Olympics Opening Ceremony Party

I'm a pretty big fan of the Olympic games - both summer and winter. There is something about the whole world coming together for this one event that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. While the Winter Olympics may not always be as exciting as the summer games, the opening ceremony is definitely comparable. For the past few games, the opening ceremony has be incredible - so this year, Daniel and I decided to host an opening ceremony watch party with a few friends. We had everyone dress up as different countries and bring a drink or snack that represented their country.

Here was the invitation we sent out via Paperless Post (I am utterly addicted to PP at this point, no turning back now.) As a follow up, we sent out a reminder email to our olympians including the line, "As always, feel free to bring friends, but leave whiny privileged reporters at home - who needs a finished hotel anyway?"

Daniel and chose to represent Russia. We thought it would make sense for the host house to also be the host country. Here we are with our "Russian" costumes - which included an fur hat from Amazon, a fur neck vest I had hiding in my closet from last Christmas, blue shirts and felt flags that we made. I'm holding a potato because thats a big Russian export and Daniel is being serious (or cold?) because thats how we think Russians are. 

For party foods, I tired to stick to things that were either olympic colored or ring shaped. We included a mashed potato bar (again, for the Russian potato thing) I served the toppings in glasses to make the rings.

To make everything a little more festive I also bought flag party picks on Amazon. I'd like everyone to notice that the fruit try includes all the olympic ring colors (the kiwi is hiding behind he pineapple top)

I realize that king cake is not really olympic - but I arranged it in a ring instead of an oval and added the flags so it kind of fit. But really, it's carnival season in Louisiana so there was really no skipping it.

We also picked up a few mini trophies and gold medals to give to our best costume, best drink/snack, and best overall country:

For decorations, we put up a few streamers to act as a photo area and added some quick little home made construction paper pennants to the mantle.

During the actual ceremony we played opening ceremony bingo, which included fantastic items like children singing or fur hats. We also found a pretty decent drinking game to pair with the ceremony  online. The best rule was defiantly that every time you saw a reference to the Russian space program you had to yell "Sputnik" and drink - lots of laughs on that one. 

The winners of our awards came out like so:

Canada, obviously, won best costume. Mostly because they even brought hockey sticks to complete the ensemble. Also, for honorable mention - they brought Canadian maple syrup whiskey to pair with the costumes. 

Italy (pictured below missing their third white member to compete the flag) won best cultural snack/drink. Their missing member had a white hat and matching shirt too, very unfortunate that he couldn't make it - we had Taylor stand in to get the full effect in the photo. They brought limoncello and pizza rolls. Really, they were close to taking the whole cake. The pizza rolls were a huge success. 

Our overall winner was Spain, which I unfortunately didn't get any pictures of. I stole this one from Facebook, so excuse the mess. Anyway, Spain had a fantastic hat with matching matador cape and he brought a fantastic (and very complicated looking) sangria. Also, this party was basically his idea - so he got bonus points for that.

I'd also like to throw out some honorable mentions, to Japan for their coconut sake, Switzerland for her authentic costume complete with ski lift ticket and ski googles and Scotland for digging up a great kilt in record time.

This may have been one of the most festive parties we have thrown to date. Thank you so much to everyone who came. All of the costumes and cultural beverages were fantastic - gold medals all around. Now,  I could get another excuse to use my fantastic vest again if I could just talk someone into throwing a curling watch party - Y'all know it's one of the most exciting winter events! I'll settle for bobsled though. (:

Happy Olympics everyone!

Chelsea Bennett is the Executive Assistant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary. Spending most of her days in Downtown Baton Rouge, she is a proud lifelong resident of the city and an LSU grad. A lover of all things southern, she is completely infatuated with the sweet Louisiana life and everything quintessentially “Baton Rouge.” Follow Chelsea on Twitter @GeauxChels

Twelfth Bite Brunch - Bridal Party Reveal

When Daniel and I got engaged about a month ago it was officially decided that our wedding would be centered around everything that we loved about Louisiana. However, I couldn't just stop there - I took it upon myself to decide that everything related to our wedding would be Louisiana influenced.  Little did I know how difficult I was making things for myself, but it's a challenge I'm happy to embrace.

So naturally, I've been trying to come up with the most Louisiana way possible to invite our bridal party to be our bridal party - which we did, very successfully, today.

