New again?
Especially when you buy a new “something”. When you had an old “something” but you sold it on eBay.
And that “something” is an Apple Watch.
Yes, I’m an idiot and a conspicuous consumer and mercurial and everything else you want to label me. Judge away.
I really have no excuse– except that this is the newer model that’s waterproof to 50m and has better GPS.
And I like the band.
I blame Kyle as he keeps taking me into Apple stores during errands and the watches are just there– you know? Beconing. All shiny and techy.
So this time I succumbed.
I think my issue last time was that I had great expectations for how the watch would integrate into my life and maybe replace my phone and do all sorts of cool stuff that I hadn’t dreamed of yet. And it just… didn’t.
It was kind of clunky and the interface was a tad clumsy and it just didn’t do anything very cool.
So I grew disappointed and I got rid of it.
This time I look at the watch as a time piece/fitness tracker. That can also check texts, emails, and answer a phone call.
Oh- and sort of browse through Jack’d profiles– if one was into that sort of thing.
This is also the Nike version with running app integration which I hope to use as I’ve started running a bit. I’m also hoping it works as a good carrot for my overall fitness goals.
We’ll see. Time will tell.
Ha!
Mangina Monologues 
I read your watch post, but I am more interested in your prior post about your diet. I hope you will be successful in whatever your diet/fitness goals are. I would highly recommend weight watchers. I know several people who have been extremely successful on it. Something you might want to try, though, is eating an apple before every meal. I read this tip from model Elle McPherson, and I tried it last week. I lost 2 lbs, and that was eating 2 apples every day, occasionally 3. This week, I’m going to try to get in the 3 every day. Apples are so good for you – I wouldn’t consider this a fad. They kick start your metabolism and are really good for your digestion, and they fill you up, so you will eat less during your meal. Give it a try.
For some reason I’m highly resistant to shiny things. I don’t know what it is, I look first for the utility of an item before I look at form or style. Must be the engineering part of my brain.