Axiom

Yesterday, I spent nine hours straight at the den of consumerism (read: shopping mall) in Kahala. That's right, nine hours. I was nearly delirious at the eight-hour mark. Fortunately, I was able to nourish myself with an allegedly healthy meal from the fast food joint. Saturnalia is not a favorite holiday of mine. Well, thank Molech, it's over!

Keeping up with the tradition of fooling around with my gadgets, I restored the default home screen on the iPad® tablet computer last night. And, I am even considering the removal of the GarageBand "app," since I have yet to use it. As mentioned previously, the so-called "productivity" software has already been removed. The point of the aforementioned time-wasting activities is to remove my dependence on technology gadgets.

Usual Hawai'i Kai visit. Moms is doing fine. The agenda is always the same. After my workout at the gym, I stopped by the Radio Shack® store in Koko Marina. Using a discount coupon, I was able to purchase the overpriced Apple® Earpods (with built-in microphone) at a discount. Yeah, another waste of money. Anyway, it's all part of the plan to use the iPad as a VOIP phone.

My revised plan is to divest the cheap "smartphone" as soon as possible. My original intention in acquiring the device was to expedite the search for rental housing and to sell my vehicle. So far, I have done nothing of the sort. Well, I have foolishly spent $110 for the device and two months of service. Sadly, I prefer to not converse on the phone. Phone phobia, you think? I also do not care to have the oversized cranium irradiated.

So, I will wait to see if there are any compelling reasons to keep the cheap "smartphone" when I move to Waimanalo. If I can get by without it, then I will opt for a budget plan on a different carrier with a "dumb" cellphone (i.e., really cheap "flip phone" model). It will be used for emergency purposes only. The phone number will also suffice as the required forwarding number for Google® Voice. Subsequently, the iPad will assume all non-emergency phone functions.

Arguably, there seems to be no doubt that I am driving myself to clinical insanity. Let me explain. I have previously engineered my way into a leisurely senior citizen life-style. Unfortunately, the situation on a societal level has degenerated into chaos and anarchy. I am having a difficult time working through artificially created problems and crises. From my own observations, reality no longer exists. Thus, real solutions do not exist. There is no way to engineer a way out of a false reality. Rules, laws, order, axioms ... none apply to anything. Wrong is right. Up is down. Left is right. Order is chaos. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Ol' Lavahead Mini-Update®
Upon further investigation, I discovered that I may be able to switch to a different cellphone service provider like Tracfone® and keep the cheap "smartphone." Tracfone® offers really minimal plans that are perfect for ascetic monks. Baha! Ha! Ha! Haaa!