Today is Twelfth Night, known to most Catholics as Epiphany, or to us as the day that the wise men finally got done following the star and found Jesus. Now how does this relate to Louisiana? Twelfth Night marks the close of the Christmas season and the start of the Mardi Gras season. I grew up with this being a huge day - first slice of king cake day and the opening of Mardi Gras ball season. It was a great inspiration.

So, I invited all of our bridal party to a "Twelfth Bite Brunch" in celebrate of Twelfth Night (kudos to Calder for the fantastic name) at Parrains, one of our favorite Louisiana inspired restaurants.

Here was the invitation I sent out (via paperless post):

And here were the invitations that we gave to the bridal party. I designed these on InDesign and printed them on to some blank stationary cards. The girl's necklaces are fleur de lis wax seal's with little pearls.

For gifts for the guys we opted for something they would find useful: beer. However, we took special care to select a six pack that reflected the personality and personal favorites of each one. I added some ribbons for a festive effect. To personalize, I printed everyones name onto their envelopes. 

And of course we brought bavarian cream king cake, to kick off the carnival season:

All in all it was a very successful, and very delicious, Twelfth Night brunch. A special thank you to all of our friends for making it such a great occasion - we can't wait to continue to celebrate with all of you. This is the closest thing we got to a group photo. 

Here is to a great carnival season in 2014 and a fantastic year of wedding events up ahead (and to those crab cakes with poached eggs on them this morning - the best!) 

Chelsea Bennett is the Executive Assistant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary. Spending most of her days in Downtown Baton Rouge, she is a proud lifelong resident of the city and an LSU grad. A lover of all things southern, she is completely infatuated with the sweet Louisiana life and everything quintessentially “Baton Rouge.” Follow Chelsea on Twitter @GeauxChels

LSU Graduation Photos

Through out my life I've gathered a fantastic group of friends with tons of very useful talents. I met Tyler in high school and he's been my resident photographer ever since. He's another guy with a nice camera and some fancy lenses - but I've watched Tyler put a lot of time into learning how to use these tools and turn out some fantastic work over the years.

So, when it came time to do my LSU graduation photos I was thrilled that he could spare an afternoon running around Downtown Baton Rouge and LSU taking photos with my boyfriend and I.

My favorite shots are the ones from Alex Box Stadium, a place very near and dear to my heart. I feel like my best memories from LSU were made there -  I fell in love with the tradition of LSU baseball there. So, lucky enough for us, the stadium happened to be open for a middle school baseball tournament while we were taking photos. We got some funny looks, but it was all worth it.

Thanks for the great photos Tyler! If you are interested in getting in touch with Tyler you can catch him at his gmail - TylerReames@gmail.com.

We chose the following photo for our graduation party invitations. I loved the way they came out!

Geaux tigers!

Chelsea Bennett is the Executive Assistant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals Secretary. Spending most of her days in Downtown Baton Rouge, she is a proud lifelong resident of the city and an LSU grad. A lover of all things southern, she is completely infatuated with the sweet Louisiana life and everything quintessentially “Baton Rouge.” Follow Chelsea on Twitter @GeauxChels

My Totally Honest View on Finding a Real Job: As told by a Graduating Mass Communication Senior.

Let me just start by saying, I really do try and keep all of this to myself for a few reasons.


First off, I don’t want anyone who wants to hire me to think that I struggled at all to be hired.


Secondly, Mass Communication kids are competitive. We all like to make everyone believe that we have the best internships, that we have it all figured out, that we are far more successful than anyone else around us. Getting a job comes just magically happens because of our incredible talent. We learn the need to look invincible, fearless and most of all - sought after, at all times.


But I really just can’t take it anymore. Lets just all put that effortless crap aside and get real.


Trying to get a job offer for yourself post graduation is a straight up struggle, for all of us.


However, I’m looking at it as a learning experience. Here is a little bit of what I have learned along the way:

1. You are not special.So you have a ballin portfolio website, four killer internships and amazing references? Great, get in line. All of us are essentially exactly the same. Yeah some of us have more legit internships or better skills, but employers see us all the same. You really, somehow, have to “stand out” in a different way. At this point, I’m really just considering sending my resume via edible arrangement.

2. Online applications are not your friend.You need a job, perf. You can use your friend, the internet to find job offers and apply online. Wrong. These things have become the bane of my existence. So you see a great entry level job, degree required, and you begin to apply. 

