Tuesday, November 18, 2014

What did I do that for????

Have you ever done something really, really dumb???   Like something so dumb that every time you think about it your stomach churns and you go "Arrrrrgggg!!!!  I am so ashamed of myself!!"

I did something like that yesterday.........  I got an Iphone! 

AN IPHONE!!!!!!!!

I know..... shocking, right????  Not so much??   Hmmm....  Maybe you need some background.

 1.  I HATE cellphones!!!!!   Seriously, I really do!  I hate carrying them!  I hate that they radiate what is left of my brain.  I hate that other people can't talk to me for more than three minutes without checking their cellph....... (Hang on!  I just got a text)..... cellphone!   I HATE that everywhere you go people are taking pictures and posting them all over the place (I don't care what you had for lunch!!!!  I know that is hard to believe but.......).

I will admit that they are nice to have for safety's sake (Driving in the winter, or being hundreds of miles away from home is much nicer because of the backup that the cellphone provides), but overall I hate them.  If texting had not become the primary way to communicate with people, I would not have a phone at all.

2.  I have made fun of Iphone users for years.  I don't know what it is, but there is a cult around Iphones that does not exist with any other phone.   You never hear anyone say, "What kind HTC Desire is that?"..... and if you did all you would hear next is silence..... because no one would know or care.

However, every time people are within 5 blocks of an Iphone they seem to have some strange compulsion to identify it.  "What kind of Iphone is that?  Is it 5C?"   You know what I mean??  Now I am going to have to learn an entirely new vocabulary because I have no idea if my phone is a 5C or a 6X or an E, I, E, I, O or what! 

"What apps do you have?" is another question exactly no one asked me when I carried an HTC phone.  NO ONE!!!!!   Now I am gonna have to learn about Itunes.... and Imovies.....  and, frankly, ...."I-don'tcare"!!! 

But I will say this.... I am happy that the church provides me with a phone (that is very nice of them).... and I will admit that this Iphone is super fast compared to my old clunky one...... and it is green (what is not to like about that)..... and I can even make it talk to me (which may come in handy.... it will make me feel like I have a friend).

Maybe I don't feel so bad about this after all. 

Text me sometime and can talk about it.  :)

1 comment:

Davis Family said...

I broke down and got a pink iphone about a month ago. I was going to Edmonton and wanted to be able to facetime with the kids. And ahem, my old phone didn't have wifi let alone a screen!!! Oh dear. I'm with ya! But on the plus side I was able to download peggle! Nice.