You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone

November 20th, 2006 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0) |

Those close to me know that I am a text messaging fiend. It’s a good thing that text messaging is a part of my cellular plan, because I send an average of 20+ texts a day, and sometimes that’s on the light side. I didn’t used to like text messaging, but then I discovered how to use the T9word¹ function and there was no looking back. Texting is just such a beautiful and convenient form of communication.

Sunday afternoon, however, my phone totally freaked out. I was at a recital and because my phone already sucks and makes noise when it’s on silent or vibrate, I decided to just turn it off and not risk the embarassment. When I turned the phone back on, the outside screen worked fine, but the inside/important screen was all blue and has been since. The good news? I can still make/receive calls and use my phone as a timepiece. The bad news? I can’t read any text messages I get, and sending them is nearly impossible. I have five just sitting in my inbox as we speak, begging to be read and responded to.

I’ll take my phone in to Verizon during Thanksgiving break. They’ve been good about these sort of things in the past, like replacing my phone for free when I fell off a trailer landed on it two and a half months ago. I don’t really care what they do, as long as I can send text messages again.

1. If you don’t know what T9 is, or you don’t use it… get on the train, and now. T9 uses an algorithm to determine the most common word corresponding to the numbers you push. Brilliant. ↩