The future is dim

After coming home from hanging out with my roomie and her best buds, I ran to the "wash room" and was in a hurry to take care of business. I have a bad habit of leaving my phone in my back pocket so of course it went straight into the "bowl". Within seconds I reacted and grabbed it *eeeeeewwwww*. Thoroughly washed my hands, dried off the phone and tried to figure out what to do next. I blow dried it with cold air and then used air can which I use for my keyboard with great care. I'm sure that just moved the water around instead of out of the phone. I frantically searched forums after forum for a suggestion on what to do since my warranty has expired. UGH! Everyone basically said "you're screwed". Thank God for lifelines. I called my dad; the self taught tech guru. He said "I'll do some research and get back to you." He called me later and gave me the most brilliant idea next to picking apart the phone. He found a forum where people suggested using silica to dry out the phone. Silica gel can be found in craft stores. It is used to dry/preserve flowers. It is also commonly used in packets to keep moisture out of bags and shoes.

Here are the step by step instructions I was given.

-Get a small bag of silica gel from a craft store
-Place them in an air tight container (I found one in the kitchen section of walmart)
-Place a piece of tissue over the headphone jack/hole and place it in the silica
-Make sure the silica covers the phone and close the container
-Keep the phone in the container for a few hours a day

You can also check the awesome site of CNET for similar info: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-10115292-233.html

I have done this 2 days in a row so far and the phone screen is still dim but most of the other functions work. There is one section of the screen that is dead (I press the icon and nothing happens). I will repeat this process again tomorrow and leave it in the container for 8+ hours. I pray it works or else I'll have to buy a new one. I think it may be too late to save it since I did not do this immediately after. Where was I going to find silica at 1am? Oh well.

This leads me into another short story about karma. I went to the gas station yesterday and made a quick "wash room" stop. I opened the door and lo' and behold there was a red Blackberry there staring at me. Calling me. But I ignored it. I looked in the 3 stalls to see if anyone was in them. No one. So I did the do, washed my hand, looked back and it was still there. I checked it for the cell number but I couldn't figure out how to retrieve it. It's funny that an iPhone user can't figure out how to use a Blackberry. Without hesitation I gave it to the gas station attendant and told him that I saw a lady and 2 kids walk out the store so it's may be hers. He said "yeah OK". As I was driving towards the car wash I saw the minivan the lady was driving and pulled up next to it. She was siting there with a lost look on her face. I asked her if she was missing something. She gasped and said "YES", so I told her it's with the attendant. She thanked me and that was my good deed for the day. Some people may think I should have kept it but I know that could have easily been me. Hopefully something good will come my way. Besides, it was an older model :p

Happy St. Patty's Day and all that jazz.

Ciao.