Ephemera

Recent events in the life of HP have provided further evidence to support the claim that cell phone companies need to be more proactive in developing products that do not break down and refuse to function properly when introduced to quantities of water and other liquids.

As some of you will recall, my old Samsung died after an unfortunate run-in with a drunk kickballer and a pitcher of cheap beer. It was for the best, as I was overdue for buying a new phone anyway.

However, it is totally unacceptable that the pink Razr that I purchased as a replacement not four months ago should meet a similar end when accidentally dropped into a sink full of water. Beer, I can understand. It does terrible things to your liver after all, so it makes sense that it might also disintegrate SIM cards and batteries. But water? Water is supposed to be clean and healthy and revitalizing. Not being the type to dwell over electrical matters, there is probably some technical nuance here that I am missing (scratch that, there certainly is). But it seems unfair to the legions of cell phone consumers out there that Motorola is too busy trying to place iTunes on their phones that they'd neglect something as basic as durability.

When I went to purchase the pink Razr, I unwisely laughed at the sales person who encouraged me to invest in the 5 dollars a month for phone insurance. Who's laughing now?

In other news, I heard from British boy, who expressed an interest in hanging out again. Methinks a slight crush might be developing.