B-A-N-A-N-A-P-H-O-N-E

Those in the know, currently nobody, knows:

I got a booty-call phone! It's the one that I am charging every female friend I have to etch its digits on the bathroom stalls, disguising handwriting as they go (because I don't need any rumors: just good references).

It's 305-97.... hmmm... maybe I'll hand it out OFFLINE.

The need for a new phone is because nobody's going to call Atlanta when they're here. The unusualness of the number in and of itself is enough, I think, to put people off. PLUS, looking for better work means I'll have to have a nice private 305 number to myself. Recruiters and headhunters will see 404 and go "404? Ah, I thought this guy was from Miami!" Not to mention the swarms of horny girlies who want what I've got and saw my number and then go, ah, nevermind.

Yeah.

Anywho, it's another prepay phone, though. I *could* have changed my existing phone's number, but I'm still in a 2 year contract. It'll be up in January, true, but I NEED IT NOW! *bites doorknob off*

Plus, this was DOG cheap. $30 + tax with Tracfone. I got a shitty Nokia 1100. It's a GSM phone, and Tracfone uses Cingular and/or T-Mobile. What happens depends on where you activate it. I activated it in an area with a stronger Cingular presence. So, it became a Cingular phone. Here's the kicker, though: T-Mobile network shares from Cingular, not the other way around, and one of the deals was that while T-Mobile can get radio towers outside of Cingular's zones, all Cingular customers get to have free switching and no roaming when the T-Mobile signal is the only one there. Not sure if all their customers get it, it may be for ESNs that were activated before a certain date.

The upshot is that I've got a hybrid Cingular/T-Mobile phone, that came with 20 free credits (1=1 minute in network, 2 minutes if I'm outside South Florida). Too bad I already used 5 to set up some crappy voice mail and spent .6 playing with text messaging from YIM.

Plus, when my Sprint contract is up, I'll consider getting a hyper-cool phone. Turns out the games I bought for my current phone I can't extract out into my computer. Trust me, I tried. But, as long as I'm a customer, and since I don't purchase licenses to games that expire, I can just download them into a new phone. Hopefully with better performance. I was staring at the MM-A880. Lushious.... I'm not really into phones, but maybe that's because I've never had an OMEGAPHONE. If I sign another 2 year contract I get $150, and if I turn in my old phone I get an additional $75.

I miss my old Virgin Mobile phone. That was my first. And you never forget your first. Hacking it to get free wireless internet was the bees knees, mac.

And, totally in line with phone talk:

You Are 30 Years Old

30 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

What Age Do You Act?