I know.
…I know, that I’m supposed to be posting dresses right now but hey, I’m not in the mood okay?! Besides that, I need a minute to vent. I pray you don’t mind my utilizing your time in this way.
So… most people that know me are aware of my disdain for cell phones. More than that, my disdain for the “cell phone craze”. Yeah, the craaaaze is what I dislike more. I despise how the industry has gotten everyone roped in to believe that you are somehow handicap without your precious cell phone. I despise how they’ve turned the damn phone into a bloody fashion accessory so that now, people not only have to have the phone, it has to be “pretty”! Or cute with a cool damn cover. Oh and of the latest model. Oh! And whaat? You have a …..3G? You don’t even have a 4G? Like oh my gaaawd. O! And don’t still be carrying around a godforsaken “flip phone” even if it does work and cost you a fraction of the price. Like…you should be paying over $100 a month like me as I live beyond my means for a phone that I can carry around and look cool using! One time Andy Rooney from 60minutes did a segment about how water bottles and coffee cups were really taking the place of baby bottles, like security blankets for adults. I’m gonna go ahead add cell phones to the list.
Sigh….I had a cell phone when they first started becoming much more affordable and accessible. It was part of a promo plan with my….”pager”. I know, i know. Ages ago right? Then I got rid of it. I don’t remember why, I think I just didn’t feel like I needed it. Then a few years later, I got one again after the pager was officially defunct. It was a no win situation: Verizon would say, you have *_ _ _ minutes. No matter how hard you tried every time, you’d go over and owe your first born child to the damn phone company. So I told them to eff off again, I liked my LAN line better anyway.
…Then I had a child.
…And a car with many miles on it that you wouldn’t want to be stuck in on a cold day. …With a baby. Let us not forget how we need to be accessible to they day care should an emergency arise after I had to leave my precious child and rejoin the workforce. This summer I finally replaced my flip phone with some of my income tax dollars: one of my last rebellions against the industry. I realized my resistance was making me very resistant to new technology (which I was), no matter where I encountered it and that I needed to work on embracing it more in 2012. So I just bought the basic cricket special ZTE phone or whatever you call it. I even got insurance this time to make things easier should I need to replace it! Yeah…I got it covered, right? So I thought I’d start with the bloody phone. BUT I wasn’t giving in all the way! They were not going to pimp me for a bells and whistles phone, and months of living beyond my means. Just one that was “nice & functional enough” {and STILL a little 3G thank you very much}. Honestly, I didn’t even know the difference until long after I’d purchased it. But I could download damn near any song on my phone and THAT for me friends was the highlight, regardless of how many G’s is was absent of.
…Today, the USB jack just…..came loose and died. Done. Can’t even charge the phone. Sadder?? On this particular day financially challenged would be a complete and total understatement. My entire agenda for the day was scheduled to involve about 5 “PRIDE-SWALLOWING-INCOME-SEEKING-OPPORTUNITY” phone calls. …And now this. Can’t replace the phone, can’t purchase the little “universal battery charger” thing to circumvent the USB thang that is actually of MINIMAL cost! Can’t even pay to get the old flip phone turned back on. …Whyeeeee??!!!! Why I say? I have also been on the job search for work “outside of” the home. Can they call me? Nope. Well, I guess they can leave a message, huh. Isn’t this the part of the story where I’m supposed to have some Chariots of Fire comeback moment? Like.: …All was lost, I gave up all I had for my wedding dress collection and then just when I least expect it, somebody called me from “XYZ” {…Or better yet} Somebody called me after they got my resume from XYZ for my Dream Job! Oh and did I mention they are funding my ENTIRE dress collection?! I knowww isn’t it dreamy? And you know, we haven’t looked back since! We were able to rise from the ashes and get back on our feet- And O MY what a turning point! I mean, God is indeed a wonder isn’t HE? Whew…boy I tell ya. I am a testament of faith! …and all that??? Hell, I dunno…
I write of all this, so that I may officially come to this place of surrender and declare alas: Mr. Cell phone, you win. You hear that? I surrender and you win. My arms {….and my pockets, lol} are simply to short to box with you.
I surrender. …You hear that mister phone??? You win. …Or maybe I win. Either way, thanks for lettin’ me vent. <3
…Sigh. Better keep my head to the sky, in Studio5. ~hkai