Then you get to the education question where you are suppose to mark “graduated college” or “some college” and thus begins a thirty minute debate with yourself. Which do you mark? If you mark “some college” your application will probably get thrown out. If you mark “graduated college” you are lying, because that hasn’t happened yet. You can’t start right away anyway, you have a degree to finish.
If someone could just get back to me on what I’m suppose to do here that would be great.

 3. Rejection is better than some of the alternatives.“We don’t have any open positions right now, but we will keep your info on file incase something opens up.” I think I can recite that one backwards now. However, I have to give major praise to the people that take the time to send me that. It feels a hell of a lot better than just sending your life’s work into total silence. Plus, it lets me know that someone even opened my email. My ego will take anything it can get.

4. Internships aren’t job offers.Back in the old days, like five years ago, people would intern somewhere for a year or so, be really impressive, and get the gift of a job offer upon graduation. Now, these are what I like to refer to as the unicorn opportunities. You can give your heart and soul to an incredible company, work for 2 years, do the best work they’ve ever seen - and still graduate with no offer. The worst part is that most of the time it isn’t even their fault. The effects of the recession are still very real in the hiring business. If there isn’t room for you or you don’t fit into the budget, their hands are tied.

5. Chances are your first job will not be your dream job.When you started college you probably thought you would follow up getting your degree by finding an amazing company with a really cool culture that works with the most epic of giant clients. I’ll admit it, my younger more idealistic self definitely did. Now, I’ve realized that if I just graduate with an offer – practically any offer – I’ll be better off than the vast majority of my peers.

If I had to sum up this experience in one word it would be humbling.Having to realize all of this stuff isn’t easy. It rocks everything you thought you would be and there are times when I do feel like I don’t stand out at all.


However, I have realized that clinging to feeling talented and special is what gives me the drive to keep emailing and keep filling out applications. Call it being a millennial, say it’s the mass comm talking, but I really do believe that I have something special to add to a team. I know somewhere out there is a good space for me. I have to keep reminding myself, mostly for my sanity, that I will get something, that someone will want me, that I will be happy.


So fellow peers, I have a favor to ask. As we all go through this struggle together, cut the crap and be real. Lets let reality hit us in the face together and not be afraid to admit that it sucks. Lets help each other out if we can. I’ll connect you with someone if I can - it’s just good karma.


I’ll keep your secret, my champions of communication. I promise.


Chelsea Bennett is a Communications Intern for Visit Baton Rouge. She is a proud lifelong resident of Baton Rouge and LSU student. A lover of all things southern, she is completely infatuated with the sweet Louisiana life and everything quintessentially “Baton Rouge.” Follow Chelsea on Twitter @GeauxChels


To see more of Chelsea’s work please view her online portfolio atchelseabennett.com

My Invisalign Journey.

After two years of Invisalign treatments I finally have my complete results. I’m pretty pumped up about it and loved my experience. I always say I’d recommend it to anyone - so now I’m writing a blog about why.

My First Go Around: With Traditional Braces
In the seventh grade I had traditional braces. For me, they a were horrible experience of epic proportions, really painful, and just looked really unattractive. I was also a pretty dramatic teenager, but all the same it wasn’t fun. At the end of my treatment I had issues with my then orthodontist creating gaps in my teeth and then by closing the gap creating another. When the treatment lagged on 6 months longer than it should have, I begged (and cried and screamed to) my parents to get them off and they made the orthodontist do it after signing some sort of waver. I of course, pissed from my awful experience, didn’t wear my retainer. By the end of high school my teeth were all jacked up again. (The picture you see above on the left is one of my senior portraits) This horrible experience was roughly $5,000.

If You Don’t Like Something About Yourself - Change It.
Most people have at least one thing that they don’t like about themselves. You know- that one thing that you see first thing in a photo or that thing that just makes you fixate on it. For me it was my top teeth. I felt like I saw the problem all the time, I felt like when someone met me that was the first thing that they noticed and I noticed it first in every picture. I started seeing ads for Invisalign when I was about to start college and I knew I had to look into it. When my mom and I talked about it she understood what it was like to be really upset about something like this, especially something as important as your smile, and we decided to move on it.

