Goddess, I Am.

Probably one of the scariest moments of my life was when I bricked The Sister’s iPhone 3GS as I was attempting to jailbreak it. I’ve jailbroken iPhones before, but this was my first untethered attempt. What was supposed to take a couple of hours eventually took 24. And no, I did not sleep at all; I was that freaked out.

I ended up giving myself a crash course on SHSH blobs and got to know that beautiful thing called Tiny Umbrella. I had to make a nifty little microsim adapter, too, because her iPhone was locked to AT&T and the only AT&T SIM I had was the microsim that came with my iPad. Thankfully, that worked a treat, and to make a really long story short, I got her iPhone up and running again. Not only that, I actually learned a rather essential life skill.

I am once again contemplating on upgrading her current iOS version, which means a new jailbreak and unlock effort, so I figured I’d better do my research before I even touched it. I came across something called an iphone spy, which is apparently an iPhone data recovery tool. After reading up on it, however, I realized that it’s really no good for jailbreaking, but it does look like a nifty device if you want to catch a philandering spouse, or at least, recover a text message that you so foolishly deleted months ago – something that my scatterbrained little sister will have a lot of use for, methinks. Tee hee.

So why am I even writing about it? I just think it’s cool, that’s all, and I’m filing it away as something I could probably have use for if and when I do get an iPhone. Bear with me. And who knows? Some of you might find some use for it down the road.

Once again, life has been crazy/busy; hence, why this blog has been quiet yet AGAIN. Here’s a quick rundown of “events” in the, umm eventful life of Iris:

1. I am thin again, woohoo! All thanks to appetite suppressors because I’m lazy like that. I lost 12 pounds in less than 2 weeks, so I am now back to a comfortable 108 pounds. I might lose more, if I can, but right now, I’m a happy camper.

2. I will be maid-of-honor at my best friend’s wedding come January. I’m married, yes, but I refuse to be called a matron, so none of that matron-of-honor shit.

3. I’m 5 days away from the Manila weekend with the girls. I can’t wait to shop! I’m hoping to find great Cyber Monday-type deals, especially for The Husband’s new Macbook Pro. And, of course, two words: Forever 21! Need I say more?

4. The Cat grew balls. Apparently, it was a ‘he’ all along! He is now known as ‘Cornelius’. Or ‘Turdling’ when he’s naughty. Or ‘Spawn of Satan’ when he’s really naughty.

5. I bought 3 new pairs of shoes since my last shoe purchase. I am now resigned to the fact that these probably won’t be my last . . . for the year.

6. In an effort to curb my shoe-shopping impulses, I’ve decided to sell ‘em. Cutesy brogues and Oxfords now available at the Innuendo store, Fashion Ave., Ayala Center Cebu.

Oh, and it didn’t work, by the way, because I ended up buying one for myself. I couldn’t help it – they’re so cute! I’ll put pictures up soon-ish.

7. I am currently laptop-less. My beloved Octavian is in an Apple service center being fixed for a popped key. And because I am having major withdrawal symptoms right now, I am popping orange Sugus chewy sweets like they’re going out of fashion.

So that’s pretty much everything that’s been going on the past 3 weeks or so since I’ve last blogged. (Goodness, has it been that long???) You’ll be hearing from me again soon, kids!

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News for the IKEA obsessed such as myself: there’s a new shop opening in Banilad Town Center that will carry all things IKEA. You can even pick and choose from the IKEA catalog, and they’ll order and ship it for you. Isn’t that heavenly?

I am so excited! Maybe I can finally get that pergo-laminated armchair I’ve been mooning over. I have not forgotten about it, not by a long shot!

Right now, the store has a small display near the entrance to the mall, and I had the chance to chat with the lovely owner when I bought a couple of picture frames. I was going to post the details for the store, but I’ve misplaced the calling card that the lady gave me, so I’ll update this post the moment I find it!

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In a city devoid of half-decent parks, the little patch of green in Ayala’s The Terraces is a bit of a haven. My family goes there a lot because it’s one place where The Nephew can run around like mad without us having to worry that he’ll hurt himself.

These days, though, the little park has been looking a bit worse for wear. There are too many people – mainly teenagers – going there now. Too many people, I might add, who are either careless or just plain stupid. In any case, they can’t seem to be bothered to clean up after themselves.

This was the slideshow of images that greeted us on our last visit to the little park.

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Still on the subject of Christmas, I was going to do a list of the things I want for Christmas when it sort of dawned on me that I really don’t want anything for Christmas. Isn’t that weird?

I mean, yeah, I do want a new 1TB hard drive for Octavian, but I need it for work, so that doesn’t really count, does it? It’ll be like wrapping up a stapler or something.

I want shoes, but I buy shoes all the time, anyway, so there’s nothing special there.

An iPhone 4? Maybe, but I’m very happy with my phone and my iPad. I won’t be losing any sleep over it.

Books? I’ve since progressed to e-books now, thanks to Agrippa. There’s nothing I want that I can’t get for free on torrent. (I’m a traitor to my book-loving brethren, I know.)

A longer lens? Mum already took care of that when she sent me a 55-200mm, so my lens arsenal is complete, if you ask me. (Though I wouldn’t mind a Speedlight!)

Yeah, there’s nothing I really want for Christmas, except maybe a car (and cheap car insurance). But hey, I doubt I’m going to be winning any Metro Gaisano (haha) raffles anytime soon. Oh, and I wouldn’t mind a trip to Paris, too.

But honestly, this absence of tangible Christmas wishes is a tad disconcerting. Am I getting too cynical, or worse, too old???