for the love of iphone

happy valentine's day!
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

i was completely surprised and pleased to open up a box that looked like a handmade stereo pinhole camera to find this. mike bought me an iphone! it was only the weekend before that i was drooling over the one my cousin--a guy who is barely in college--justin has. not that i really need a new phone, but i've had the same one since before mike and i started dating, and have been considering getting a new one.

at first, i felt guilty and nervous for accepting such an extravagant gift. even the protective case and plastic screen that i bought for it was ridiculously expensive (i dropped another $50 at the apple store for those. cheap plastic, did it really need to be that much? i felt gouged and my fears of imperfections on such a lovely phone manipulated.). that he got a deal on it and bought it off one of his co-workers did not really quell said nervousness. it seems like such a luxury beyond the utility of a mobile phone to have the internet at your fingertips always and among other things that i hope i put it to good use. i've since moved beyond some of the guilt into pleasure and am loving it. thanks mike.

p.s. the only downside (and surprise) is that safari moble doesn't have a flash player. what? i tried to watch a video, and was disappointed to instead see a little plugin icon in its place. there's some indication that it is eventual. still. this thing is made for video on the web, and a lot of video on the web is played through flash. how can it not support it?