She's in Parties

[tracker7]

Replaced the old Nokia yesterday - finally gave in to my rampant technofetishism and bought an iPhone. It is, in fact, a darned nifty piece of technology, and I've only barely begun to monkey around with it.

I would be much further along the iPhone's learning curve, but for a curious event last night. An old friend and I started zinging e-mails back and forth, then IMing, then phone calls. And we were on the phone together for a bit over six hours. Six hours. You know those people that were in your life way back when, but when you reconnect it's like the intervening time never happened? Yes. This. And over the course of the conversation, we opened up to one another, things going back to our teens, good, bad, ugly, involving ourselves and each other and other people, and I wound up spilling the entire godawful mess of S, from the first fleeting glance in 1988 to the final reciprocated contact attempt in 2005. We laughed and cried together. She told me her own heartbreaks and triumphs, and we joked and laughed. We finally called it a night around 6:30 this morning. Maybe meeting up this afternoon for more catching up and football and what-have-you.

I needed this. I've needed good exciting late-night conversation for a long, long time. I missed it more than I knew. This morning, I feel refreshed and somehow free of a millstone around my neck. I'm feeling darn good.

If only, y'know?

Comments

[tegyrius]

For function equivalent to the Palm's Notes, the best thing I've found so far is SyncBook. No USB sync - Apple doesn't let third-party developers use the wire - but it will sync to its desktop counterpart app over WiFi. Including, if you don't have a wireless router, an open wireless connection sharing port on your iMac.

Lux Touch is the good little free Risk equivalent I installed a while ago. I'm not so impressed with the "improved" Lux DLX because of performance and stability issues.

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

That is truly one of the most cathartic things in the world. I'm glad it happened for you.

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

It's helped break up a creative logjam today, too.

[rosepurr.livejournal.com]

Even better!!

[kinepela.livejournal.com]

I've missed those kind of connections. I'm glad you were able to enjoy it and get as much as you could form it.

also, i'm jealous of your iphone ;)

[tracker7.livejournal.com]

I didn't remember how good this could feel. And, since we're on the subject, my Yahoo IM and phone are always open to you.