RED SOX GAME ON SATURDAY

Me & Amanda are going to the redsox game on Saturday!

We are sitting in section 109.. SICK seats.

Social networking overload

I have only had my new Verizon magic machine for less than 24 hours, and I am already being sucked into its tiny LCD world.

I got a tweet from Chris that read as follows:

ccchristopher@caitykauffman how many forms of Internet social connections is truly necessary? Text, pin, blog, tweet... I'm overwhelmed.

Its true. Society is completely reliant on electronic forms of communication.

I went to Chili's with Lee over the weekend, and as we devoured chicken fajitas (mine grilled, his buffalo.. seriously the best), we had this social networking breakdown. How the HELL did people get by thirty years ago without cell phones, internet or even those tacky early-'90s pagers??

Lee: "Seriously, when you were going to someone's house, you had to call them on their landline, ask for directions, and then write them down. Then, if you got lost, you have to pull over somewhere and call them on a freaking pay phone? No way dude, no way."

Even my dad, who is in his late sixties, was the one who was all about me joining him in the cult of the CrackBerry. He admits that now he can't imagine life without his BlackBerry & e-mail.

My list of social networking/communcation addictions & accounts:

-Cell phone
-Texting
-Facebook
-MySpace (not so often anymore.. but, true to form, I can't bring myself to delete it)
-iChat (AIM)
-E-mail (personal & school)
-Twitter
-Digg
-Blogspot
-Last.fm
-Linkd In
-BlackBerry messenger

whoa.

New Toy

I have no clue how I've lived 20 years without owning a BlackBerry Storm.

I swear to you, this phone could only be improved upon if it also did my laundry and drove me home from the bar at 2 a.m.

The touch/tap screen still takes some getting used to, though.

Today was the first, and only, time I've ever felt even semi-technologically baffled.

The first few times I made an attempt to send a text message, I was stabbing the screen with one finger the way an 80-year-old lady would. The first few texts I sent were only slightly comprehensible, but as time has gone (i.e. about 4 hours) on they are improving.

I downloaded a few cool apps: Pandora, Google, Twitterberry, Boston Red Sox newsfeed & Viigo.

If you're curious, here's some of the specs.

Buy one. Now. Waaaaaaay cooler than the iPhone.

Redship.com

Check out this website, Redship.com. Its a friend of my sister Heidi's. Its a really cool site where you can order care packages packed with snacks! They come stocked with things like Famous Amos cookies, microwave pop corn, Sunchips, Starbucks coffee, M&M's, Chex Mix, Trail Mix and any other sort of random snack.

There's even a neat healthy pack with raisins, granola bars and other yummy organic snacks.

Good gift idea to mention to your parents or other family members.

Super cute!

Today is something much bigger than 420

Today is the anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado.

I distinctly remember that day. I was nine and living in Iowa at the time. It was just two months before our family's move to Florida.

I had just gotten off the school bus after the last few days of the 4th grade, when I walked into the kitchen and saw my mother. She was watching the small television we had over the counter, and she was visibly upset. I remember seeing the television and seeing some of the images that are synonymous with Columbine even today.

Groups of students running out from the tan brick building, shielded by the SWAT team and police officers. Bloody victims hurling out of broken windows. People crying, news casters solemn.

It was the first time I can remember hearing the terrifying term, "school shooting."

To all of you celebrating "420" today, I challenge you to instead remember the victims of the 10 year anniversary of one of the most indelible marks on American history.

If you want to read more, check out this article by CNN.

"impeccable grammEr" is an oxymoron

I always randomly browse Craigslist for really no reason at all, and one posting I found was pretty amusing.

notice the part where it says "impeccable grammEr" is required. (FYI, its grammAr.)


ohhh the irony.