Rampaging technology.

I'd probably be writing right now if I hadn't had to go get a phone. But I did, and the experience of insisting the phone was at the store and swapping out the SIM card and learning what was involved in everything wore me out enough I don't have the feeling of being capable of strong mental processes.

Tonight I retired my a Nokia 3150 - a brick of a phone that served me faithfully through high school, college, graduate school, and the first two years of post-grad living. And it still works fine - it doesn't hold a charge as long as it used to and the buttons are a little more recalcitrant to respond, but I've had it for ten years, it's to be expected. The only reason I have a new phone right now is because the network it uses got discontinued by the phone company. The frequency or the bandwidth or whatever isn't being supported since they're moving away from 2G to 4G and 5G. Not that I know what the G stands for. In any case, what I need to do before setting it aside completely is go through and copy all my old text messages from the phone to my computer. I've got some good memories in those.

What I have now is an LG Xpression. It was that, or the Pantech Swift, and the deciding factor above chassis color, visuals, usability, and country of manufacture was the feeling of the LG in my hands. It's got a bit more heft, a little more bulk, and it feels more like a phone.

I'm still getting used to it. And I'm taking the opportunity to clean out my contacts list - like I said, I've had it since high school, and I still have my older brother's dorm room from his sophomore year in college listed in there. What with the new year coming next week and all.

So if anyone wants me to have their contact number, shoot me a message, and it'll go in there.