Cellphone!

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I got a Voicestream Prepaid 3390. Yes, yes, I’m well aware that a post-paid plan is far more cost-effective, but at this stage of transition I’m still not ready to deal with a regular monthly billing. Also, aside from text messaging, this phone is intended more for receiving calls rather than making them; I don’t plan to use very many minutes at all — only the minimum required to keep the prepaid line open, which will cost me far less than even the cheapest post-paid plan. For now, prepaid it is. But in the near future, I will be getting an income, and I will no doubt need the additional minutes and nationwide roaming of a post-paid subscription. That is when I will migrate to Voicestream’s 19.99 plan.

You know what’s really fun? The 3390 comes with AIM. My new AIM screen name is brownpaudotcom, but don’t expect me to be too available at all times; it costs 10 cents per message sent, just like SMS.

Sidebar Eaten

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I tried using MT to update my sidebar, and it got half-eaten. I should have saved a copy; gimme a few days to dig up an old backup. :P

(And, after seven years of use, my left rollerblade boot, which had already grown old and brittle, cracked wide open, rendering it unusable and unserviceable. I’ll need to buy a new pair. Some other time when I have money.)

Setting Crescent Moon

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Nope, no snow flurries overnight, but I was awakened at about 4am by the setting crescent moon hovering over the Capitol and shining in through my window from a clear night sky. Pretty. And with temperature climbing to the 50’s later today, maybe I’ll go out for a skate after all.

Daylight Saving Time! Have you set your clocks an hour forward yet?

Stargate and Snow Flurries

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I got to watch an episode of Stargate SG-1 today, and I actually enjoyed it. I even managed to forget McGyver for a few minutes.

Ooohh, temperature dropping to the upper 20’s, with a chance of light snow flurries. I don’t think I’ll be rollerblading tomorrow.

General Absolution

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Free Forgiveness for Catholics who go to confession and communion on April 7. Ah, so the confession and communion are requirements for forgiveness, and only on that specific day. How odd. I was under the impression that forgiveness of sin in confession is granted to a Catholic on any given day. ;)

How glad I am that the redemption of our souls by Jesus Christ is by His infinite grace and not the requirements of an earthly Law, else we would be powerless to save ourselves. That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

Gonna get a cellphone

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Argh. I missed a one-day temp job call yesterday because I was out at the NASM. Perhaps I should get a cellphone already. I’m thinking of getting Voicestream: they seem to have the best prepaid GSM plan, and the slightly higher price of prepaid calling is a fair tradeoff for my not being bothered with a monthly bill — just like my old Globe cellphone in Manila.

Archives Damaged

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I just looked over my archive, and a huge bunch of weblog entries have disappeared since I upgraded to MT2. That server hiccup last month must have damaged my DB more seriously than I thought. Dang.

Oh, well. I won’t be bitter. I’ve turned over a new leaf, and hopefully the Wayback Machine has kept copies of the old files.

Air and Space Museum

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More on the Rico Yan hubbub. Oh, man, not Levi Celerio too! How tragic. I got to see him play the leaf exactly once in my life, and I thought it was one of the coolest things in music I had ever heard.

Anyway, I visited the Air and Space today (so fun to have everything within walking distance!), and I was slightly disappointed. Last time I was there was over a decade ago — and not much has changed since then. Many of their aviation and space exploration exhibits need updating. That aside, I enjoyed getting a peek inside a Skylab mockup, the lunar lander, and a CCCP spacesuit.