I edited out the rude parts... ie the parts where I swore angrily about customer service individuals.

I just switched to Cingular.

California, and San Geronimo Valley in general, are different than Chicago and Illinois in terms of useful cell phone companies. It seems that the west in general is just useless if you have Nextel. My phone doesn't have service period in the Valley (where I work and live) and drops calls constantly in the suburbia area (where I house sit).

Apparently Cingular is the only thing that provides close-to reliable service in the Valley (and they're very honest about coverage on their website - it shows a graded service map, rather than just an all over "we have service here" kind of map. So the Valley is "moderate" but San Anselmo/San Rafael are "good" and "best". So that's good.

Anyway, I've been calling Nextel a lot- last week and the past couple days. Friday they put in a technical ticket or something so that someone would actually come out to the area and figure out the problem - basically, would it be possible for them to provide me service? Should they build a tower? Would it be financially lucrative blah blah blah. I don't actualy know that that's what they were doing, but it sounded like it.

As instructed, I called back yesterday and the woman told me "nope, no service!", transfered me, and then the cancellation lady tried to tell me that I would have to pay the $200 early termination fee. Bullshit. I hung up.

Today I got a message from Nextel, a follow up on customer satisfaction. So of course I called back- I wasn't fucking satisfied! And the woman was all "oh, yeah we don't charge a cancellation fee if you're not getting service - that gets waived. When you do figure out when you're going to cancel, and someone tries to charge the fee, tell them to look at the reference on 10/24" or something to that effect.

So hell yeah, that stupid brat yesterday. I'm not paying that crap!

Yeah so I switched to Cingular but I signed up via www.wirefly.com... a free Razr. It's pink. Yes, it was a bit of an impulsive "wow that looks cool" kind of phone purchase, but it's free. I am just so sick of this clunky gross phone and I want something small that fits in my pocket and flips! Like my last phone (oh how I miss it). I probably should've gotten black or silver or blue though, something less adolescent and easier to match with things. Oh well, I want to look like a prissy little brat with my PINK RAZR. (not really).

Oh my god did I just try to accessorize with a cell phone?? "easier to match with things"??? Am I wearing around my neck or on a belt clip?!? Good god I AM turning into a prissy brat. Emery board, Coach wallet (and purse, occassionally), pink razr... now I just need to get the dirt and berry pieces out from under my nails.

Back to the point, though I'm not sure there ever actually was one, this will also be my first adventure with a CAMERA PHONE. Maybe if you send me presents I will send you pictures. Deer sleeping next to the backyard door, the quail I scare up when I water plants (with their little feather hat thingies! oh I sound like a real scientist...), redwood trees, whatever.