Turns out all was well with the car; I was expecting to have to spend some money getting my pads and rotors replaced, but all was fine (I’m very pessimistic about cars- anyone who knows my history with car problems/repairs will know why).
Calin and I ended up getting new phones last week; we each got the LG VX8100, it’s a pretty sweet phone. It has a 1.3 Megapixel camera which is cool, and a miniSD slot so I can get the pictures off easilly and free. I’ll post some pix to flickr once my SD card and/or USB cable arrive. Plus it didn’t end up costing all that much because of rebates and a $99 credit from Verizon- all I had to do was sell my soul to them for another 2 years.