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Why, I ask, can I post in html from my G1's webbrowser, yet I can't just got to compose and post a blog. Now, don't get me wrong, I am extremely pleased with the G1, and this is just a minor annoyance, but how is it that a phone that is based on Gooogle's Android mobile OS cannot function with a part of a site that is owned and ran by Google? It isn't a flash based site, and the html editor works, so why the compose editor doesn't work really has me confused.

While I'm on the subject of the G1, I noticed that Opera Mini is now available in the market place, so I decided to download it and give it a shot because I was a pretty big fan of it on my Blackberry Pearl, and I figured it couldn't hurt to try it on here. I hate to say it, but I was wrong. The performance of the browser is really laggy, and the zoom feature doesn't work on all sites (this one is a perfect example). On top of that, it loads mobile versions of several sites (Gizmodo and Cracked are two good examples). I'll be uninstalling Opera and that troubles me a bit. I've been a fan of Opera for some time now, but this is putting a sour taste in my mouth for future iterations of anything Opera related and I don't know if I'll give any future version of Opera Mini (beta version or not).

Hello? Is this thing on?

Since starting this, I've strayed away from my original purpose to document my path to finding faith(or lack thereof). However, I've since decided to make this a more personal blog on all things in my life. So, without anymore preamble, I'm going to talk about something that has me really excited(besides my upcoming wedding, and the engagement pictures that just got taken this past week).

No, this is something more, oh, I don't know silly, I guess, to some people. I'm talking about the new T-Mobile G1 phone. Why, you might ask, does a simple cell phone have me so excited? Well, for starters, it marks the first phone to compete nearly head on with with iPhone. In just pre-orders alone, T-Mobile has sold out their entire first round, then the second - it got to the point that you would get a G1 quicker if you just waited and went to a T-Mobile store when it comes out. This might not seem like a big deal to some people, but believe me, it is.

For the first time in my college career, I dropped a class halfway through a semester. I just couldn't take it - it was leagues above me and I was struggling to even comprehend what was happening.

You see, this semester I am/was taking General Chem 1, Calculus 1, Intro to programming (Java), and Calc based Physics 1.

The school says that the calc course and the physics course can be taken concurrently, but I disagree. For some people, they may be able to take them at the same time, but when I'm supposed to be using things in the physics class that I haven't even been taught yet in the calc class, something seems to be off kilter.

I got a 61% on my first exam, and struggle to even barely comprehend what goes on in lab. So, last night after trying unsuccessfully complete homework and study for a quiz, I decided it would be best for me to drop the class. Doing so gives me a W for the course, but I figure I can explain a W, but I couldn't explain an F.

I guess it just came to a point where I had to admit defeat and back out gracefully.

I need to actually write in here once in a while.

The past few weeks have been rough for me - I've been in bit of a depression and am just now getting over it. I don't want to get into that right now, though. Maybe later. Maybe never.

Something I do want to talk about, however, is how much my musical tastes have changed in the past couple of years. I used to be really into a lot of what I'm going to call pseudo-punk, pseudo-hardcore, and well, emo, stuff. One song, covered by one guy, at one show, really changed that.

It's strange, too. A song that, if I had heard it two years ago, would have scoffed at it for trying too hard, sung by a guy who is in a band I liked up until their recent album and even the demos that leaked before it. There was just something though, that changed in me, when I heard "Oh Comely" for the first time. Covered by Jesse Lacey it's a song that forces you to listen, to not hear, but actually listen. When Jesse sings the his standards from Brand New, his voice makes my skin crawl, but there was just something about this song, that I had never heard before, that just caused me to pause. It was different, and I needed to know more.

The day after the show, I googled the lyrics, and thus discovered Neutral Milk Hotel, who have since become one of my favorite bands. I only recently discovered them, so by no means would I act as though I'm the first person to ever hear of them, nor will I act as though Jeff Mangum is the most brilliant writer that I've ever heard. What I will say, though, is that no matter how many times I listen to this album from beginning to end, I never tire of it. On Avery Island is a great album, too, but it just hasn't had the same impact on me.

After NMH, I found or gave another chance to bands that I had before checked off as too indie for me. I guess, in a way, one song opened my eyes to things that I would have never bothered with before, and I am thankful for that.