The debate rages on! Someone at lunch today brought up the fact that AT&T was thinking about dropping the cost of a 8gb 3g Iphone to $99.  (I did mention that an 8gb refurb was available for $99 just last month). Anywho, I believe he said “$99 who wouldn’t get one?” I of course spoke up immediately and stated I would not. I wouldn’t even consider it. He questioned why, and I stated that 8gb is simply not enough storage space for everything I would want to store on it. (Not to mention, I do not like the virtual keyboard and would prefer a real keyboard for texting and such). For me, I would want to use the functionality of the Iphone to its fullest. Music, Photos, Video, email, web browsing, etc etc.

Of course what takes up the most space would be Music, Photos, and of course Video. Now I don’t know how much music the average person has, I like to think I fall in the middle somewhere.  Currently I have about 1400 songs on my Ipod Touch which I bought around Christmas time. I haven’t quite uploaded my entire music library on to it yet, but I plan to when I get around to it. I also have a few full length movies: Wanted, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Independence day. As for photos, currently I have 652. All this coupled with a few Apps gets me to just under 8gbs. So if I had opted for a 8gb Ipod touch, I would be pretty close filling it up right about now. (In just over 2 months!)

We had another coworker join us at the table and he has an 8gb Iphone. He stated that for him that was plenty of room. He has about 300 songs and about 8 full length episodes of the Office (some of which are 1hr episodes). He stated that he doesn’t feel the need to upload his entire music library on to his Iphone b/c he stores all his music on a server so he can just add and remove as he pleases. So for him, perhaps the 8gb Iphone is enough.

However, for someone like me, I would rather not go through the hassle of adding and removing songs on my Itouch.  While I do not think I would EVER in one sitting listen to all 1400 of my songs, I do like knowing that they are there and I can listen to them whenever I want. Unfortunately I can’t predict the day before or the day of, what I will want to listen to. Different moods strike me at different times and for those of you that know me, you know that I listen to ALL kinds of music. From classical to contemporary, from showtunes to rap… Alternative… Pop… Country… Movie Scores… etc, etc. There’s no way I could pick what to upload!

So for me, I love my 32gb Itouch. As of right now I’m not worried about running out of room anytime soon. Perhaps I probably could’ve done with a 16gb, but I got such a good deal on my 32 gb, that it pretty much cost the same as a 16gb.

While the debate can rage on, I think in the end it depends on the person’s situation and needs. But to make blanket statements such as “Who WOULDN’T get an 8gb Iphone for $99?” … well I just think that’s ludicrous.

Do you ever wonder why people behave the way they do in social environments? Not social events like a party, but settings like the office or school where you have less control over who you have to interact with. Outside of these places you choose the people you want to associate with. But in these environments you are forced to work with people you may not normally “choose” to socialize with.

How do you react in these situations? Do you pretend to enjoy their company? Do you make it known you have a problem with them? How do you want people to treat you? In other words… which is the is the lesser of two evils… a dick head or a poser (better known to my circle as a “not friend”)?

Most recently I’ve had to deal with a dick head and I’ve gotta say, I think that I prefer the “not friend”. I think I’m an easy going person for the most part. I can get a long with just about anybody and unless someone has “wronged” me then I normally don’t have a problem with them. And even then, I tend to forgive and forget quite easily. I’ve had “not friends” before… you know the ones… only nice to ya cause they need something… Need a ride… need to copy your DN’s… need to borrow some cash… or maybe they don’t need anything, they just feel that it’s a waste of energy to hate on someone even if they necessarily don’t ‘click’ with you. These are the people who are nice as hell to you to your face. But as soon as you’re outta ear shot anything goes. At least with these people you know what to expect. You know to keep your guard up and you know not to let yourself get taken advantage of. And the great thing is, if you have to see them a lot, the relationship is civilized. You can talk, joke around… you can live w/o wondering what it is you did to make them hate you or not like you… it’s not thrown in your face.

But the dick heads… oh the dick heads. You can’t even be around these people. They go completely out of their way to show you how much they despise you. They roll their eyes if they make eye contact with you… they get off the elevator if they you are on there with them. Or if they see you on the elevator they don’t get on at all. If you’re walking toward them, they purposely turn around and start walking the other way. I mean come on! Is this really necessary? You try as best you can to ignore it, but the longer it goes on the more you start to wonder… what did I do? am I really that repulsive? You start being down on yourself but then you realize… He’s the one being the dick head! Unfortunately there’s nothing that can be done with these people because they think they are right and justified in their actions. And until these people learn to grow up you just have to ignore them and accept them to be the dick heads that they are.