Getting Started
Not everyone is a candidate for Invisalign. Some cases can not be fixed by the aligners and need traditional braces and the only way to determine if your case can be fixed by Invisalign is to have a meeting with an orthodontist. When I found this out I panicked, because I knew that Invisalign was my only option. As much as I was upset about my teeth, I would have never even considered going back to traditional braces. So, we made an appointment with Dr. Vance Misuraca at Misuraca Orthodontics.

The Process and The Downfall
Obviously, it was determined that I was a candidate for Invisalign. Initially, I only wanted my top teeth to be fixed, but Invisalign only comes in two sets so my bottoms became part of the process too. After your initial impressions it takes a little while for the aligners to come in. When they did come in, I had to have buttons installed on my teeth. (Buttons are little pieces of hardened glue that the Invisalign snap to) When I got these I thought I had made a horrible mistake choosing Invisalign and I started to feel hopeless. Imagine having a little glue dot constantly on the front of your teeth, driving you crazy. On top of that, the aligners are really painful at first because your teeth are moving. I also had a really hard time taking them out a first, partly because my mouth was so sore and partly because they were tight. Things were awful, my choice was looking dim and I was about to lose hope. However, things turned around REALLY quickly. By the third day the pain was gone, I was used to the glue dots in my mouth, and I could take them off with ease.

Keep On Keepin On
The best part of Invisalign was that they were NEVER as painful as they were for those first three days. Every time I switched aligners I had a little bit of soreness but it was no where near the pain I felt after every tightening of my traditional braces. As I got more adjusted with them and my schedule of when I would be wearing them it became second nature. It felt awesome to go to my appointments, pick up new aligners, and leave. All of my 6 week appointments only took around 15 minutes.

Just DO IT!
For my life as a college student it was pretty inevitable that I wouldn’t be able to wear them constantly and they still worked out to do amazing things to my teeth. Granted, the process does take dedication. You have to stay motivated to wear them how you are suppose to. The great part was that it was something that I could easily make work with my life. I’ve done braces both ways and I can tell you for sure that Invisalign is the far superior choice. After my results and easy going experience I really would recommend them to anyone.


Misuraca Orthodontics
I’d refer you to my orthodontist too, Dr. Vance Misuraca, check his practice out at: www.misuracaorthodontics.com They were just as great as the product- so invested in the success of my treatment and just overall enjoyable people.

Now, if I could just get used to these permanent retainers…

Why I returned the Samsung Galaxy S3 and reunited with team iPhone

Conveniently, when you buy a phone from AT&T they give you 14 days to change your mind. -It only took 3 days for me to change mine.

Today, in a spur of the moment decision, I returned my 3 day old Galaxy S3 and joined back up with team iPhone. My last blog explained why I left in the first place and now I’m going to explain why I am going back.

It should be said that the Galaxy S3 is a beautiful phone that is extremely powerful and fully customizable. However, for me this was more of a curse than a blessing. For the past 3 days I have noT put down the GS3 and I have been incessantly searching through tons of forums figuring out how to make my phone do what I wanted it to do. Fundamentally there were problems with the phone that did not have good work arounds or that just didn’t have work arounds at all.


Here were my key issues with the GS3:

Battery life
When I used an iPhone I would charge it at night and that charge would last almost a full 24 hours. However, the GS3 didn’t have anywhere near the same power despite having a larger battery that takes longer to charge. Even with an overnight charge on a 3 day old phone by 2 pm I was down to 40%. I was constantly vigilant of closing out applications and that still did nothing for my cause. This was a major issue that I really couldn’t get around.


Group Messaging
I never liked group messaging when I had it. Frankly, I thought it was pretty annoying. Then I got the GS3, which has absolutely no good way to group text and I realized how much I actually used it. From what I hear there might be some really crappy work arounds but I’m not really willing to have to deal with that. You may be annoyed by group texting too, but think about coordinating what you’re doing on a Friday night with your friends. I always use group texting for that and it just makes my life significantly easier.


Phone Calls
First off, I could not see the phone at all in the sunlight. I know this is problem with the iPhone as well, but I felt like it was significantly worse on the GS3. Today, when I got a call while I was on the phone I couldn’t instantly figure out how to put the phone on hold. This was 1) because it was bright as hell and 2) it wasn’t an intuitive design. You have to slide up to do something and then press something else. I know this sounds whiny, but it’s a culmination of little things like this that bring down the phone. Also, for me, the most intrinsic placement of the end call button would be at the bottom of the screen in the middle. On the Galaxy, this is the mute button. I’m sure with time I would have gotten adjusted, but I was already mad about everything else.


