Crackberry4Life

I was the first one of my friends to ever have a cell phone. I got it as a birthday present when I turned 16 years old. I remember showing it to everyone, bragging about how small it was and that it was the "size of my hand!" Granted, I have pretty small almost carnie-like hands, but looking back at that old piece of junk I've realized that it was almost comparable in size to Zach Morris' bulky phone piece. 

Years went by, and upgrades went unused and I found myself using the same cell phone for the better half of a decade. I don't even understand how it was even compatible with newer phones and programs. It had no color features: only a green screen and one font. It could not go on the internet, I could not download ringtones and I could not text anyone (Gasp!).

Finally, after an intervention with my friends telling me I desperately needed to upgrade my piece, I succombed to the pressure and bought myself a Blackberry. 

Talk about an upgrade. Having this this phone is like carrying a mini personal assistant in my purse. I can simultaneously check my calender, complete my to do list, call a friend, poke someone special on Facebook and navigate my way through Boston, all the while purchasing a small island off the Florida. 

But with all these amazing and life changing features, come one problem: the blackberry addiction. 

I'm utterly addicted to my phone like a bad habbit. I sleep with my blackberry on the unused pillow next to me in bed. I check my phone when I know no one has called. I hold my phone in my hand when I walk to class, go grocery shopping and even while I drive just incase I get some sort of new notification. 

I have no purpose for having a Blackberry other then the fact that I had a free upgrade, but I love every second of owning one now. I feel like I should own some sort of members only jacket and beep at people who pass me that are holding one too. You know, the whole "It's a Jeep Thing" campaign?

All in all, I'm glad my friends intervened with my age-old cell phone and made me upgrade. However, they may have a new intervention slowly approaching...