Techxiety...cutting the umbilical chord

A new word I’ve invented. I suffered from it for a bit, sounds silly but this word has substance.  Two main parts…Technology and Anxiety. Remember the days when you had to actually call your friends at home? Your parents would answer…”Phoneeeeel” or in some cases…”telefonoooo, te llamaaaaaan”. Pre-texting, you had to make dates. Meet me at the park by the monkey bars at 4:30 if you were late; you were rude and had to explain yourself on the spot. No message could be sent saying “running late, my skateboard needed adjusting” or “my mom made me clean my room before I left”. People actually got stood up.

Gone are the days of letter writing and phoning a pal on his birthday. I’m not complaining I love technology and being able to get out of a date by sending a text…rude, I know! But there’s technology and there’s technology…the kind that makes you actually think we’re living in Minority Report. Allow me to explain.  As a long time member of the MetroPCS community, also known as metropieceofsh*t (to which I take offense) I would like to formally introduce myself to 2010. That’s right, I now have a Smartphone. Not needing to check work emails on off hours or transfer funds instantly (there aren’t any to transfer anyway) I never saw the need to get techy. As the butt of my friends jokes, I kindly reminded them that for under $70 a month I was able to talk and text anywhere in the world and my bill NEVER changed. That’s right; I was calling Hong Kong, Barcelona, and Mexico City…whenever I wanted. I felt like I wasn’t missing out on a damned thing.

Until Santa came early…that’s right Santa (my parents) was kind enough to purchase smartphones for all the little elves in the family. I am now a member of the Iphone family. The overwhelming sense of being so “connected” frightened me at first, but like with all things…you still remain you. I have less “apps” than the average person, finding that a flashlight, Shazam, and Fruit Ninja among others are all a girl like me really needs (I recently compared an Ipad to a spaceship)…but wow, the new 4G or whatever it’s called is truly revolutionary in its user friendly package and colorful and bubbly personality. Being able to immediately download the Glee Christmas album is what technology is all about!

So MetroPcs is great…once my first monthly bill comes in I’ll probably go back, but in the meantime…thanks Santa. I kinda like this super extremely-smart-too-smart-for me phone. Plus, it takes great pics J

*No actual phones were hurt during this writing process*

-OneLove