Dancing with the Stars - the Widget

My new phone

It should be arrive in three to five business days.

Overview
The Pantech Duo is a Windows Mobile® 6 double slider phone. It features a 12-key numeric keypad and a QWERTY keyboard inside one impressively compact design. Stay in touch with email, Instant Messaging, plus Picture and Video messaging. Edit Microsoft Word®, or Excel® files and view PowerPoint® files with Microsoft® Office Mobile. Enjoy Music and Cellular Video capabilities at 3G broadband speeds. Utilize simultaneous voice and data--browse the web and talk at the same time. With the Duo's dual slider keypads and cool convertible design, it's nothing like you have ever seen!
Included Features
- Windows Mobile® 6.0 with Direct Push
- Dual slider keypads - Standard and QWERTY
- 1.3 megapixel camera with 4x zoom
- Bluetooth® Wireless capable with A2DP
- Edit Microsoft® Word or Excel files & view PowerPoint files
- AT&T Music, Billboard, Music ID, XM, Napster, Yahoo
- Cellular Video capable - Get news, sports, and video
- Microsoft® Office Outlook® Mobile and XpressMail capable
- Instant messaging using AOL®, Yahoo!® and Windows Live®
- Quad-band GPRS/EDGE with dual-band UMTS/HSDPA
- Internet Explorer Mobile for surfing the Internet
- Telenav Maps and Navigator(TM) support
- Windows Media® Player 10 Mobile
- MicroSD(TM) memory expands up to 2 GB
- Simultaneous voice and data capabilities
- Text, picture, and video messaging
- Simultaneous voice and data capabilities
- Communication Manager 6.5 supoort
- 5-way navigation key
- Speakerphone

Springtime

Springtime has been associated with rebirth and starting anew. This spring feels no different and yet it feels completely different.

Two weeks ago, my department moved into a new office. It's smaller, but gives us the space we need. We have less traffic through our space and I think that has been good for us. We even have a patio. It's great.

At the same, I've been doing a lot of committee work. Diversity week was last week and I helped out with some of the presentations. It was hard work, but it was a great experience. My friend, Carol and I are gearing up for our "reign" as Diversity Committee co-chairs and last week was like a baptism by fire. But it was good for us.

So...

Now I sit here thinking about the months ahead. I feel like this is going to be a great summer. I'm getting a dog and I'm really excited about. It's almost like I'm expecting my first child. I'm waiting until June to get the dog, but in the meantime, I have to start getting supplies.

It's all a lot to take in. But it's all exciting too.

Textbook Bitterness

I found this video today and I can safely say that all of us have felt this at one time or another.


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Alternative Spring Break: In Summary

I know I was supposed to write about my experiences at the before now. The truth is that I haven't had time and really, I haven't had the inclination. This experience was great and it had an inmeasurable impact on me. For the life of me I can't put into words exactly what I got out of the trip.

I will tell you this:

• I miss Marge and her great meals.


• I loved my campfire fried potatoes because my little Zambian family worked together to make them.


• I want a baby goat.


• We were sowing the seeds of love (smile Carol).


• I still don't want to go near Sloppy Joe.

Blogging

I've been hearing talk lately that blogging is going out of fashion. I hope that isn't true. I enjoy blogging and I enjoy reading blogs. I have to admit that I haven't been keeping up with my blog as of late. But trust me, I've had plenty on my mind.

School, of late, is a chore and drudgery to me. Not because I don't want to be there (which I don't), but more because I have over committed myself and I feel like I'm losing control over the situations in my life. As a closet control freak, I need to know how tomorrow is going to play out so I can plan accordingly. That doesn't seem to be happening for me this semester.

There's also the fact that I've taken on more at work than I can realistically handle. I'm having a hard time keeping all the balls in the air and I'm trying my best to maintain the smoke and mirrors. So far, it's working. But I have a feeling that if I keep up this pace, it'll burn me out.

Superlatives

I think that if you asked my friends, they would tell you that I'm "most likely to die while reaching for Purell".