Friday, November 21, 2008

The STORM has come


Today Rodney entered, and I quote him, "a new level of geekdom". He got up early (5:00am) and went to the Verizon store to stand in line for the new Blackberry Storm phone that was released today. He has only done that one other time, last year when we got a hot tip on the shipment of a couple Wii's, and he went and sat for hours to get one for the kids for Christmas. Today he arrived and was the third in line. The guy in front of him was a big nerd I guess. Rodney felt nerdy just being there. Then the guy actually peed his pants waiting in line. Rodney felt so bad for him, but said he did not seem to mind. The store only got in 6, and the store is one of the biggest in the metroplex, so it will be in higher demand than we thought. His contract ran out a few months ago, and Verizon has been hounding him to sign a new one, so he got a SWEET deal on it. He paid $100 while others in the store were paying $400. He is not sure how he likes it yet, but I think he will end up loving it. He has needed to get e-mail on his phone for quite sometime. I think he will realize that by having his e-mail with him all of the time he will be even more free to be out and about and playing. All he really needs to work is his phone and e-mail, and now he has it all on one device. He feels a bit cool, and a bit nerdy. I think he is the cutest, coolest nerd around.

2 comments:

AKA Rosa said...

Oh . . . I am so glad that is was SOOOO warm this morning for standing out in line. What a blessing that is. I can't believe that guy "Had and Accident"! That is so sad. Totally made Rodney look way cooler though!! Thanks for the good morning giggle!

Alicia said...

I can totally see Rodney sitting next to you while you blog playing with his phone for hours. I'm glad he got the phone he wanted. It's a thrill to stand in line and do stuff like that!