iPhone

Was stolen, yesterday. Okay, probably better to say "stolen" (quotes key) because, well I basically said to the world of thieves when I left it on our front steps in front of our apartment "Take me, I do not want this anymore. It's a free iPhone. All you have to do is PICK IT UP and IT NOW BELONGS TO YOU" So, I can't exactly claim capital S, stolen. Nonetheless, I am without iBrain today, and am blogging from my good ole fashioned desktop.

What made it worse, was that I went to bed resided in the knowledge that it was indeed gone and that I had better just get some sleep, and deal with it in the morning. As luck would have it, I dreamt that I had found it, and was with a brunette woman who looked like a cross between Rachel Bilson, J, and someone else.

Needless to say, when I woke up and realized not only had it been stolen, but I had temporarily convinced myself (thanks brain!) that I found it, and had to re-realized it was gone AND in a state of sexual frustration by the arousal from my dream, I was burnt and salty this morning.

The more things change, the more they stay the same, is ringing bells.


Around 6 today, I'll be going to get a used (new to me) 3GS from a guy who is selling his to have money for the 4th Gen iPhone that comes out in a few weeks. In a week's time, I'll be laughing at how I got an upgraded iPhone for $250.00, and how It All Worked Out™


For the time being, I am going to reflect on how I could have prevented it.

First of all, there is MobileMe. Second of all, Apple just released a new app for the iPhone called Find My iPhone, that tracks via GPS the location of the handset. On another device, iPhone or iPad, it's possible to locate where the 'stolen' device is, among other things like remote reset, and locking the phone completely.


This is the kind of thing that reminds me what shits people can be. I spend most of my time blissfully unaware of just how desperate people are, as a rule. And given the chance, people will take advantage of a situation without hesitation. I spend my energy focused on the goodness in people, but that is not to the exclusion that desperate people do not make good choices, they make desperate choices. I am grateful I can so easily afford to 'upgrade' my phone today. I am thankful that I have the resources to better my situation without having to prey on someone else. Some people are not that lucky. All I can think is, whomever felt it was worth it to steal my phone, is in a much more desperate place than I am, and deserves my pity because they are living a sad life, one that is hinged on 'I better take this because if I don't I can't get what I need' which is pathetic and worthy of sympathy in it's own right.

Nevertheless, I am sad.
And angry.
It sucks when this kind of thing happens. But it happens.
Better my iPhone than a leg or a finger or a tooth.