life according to wesley

Wesley is my Blackberry. I am the only person that still has one, this I am aware. We have been having many discussions about switching to iphones (right? I said I'd never convert but this berry has been a pain in my ass), but for now I hang out with Wesley, (named after Wil Wheaton's character on Star Trek: Next Gen) and he needed a photo purge, so that is what goes here. Life as of late.












Those side ones rule.

just me and the blackberry

So apparently I'm the only person in the universe that still uses (and loves) a Blackberry Smartphone. Can the Blackberry even be referred to as a Smartphone? According to my husband the only reason it qualifies is because it has an app store, and I'll admit, the apps aren't that fancy. However, my dedication to Blackberry has never faultered since I got my first Pearl in 2008. I hated that phone but I loved the operating system, I only started loving the phone when I upgraded to a Curve the next year. That lasted quite a while, and in 2010 I replaced it with Zack's old Bold which lasted until about two weeks ago (he'd had it at least a year prior to me taking it over). That's a pretty good track record, I'd say. I had little problems with it besides the occasional sticking of the trackball, and overall I've been completely satisfied.

Now I'm starting to change my tune.

I hate that I'm even thinking this about my beloved Blackberry but I've been so disappointed for the last week that it's easy that I start to wonder if maybe I should move with the world to an Andriod or an Iphone (more than likely the former, Mac's and I do not get along). Honestly, touch screens kind of freak me out (yes I have a kindle, so what?) but eventually I think I'm going to have to make the move.

I started thinking this on Monday. Even after the Bold decided to die on my birthday I wasn't really that upset. That phone had really run it's course. You could throw it across the room and it would still work so when it finally decided to just turn off, never to turn on again, I was bummed but I understood. I was due for an upgrade anyway so Zack went online and ordered me the new Curve. When it arrived I was instantly in love. It was so much smaller and sleeker than my previous phone, it had more features and it ran so wonderfully. I knew I had to treat this new Berry with love an affection. I named it WesleyBerry after my favorite Star Trek: TNG character, Wesley Crusher because I ordered a very amazing skin to go on it as seen below.



This skin made quite the buzz on twitter, it was actually retweeted by Mr. Wil Wheaton himself after Zack posted about it. That's a big deal, yo. I was feeling very optimistic about this lovely Berry.

Monday after a long session at the gym, my phone was running a little slow. Thinking nothing of it I decided to perform what we Berry users call a "hard reset" meaning we pull the batter and it resets without deleting information. Kind of a reboot, if you will. Well I did that and the system restarted. Once it finished instead of chiming and bringing me to my homescreen it restarted...again. And again, and again, and again. I can't tell you how many times this cycle went on but after about 2 hours I took it into the store. I'd tried a factory reset, I'd tried charging it, I couldn't figure out why WesleyBerry had decided to leave me so soon. At the store I was informed they would be sending me a new one in two days. Oh the joys. It wasn't so much being without a phone (honestly I hardly missed it) it was more the fact that I was annoyed that after less than a week the phone had shorted. I've had good luck with phones overall so maybe this was just my time?

This did give me time to ponder if maybe it will be time soon to move away from the Blackberry into another market? So many have tried to push me in the Iphone/Andriod direction and I haven't wanted to even entertain the idea but maybe it is time? Or maybe it's too early for me to make a decision. I'm going to give this new Berry an honest try and see where I fall in the next while.

Sorry to disappoint, Blackberry gal 4-ever.

to boldly go...

Gene Roddenberry d. October 24, 1991

Roddenberry with Jonathan Frakes
via google images

I have to admit, I'm a relatively new Star Trek fan, but I can't help but acknowledge the death of one of the most brilliant creators of our time. Gene not only created an excellent television series which spawned several successful spinoffs, but he created an entire culture...a world if you will. A world that I am completely enveloped in.

Growing up I did watch the occasional episode of Deep Space Nine, but I'll be honest. I really didn't enjoy it too much. I only watched because a neighbor of a girlfriend of mine would only let us play with her if we played Star Trek. Now being the cool, older girl we envied, we happily obliged (they always made me be Deanna Troi, I didn't appreciate it at the time and now I regret that).

After meeting, falling in love with and marrying Zack, I sort of knew that the Trekkie life would be revisted, I just didn't realize it would have the impact that it did. When the entire series of Next Generation showed up on Netflix, Zack was more than eager to watch it all and of course he wanted to drag me along. Reluctant I sat down and watched the Pilot and was bored to tears, I'm not even kidding. And then, something happened. I watched the second episode, the one where they're all infected with something...that makes them appear drunk. It was absolutely hilarious and brilliant and I was completely hooked from that moment on.

I'm an avid Wesley Crusher fan, I think Data is the smartest Andriod alive and I have submitted my application to Starfleet Acadamy (after I graduate Hogwarts, of course). Needless to say if you've never been a fan, try Next Generation, you may be surprised.

Engage.