Receiving Photos
Sometimes, and by sometimes I mean 7/10 times, when you receive photos from iPhone users (you know, basically - the world) it displays the photo like a video. It’s hard to explain this. You select the photo and it starts playing like a video. It literally has a play pause button and a ten second time bar at the bottom. You can not enlarge the photo from this screen. After some research I found out that this was just an android bug that they have yet to fix. I could have gotten another texting app, but I liked EVERYTHING else about the factory texting app so it wasn’t really worth changing.


Voice Control
The Samsung GS3 uses SVoice for it’s voice control software or you can download Iris (haha stab at Siri). I tried both of them. Any online review will tell you that Siri is way better at voice recognition that SVoice and I’ll confirm that it is completely true. SVoice had a big delay in reacting to my commands and it often didn’t understand me. I know that most people think voice control is a waste and pretty useless. However, I use it all the time. I used an iPhone 4 so I did not have Siri- but I wish I did. When I am on campus using my phone I typically always use it with my headphones and I control my calls with voice commands. I do the same when driving. So, a good voice recognition software was something I was really looking for.


Camera
The camera was not by any means horrible, but it was not as good as the iPhone camera. The pictures were not as clear and the focus capability took a lot longer to work. I also have the feeling that if I handed it to a stranger to ask them to take a photo for me it would probably never come out good, ever.


Factory Headphones
A lot of people rave about the GS3 headphones for their wonderful sound canceling ability. However, sound canceling is not what I was looking for in my phone’s headphones. When you are making calls with them it sounds like you are talking with earplugs in, which is just plain aggravating. Also, when I am wearing headphones at work I need to be able to know what is going on around me and hear when someone walks up to my desk or knocks on the door- these headphones made that impossible. I know this is a minor complaint because I could just use new headphones. All the same, you may just suggest that I just use the iPhone headphones (which I love) but, those headphones only work on iPhones. They still play sound, but the mic and volume control do not work on the GS3.


Flexibility for Customization
Like I explained in my last blog, if you don’t like something about the GS3 chances are that you can find an app to fix it. However, this is a double edge sword. For me, customizing my phone to the best fit for me turned into almost an obsession. I spent all of my free time (and class time) researching the phone and experimenting with new ways to organize it. To put it simply- the phone legitimately stressed me out. This may be my mild self diagnosed OCD coming through, but for me this was a serious problem.


Frankly, what I really realized is that fundamentally ease of use is the most important feature to me in a phone. Yes, it was wonderful being able to do incredible customization with my phone, however it was overwhelming. As soon as I returned to iPhone I felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I need a phone that makes my life easier, not more stressful. I need it to come out of the box capable to make my life easy, not ready to make my life easy after days of customization. I don’t want to be glued to my phone. I just want it to work for when and how I need it to.

I ultimately liked the size of the GS3 and the light-weight feel of it. Honestly, it’s a little rough going back to the stubby iPhone 4 after that. Also, I really could use a good voice control. Because of this I’ll be moving up to the iPhone 5 sometime this week.

Well y’all - I can’t lie. It’s pretty good to be back. #teamiphone

Turning my new Samsung Galaxy S3 into everything I loved about my iPhone.

Why the switch to GS3?

Last night, after a long mental battle with myself, I bought the Samsung Galaxy S3 on a whim. After many years of being a devoted iPhone user, i was extremely disappointed by the lack of innovation in the iPhone 5. Also, I was just plain bored with the look and feel of iPhone. Back in the day, iPhone was the most innovative phone on the market and first adopters like me loved that. I felt special for having the best technology out there. However, it’s time to get real- my grandmother has an iPhone. Sure, the phone is easy to use (that’s why she has one) but doesn’t that say something about the lack of functionality of the device? I say yes. I also found it so annoying that Apple would wait centuries and create a huge fanfare about releasing “new” updates for the phone with supposed “new” technology and ideas- when Android has had these “new” features since it’s inception. So alas, I switched.




