing, knowing that Apple has had 4 generations to perfect the musical miracle known as the iPod and that I will indeed use it everyday exactly as it’s been created to be used? Bottom line: I am precisely the target market for the iPod…I’m somewhat lacking in that department with the iPhone. I just want it really bad ’cause it’s so cool. Factors to consider, both pros and cons:

I already have a Cingular contract

iPhone may have glitches at initial release

I actually have more than 8GB of music, the max available memory on an iPhone

iPods still have that cool factor

iPhones are gonna be that much cooler

iPods don’t make phone calls, load the world wide web, and definitely don’t have a 3.5″ screen

$349.99 is a lot of money for the 80GB iPod video (I’m poor)

$499.99 & $599.99 is a lot more money for the 4GB and 8GB iPhone, respectively (did I mention I’m poor?)

When the iPhone is released, chances are good that the iPod will see a price drop shortly thereafter

C’mon…it’s an iPod…how freakin cool would that be, if not slightly late in the game (first iPod in 2001?)

Dude, iPhone

Such a tough decision. What do ya’ll think?

 

This is a real time sucker.

I’ve finally found something to do when I’m not watching Lost.

Note: Only click the following link if you have copious amounts of time and brainpower to spare and you need a new vice. Seriously.

weffriddles

 

Fathers, be good to your daughters…

It’s a girl!!! Nellie and I went in on Friday and had our ultrasound. We got some great pictures of her face, heart, feet and hands that I’ll try and get scanned in before too long. Take a look at our registry if you feel so led.

 

There are no bad places, only bad other things.

New Window 026

Originally uploaded by jguthner.

Finally something pretty. Go Tucson!

 

Just found this on a buddy o' mine's myspace blog and thought I would pass it on. It's where I'm at.

"I've come to the conclusion that each day is over sooner than the day before it. Before long, and at times it seems to have happened aleady, the day will be over before it begins. I honestly have to say that this frightens me at times. Maybe it is because as time goes on I've managed to fill each day with the things I must do, leaving little, if any, time for the things I'd like to do. How did this happen?
When I was young, I remember the eternity of time between breakfast and lunch. My brother and I spent that time enriching ourselves with activities such as damming up the creek, setting fire to the alfalfa fields, climbing trees, jumbing off barn roofs, inspecting every crank and gear of the trucks and tractors filling our machine shed. We found time to spot bumble bees and follow them from flower to flower until we became distracted by beetles scurrying under rocks and leaves. Soon, bored of such activities, we would check out the spot in the barn that we found the day before where one of the farm cats Butter Ball had just had a litter of kittens. Never mind that they were just a few days old, we scooped them up as if they were our very own, our personal playmates to pet and to cuddle. To throw onto roofs and tree branches, their tiny claws crasping the bark for dear life. After some time it would be apparent that the little kitties needed a break so leaving them to rest and to allow mother kittie to lick their wounds we would venture across the barnyard to our secret bomb laboratory. Here we would manufacture the worlds most clever and ingenious explosive devises using nothing but old tin cans, wire, and a few nuts, bolts and springs. The inginuity lay hidden within the simplicity of the devices. Nobody would ever be able to match our whit and cunning for we were the most powerful terrorists in all the world. And that was okay, terrorists were a figment of our own imagination anyway weren't they? Fortunately for the world, our mother stepped outside and the sound of the large brass lunch bell echoing across the vast expanse of farmyard cut short the final assembly of the devices ignition coil. This would have to wait until after lunch.
Looking back over time, it seems that as a child I'd accomplish as much in that time between breakfast and lunch as I do now in the span of a week if not longer. Could it be that the days truly are getting shorter? Or maybe it is simply that as a child I knew clearly what my priorities were. My every activity sought to accomplish but one simple goal. To enjoy my life during each and every moment. Where and when did I, we, go wrong? Society places on us an ever increasing number of challenges and standards and goals. Technology allows us to accomplish more and more each year and tells us that we must accomplish more than that or be left in the dust. Yet the human being remains the same. When does it end? Society teaches us that to reach our goals and to be truly "happy" we must first accomplish this, this, and this and a little more of that. Before long, "this" and "that" have dominated our lives so much so that we no longer have time to begin, let along to enjoy, those things that "this" was supposed to allow us to obtain in the first place. What were those things anyway? It's a terribly vicious cycle and I'm not quite sure how to break it. But I do know that I'm done waiting for the things that enrich my life to fall into my lap. I'm going to have to take the initiative one tiny step at a time. Fullfilment, remember me? I'm that little five year old kid you last saw so many years ago."

 

You’re a….heart breaker….dream maker

So I find out that the stereo I won off e-bay was NOT the one that it says it was. Turns out that it was from an '02 Suzuki, not an '03 and they're not compatible in any way. Bollocks.

 

I just uploaded some of my photos I've taken over the years. I ran out of time, so more to come, but in the meantime, feel free to look @ the "collection" on my flickr page. Link on the left toolbar.
J

 

Gettin back in the groove

I’m starting to reconnect with people. I kinda dropped off the scene there for awhile. One by one I’m finding people. I’m calling, writing, finding people online…it’s nice to begin to feel like a normal person that has friends again. I was really cut off from everyone when I was in Basic, and now that I have a bit more freedom to talk to my friends, I feel like everybody has changed. Actually, it is probably me that has changed. Everyone else is probably (for the most part) the same. I look at things differently now. Civilians are so odd. They process things with whole different mindset. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not judging them in a bad way, it just seems like this experience is helping to expose me to a bigger picture. Believe me, I’m not “buying in” to everything by any means. I don’t have to like the people in charge to be able to do my job well. I don’t even have to necessarily like what it is that I’m doing. (Luckily, for the Air Force and me, I do so far) I believe that I can be excellent regardless of leadership or peer failure.
In other news, school is already grueling, as is my new schedule, which I’ll be on for the next 6 months. Monday through Friday I go to class from 1430 (that’s 2:30PM for all you yahoos) till about 2330 or midnight. Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have physical fitness from 0930 till 1130. About the only free time we have is the weekends, but luckily for us, they are totally free. This coming weekend will be the first I’m able to get off base on civilian clothes, so I’m looking forward to that. Nellie should be moving out here with me in the next few weeks…that will be a huge plus. I’m sick of this dorm life stuff. I thought I was done with it when I left college and got married. I’m pretty sure this isn’t the way that marriage was intended to be spent…apart. She’s doing alright, just spending time with her family, but I think they’re all driving each other slowly insane. I would hate to think what would happen if you took me away from my wife and threw me back in my parents house along with my older sister, who’s also been on her own for about 10 years (Nellie’s got an older brother that’s also living with them at the moment) and tried to make us a “family” again. Not that we’re not still family, but we interact differently now. I’ts intended to be that way. Anyway, off to iron my uniform and get ready for class…2 mini tests today, one tomorrow and then a big one on Wednesday…time to study.

 

hmmmm

It’s a strange feeling to have run out of time.

 

freakin

Gettin’ nervous, with only a little less than 36 hours left till departure. To all who read this and care, please look after my better half while I’m gone. Don’t let her slip through the cracks. Thanks. Thank you, my community for your support. Thank you, my family for your acceptance of my decision. Thank you, my wife for unending patience with me and loving me every day. I will do my very best for all of you while I’m away. Keep me in your prayers and write often…Nellie will be posting up my address on the forum as soon as I know it and can make a phone call. (Probably 2 weeks or so) Love you all dearly. Blog, I’ll see you in a couple months. Till then…