Dream Geography

Wed, 02 Jan 2019 14:18:24 GMT

Last night's dream was a bit odd, even for my usual dreamscapes.

I found myself traveling to a non-specific area of Italy for some sort of conference. I was there with my best friend and others. Everyone in the area spoke English with no accent. We were there to see a disbanded comedy troupe who was having a reunion.

While I was waiting for the reunion, I decided to go to Ireland, which was apparent in the adjacent country (see, I said it was weird) and in walking distance. I had done this before apparently, as there was an Irish bookstore that had some comic books and other things I wanted to check out again. I put the address in my iPhone and started walking to the bookstore.

I was walking down this hill when I dropped my phone, watching it literally bounce and slide down the hill toward the street. I tried chasing after it, but watched it go into the road where a semi truck ran over it, causing it to bounce and shoot back up the hill and slide down again.

Finally down at the bottom of the hill, I picked up my phone and found it was okay. No cracked screen, no damage, etc. I was shocked. An Irish gent who saw the whole thing commented that he couldn't believe what that phone went through.

Running late, I ended up back in Italy at a small theater to see the comedy troupe. Before the show started, I work up.

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iPhone X

Fri, 26 Oct 2018 02:33:56 GMT

I've had my iPhone 6s for more than a couple of years now. I've not had a lot of problems with it, though the last major software update I did on my phone knocked out several favorite apps, but that's not Apple's fault or mine. Now I'm not the person who has to have the latest thing, but I went to the Apple Store today to take a look at the new iPhones.

Whenever I go to the Apple Store I feel like a kid in a candy store. I want a new laptop, a new iPad, an Apple Pen, a new Mac Mini, etc. Everything is so new and so colorful. I only need several thousand dollars to get everything I want with the memory I want.

Assisted by a furry namesake Genius, I broke down and bought a 256 GB iPhone XS. No pressure sales tactics, it just seemed to suit my needs. In fact, Marc the Apple Genius actually talked me out of buying a new iPad after I told him that I rarely used the one I bought seven years ago. He's a married man with two kids and he understands that sometimes people may buy things unnecessarily. I decided to put the idea of a new iPad on the backburner until my tax return shows up next year.

After putting a major dent in my savings account, I left for home with my new iPhone. It took me a while to figure out how to transfer the apps and data over to it, as it involved updating the software on my desktop at home and iTunes. Then I spent several hours waiting for the apps to finish downloading.

While having the new iPhone is pretty fun so far, I now wonder what to do with my old phones, as I now have three of them. I may convert the most recent to an iPod for the gym.

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Dream Geography

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