Finally, AT&T figured it out. I called up this morning and told them I still had problems getting an iPhone and I convinced the guy to look at my account again for my “IRU” problems. He said something like, “IRU, huh? <type type type> OK, fixed.” I asked him if it would take another 24 hours to get it to Apple’s computer and he said, “No, just wait 15 seconds and you’ll be OK.” FIFTEEN SECONDS. Well, I figured that was something I hadn’t heard from any of the other AT&T guys, and I went back to the Apple Store and now I have my iPhone! (They had a bunch sitting there for sale today, too.) So now I’m trying to figure out what to load onto my iPhone. I guess I just crashed it!

Someone told me (again) that people in Oregon are stand-offish. Oregonians only hang out with people they went to high school with. This is a great theory since both of us native Oregonians do seem to hang out together, but a hell of a lot of people here are from all over. I can’t believe all the Minnesotans brought their high school friends with them, for example, just so they could form their own Minnesota clique. I’m just guessing she’s at that age where everyone else is a breeder and can only think of their kid and soccer camp and Lego camp and basketball camp and whatever else you use to distract your kid so they don’t drive you insane. If you don’t have a kid you end up hanging out with whatever psychopath is left or those people who had kids when they were 12 and are rid of their parental obligations until the grandkids come along. At least that’s my theory for today.