Apparently my phone called 911 a little bit ago. (At least, that’s their story.)

The phone vibrated once in my pocket. When I took it out to look at it, it was in a call. The conversation went something like this:

Me: Hello? 911: This is 911. Do you have an emergency to report? Me: No... 911: No, this is 911. Do you have an emergency to report? Me: No. 911: Did you call 911? Me: No. 911: Who had your phone? Me: Me. 911: Where was it? Me: In my pocket. 911: We received a call and then it sounded like buttons being pressed. Me: It must have dialed you itself. 911: So you have no emergency to report? Me: Nope. 911: Do you know how to lock your phone? Me: Yes, but when you lock it, it can still dial 9 1 and 0, noob. 911: STFU noob. You can disable that. Me: I'll look into it. 911: Do you have an emergency to report? Me: No. Bye.

I’ve done some searching online and I’ve yet to find anything about how to disable the 9, 1, and 0 keys when the phone is locked. There’s also no mention of it in the manual, nor can I find any option in the phone’s settings (It’s a Sony Erricson t616). If anybody has any ideas, feel free to enlighten me.

The call log is where it gets interesting. It shows me receiving a call at 5:23PM from 1-425-551-30800 (that extra zero is supposed to be there and the area code of this phone is 425) and then, after that, me placing a call to 888888 at 5:23PM. I’ve often noticed that the call log on this phone will reverse calls, so it’s possible that I dialed 888888 before the 551 number called me, but, in any case: 1) I never dialed 911. 2) I cannot use the 8 key when the phone is locked. 3) That number that called me is pretty strange looking.

Odd occurrences all around. I think those shifty bastards called me.

It’s a plot.

Today I got my copy of Robert Greenwald‘s latest film, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price. I think we’re going to watch it tonight.

Today, I went down to The Savvy Traveler in Edmonds to attend a seminar on Thailand. It ended up being a bunch of old people talking about 4-star hotels, which was slightly depressing, but they mentioned what sounded like a few interesting places to visit, so it wasn’t a total loss.

I spent a good hour trying to figure out how to get Wordpress excerpts to work decently only to find there’s a more button in the Quicktag bar that does exactly what I want. Oops.

I need to check the Codex before Google next time.

I’ve finally watched New Rose Hotel, the movie based on William Gibson’s short story of the same name. It’s a really good movie and even manages to compare to the short story, although it really isn’t Cyberpunk. I don’t know why it isn’t more popular with the masses.

Freaknight was awesome.

I got there at 8 (when the doors were supposed to open) and it took about an hour and a half to get in, during which time it was cold and I had to pee. While I was in the mob outside, I think I about died of second hand smoke (inside it was second hand pot and rogue kissing booths).

I must have looked like a dealer because people were asking me for drugs all night, starting with the guy running the parking lot asking me for ecstasy. Normally they try to sell them to me.

Oakenfold was the highlight – I haven’t listened to him in years. Crystal Meth could have been better.

The projected visuals were very disappointing (although the green laser was pretty sweet). They were the same at all areas and started to repeat about 45 minutes in. Not only that, but they weren’t that creative in the first place – mostly just clips from old horror movies.

I suppose I also should mention that this was my first indoor rave. All in all I think forest and desert parties are better. PhoenixFest was $35 (as opposed to Freaknight’s $40), had twice as many stages, was 5 nights, and had way better visuals. Not to say I didn’t enjoy Freaknight, but give me tents and geodesics over parking garages and warehouses any day.

Next up: Apocalypse.