My New iPhone and Some 4th of July Photos

So… I wasn’t exactly able to stroll in and by the iPhone this morning. Apparently, a few other people in my area heard about the phone and wanted one as well. Weird…

I used to slightly make fun of people for waiting in absurdly long lines to buy anything. People who camp out for video game consoles, concerts, movie tickets — all that never really appealed to me. I waited in line for Star Wars: Episode II one time in high school with a bunch of friends for 4 hours. I vowed to never do it again. I wasn’t even a Star Wars fan!

But, today I stood outside of the local AT&T store for more than 3 1/2 hours for a phone. I had to deal with some of the most annoying people on Earth in front of me for 3 1/2 hours… and when I say annoying, I mean ANNOYING. Wow. I didn’t even take the time have my morning coffee… so that was a true test of my patience. On top of that, I forgot the book I meant to bring with me to read. (It’s that insanely popular teen lit novel “Twilight.” I got it because of a recommendation from Meg and am totally hooked. It reminds me of a cheesy teen romance flick, but it’s smart and youthfully addictive. It kept me on the treadmill for over an hour yesterday because I didn’t want to stop reading.) On top of that, once I finally got the thing home 4 hours later, the servers on iTunes were too busy so I couldn’t set it up right away.

Finally I got everything all set-up and have spent about 30 minutes playing around with it. All those hours in line behind some of the most annoying people on Earth, with no coffee and no book, were actually worth it! I love my new toy so much and have already installed the Twitter app so I can Twitter on the go. (If you don’t know what Twitter is, check it out… it’s a fun way to keep people up-to-date on things throughout the day.)

Here are some photos of Wolfie I took on my iPhone. Of course, he had to be my first model.

It’s a decent-enough camera. Can’t wait to try out all of the other features!

I also wanted to take a minute to post some of the photos I took last week on the 4th of July.

I started out my day at Zuma Beach with some friends:

It was a gorgeous day for the beach!

I didn’t take too many photos there because I was a little paranoid about the sand/water/too many people aspect. But, I like this one I shot from the hip as we took a walk down by the water.

Later that evening, exhausted and drained from being in the sun all day, I met up with my family at my Uncle’s block party. These are my twin cousins Emily and Ethan. Aren’t they so cute?? Ethan absolutely loves showing off how much he loves his sister when the camera is around. (For a look back, visit this blog post to see Ethan and Emily about 2 years ago. My how they have grown!)

Emily was very proud of her nail polish.

What’s more American than Superman and hamburgers? (Actually, it was a turkey burger and Ethan was pretty much only eating the bun.) I love that the burger is as bis as his head!

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

I’ll be in San Diego shooting a wedding, but don’t worry, I have my iPhone now so I’ll be Twittering and emailing while away. Yay!