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I Things

The conversation at the Apple Store went as follows:

Me: Okay, I have a MacBok Pro.

Igor: What are you running? 

Pause here. 

Igor: You know, Snow Leopard, Lion, Skunk (He listed a bunch of anmals)

Right here, I knew I was in trouble. 

"Let me start again, cause my question is really about my iPad."

"iPad 1 or 2?"

Igor was vaguely interested. He glanced around the store and answered whoever spoke to him on his earpiece and punched stuff into his GPS like device AND spoke to me. Multi-tasking.

"It's white, does that help?" That's me again.

"No." Now Igor began searching for another customer.

"Listen, Igor, the last time I spent a weekend in this store trying to purchase an iPod, they told me that all the music came from iTunes and that I needed to sync the iPad and the iPod and the MacBook and then use iTunes to iGet the stupid iSongs from the iNet. Is that right?"

We were way off grid for Igor. "Have you made an appointment at the genius bar? They can help you."

"You can help me!" I actually grabbed his iForearm; he looked at my iHand, startled and confused. "I want to sync. I just need to sync. I've been in here three times and everyone tells me I need to sync, so just tell me how to sync and I'll leave."

He then talked about USB ports and apple paswords and accounts and the surface temperature of Minsk. I don't like to get upset. But I need it simple. This iCord in this iHole and press this iButton.

"So do you have an iSheet with directions that I can take home and follow? A syncing sheet?"

"No."

I spun and left Igor. I am not in sync. I can't download anything. My iTunes is as useless as my iDevices and my iBrain can't figure out what iGor was trying to tell me. I am sure that all my wonderful iThings are fantastic.

But right now, I'm quite tired of any technical device that starts with a little i.

Quotable

What makes us human is not our mind but our heart,

Not our ability to think, but our ability to love.

                                        Henri Nouwen

TWISTED Tour Stop!

How do you define the “Best Night Ever?” Does going on a mini shopping spree, having dinner out, and seeing your favorite music act live in concert sound like it would do the trick? If so, read on!

 

To celebrate the release of, TWISTED, the third book in her Intertwined series featuring Aden Stone, Gena Showalter is rocking out with her author buds on The TWISTED Tour. The tour spans almost two weeks and 11 author websites, including this one, from August 22nd through September 2nd. The Grand Prize winner will be awarded all the essentials for a perfect night out, including:

 

- $250 Ticketmaster Gift Card

- $100 American Eagle Outfitters Gift Card

- $100 Visa Gift Card for Dinner

- Glam Urban Decay Makeup Gift Set

 

A Second Prize winner will receive an autographed set of Gena’s Intertwined series, including INTERTWINED, UNRAVELED and TWISTED.

 

HOW TO PLAY: Visit www.knightagency.net/twistedtour.php and check the tour schedule. Visit the sites of each author on their assigned tour date and locate the concert ticket image.

 

At the end of the tour, fill out the form on the aforementioned TWISTED Tour contest webpage by matching the images you found to the authors’ websites that they were located on before Sunday, September 4th at 11:59pm ET. The winners will be randomly drawn and notified on or around September 9th, 2011.

 

Good Luck & ROCK ON!

 

TWISTED Tour Author Quiz: When I Was a Teen…

1. What did you do during your “Best Night Ever” as a teen?

Seriously? I know the statute of limitations has run out on that night, but you couldn't pry it out of me.

2. What musical act topped the charts?

Prince. Appearing at First Avenue. Toughest ticket in town. Didn't help that he was local.

3. What was the most overused expression by you and your friends?

I'm thinking um or uh. Come to think of it, those are still my most overused expressions.

4. What did you think you would be when you “grew up?”

Anything but bald. That's a tragic irony.