Initial Panic set in.
Upon purchase, I felt crippled by the GS3. I had no idea how to do anything, including basic functionality like locking or unlocking the phone. It should be said that these are really easy things to do on the GS3 and I can only attribute my inability to do them to something I’m going to call iPhone separation anxiety. However, that passed by the time I left the store.




Transformation into the ideal iPhone
As soon as I started setting up my GS3 I found myself trying to turn it into an iPhone with a new look and better functionality. You might call this crazy, but there were certain functions that I did love about the iPhone. I’m proud to say that I have the majority of them back. You should know that if the GS3 doesn’t do something out of the box that you want it to - 9 times out of ten you can get an app from the Android app store Google Play to run in the background and make it happen. In a huge victory- I made the phone sync pretty seamlessly with my Macbook. Here’s what I used and how I did it.


Calendar
I am desperately dependent on my macbook’s ical, so a seamless integration with this was my number one priority. First, I exported each of my ical’s to my desktop. Then I imported them to my google calendar. (I had to create new calendars inside my google calendar and then when importing I had to select where I wanted them to go- work to work etc.) After that, I subscribed my ical to my google calendar. Voila! However, panic struck when I only saw one calendar instead of the five color coded calendars I had imported to google calendar. To fix this I went to iCal->Preferences->google->delegation->select your calendars! And just like that my phone syncs with my google cal which then syncs to my ical and my ical syncs to my google cal when then syncs to my phone!

For step by step instructions take a look at the tutorials I used:
Export your ical’sImport your Ical’s to your google calendar:Link your ical to your google calendar:



Music
My iPhone held my entire music library. I used it as an iPod almost daily. So, naturally, I wanted my entire music library on my GS3 as well. To my delight the GS3 has the capability to use SD cards to extend their storage capability so I purchased a 32g SD card to ensure that this library transfer was possible. To do this I used this nifty app called DoubleTwist. I downloaded it on my phone and went to the company website to download it on my computer. Unfortunately, for this to work on the GS3 you have to upgrade the phone app to do Air Sync. It’s only about $4, which was a small price to pay for all of my music on my phone. Once the computer download was done I opened the program, linked my device wirelessly with a passcode, ctrl-a’ed the music under the library tab, and dragged it all to my device. Now, when I first tried to control my phone with the headphones it started playing from the default player rather than DoubleTwist. I fixed this by changing the settings in DoubleTwist. Player settings -> use headset controls -> on.
This help article on their site helps you through the set up:
DoubleTwist Tutorial


Email
Email set up on the GS3 is a dream. All you have to do is type in your email and password and it does the work for you. No looking up incoming or outgoing servers! To add multiple accounts just go to email -> settings -> and hit the +. I prefer to look at my inboxes combined so to do that I just clicked the white rectangle at the top of my inbox and selected combined view. Yay!


Widgets
I love the GS3’s option for widgets on the home screen rather than just app icons. This option lets me look at the app running right on my home screen. I have mine set up with a clock and a few key app icons on the front page, then when I scroll to the left I have a widget for my email, then to the left again for my calendar. To the right of my home screen is more app icons with a music player and to the right again is my alarms. To add a widget hold down a blank spot on the home screen, click add to home screen, apps and widgets, widgets, and pick and place!


Headphone Controls
So, I may have been the last person on the planet to know this but, iPhone headphones do not work with the GS3. People rave about the headphones that come with the phone but I’m not so sure about them yet. They are earbuds with a rubber cap that sits inside your ear. The sound quality is pretty bomb, but when I’m walking around I can hear the rubber caps shaking around. I’ll probably be shopping for a more basic pair. Anyway, to my dismay when I tried to voice control my phone using one long click, like my iPhone, it did not work. I was pretty pissed about this because this was one of my most used functions on the iPhone. However, after an hour of research and finding tons of other people with my problem I FINALLY found a solution! All it takes is downloading an app and you can set the headset to do whatever you want. The app I got is called Headset Button Controller. It was free and did the job perfectly. Just download the app and go into the settings to set what you want different headset clicks to mean. I set a long click to mean voice control and BAM! We are back in business (:


Transformation Complete
Now, at the end of all of that, I finally have the phone I wanted. A phone with all the best functionalities of the iPhone, the freedom of total customization, and actually current technology. I never thought I would ever go to Android, but until Apple gets their innovation act together I’ll play for the better team.

Now for a joke-
The iPad mini
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