Further to the Dark Side.

I bought a cell phone.

You see, I cell phones are on my list of things, “Oh, I’ll never do that”. I just never saw the point when I don’t really call people, and people never call me. Of course, it was Candi’s idea in the first place. So she can call me. Ha ha. I really just wanted a phone that could make phone calls. I know that sounds retarded, but with how gadgety phones have gotten lately, the fact that they can be used for Live Voice Communication is almost an afterthought.

And then there’s the cost. I did some browsing on my own to look at low-end phones, but I seriously couldn’t read the jargon. I can’t fathom how any decipher any of this crap! So many base programs were 30 or 40 dollars a month, which just isn’t right. Candi wanted to set me up with a simple pay-as-you-go plan. We ended up finding one that would be just $1 a day to call her, and 20 cents a minute for anybody else. And seriously, I haven’t called anybody else in a long time. If I need to call someone else, it’ll probably be by a landline, anyway.

After I got the phone, for a split second, I thought about giving the number out. Then I thought, “Who the hell calls me in the first place?” I mean, as in, posting it. Ha ha.

Candi seems to think I’ll eventually outgrow the phone and want something more snazzy. It’s cheap, it’s simple, and it has a ringtone that sounds like an obnoxious 1950’s telephone. Works for me. She made fun of me because I text slow. Hey, I type with my fingers, not my thumbs. I don’t really see the appeal. If I have a phone and I want to say something to someone, I’d call them. If I’m not, then I’d probably be sitting here. So why not IM them? Ha ha.

I’m relaxing. I want to make her dinner. Which seems kind of soon considering I’m eating lunch right now.

i haven’t outgrown my razr from 2004. it can take pictures, but i don’t know how to get them on the computer, so i don’t bother. no one ever calls me either, but we don’t have a landline, so it’s nice to have incase i want to order a pizza, or even schedule home repairs from work. i could not be without a cell phone. a dollar a day?! crap. we pay about $80 a month for our two phones, but wenever pay more than that because of unlimited calls to anyone on AT&T, and rollover minutes.

lehper

July 21, 2009

I have mixed feelings about cell phones. They are great for emergencies but the guy text messaging while driving 65 mph is creating the emergency. 🙂 – – – –

Kait

I’m so addicted to my iPhone. I started out like you, I didn’t even want a cell phone and my grandmother made me carry one, and I barely used it the first three years I had it. It wasn’t until the fourth year that I felt the need to use it so much.

I HATE the phone. I do have a cell phone, but hardly ever use it. In fact, I’m pretty sure that while I’m alotted 450 minutes a month, I don’t even use a quarter of them. Of course I hold onto it though. With my nearest relative being well over and hour a way (and no land line at home), it’s become necessary.

i’m with you. I have a pay as you go phone and i only put twenty on it a month because i don’t text and use it mainly only for in case of emergency or if i’m running late somewhere and need to let the person on the other end know about it. i don’t get the appeal of cell phones and texting either. and i hate hate hate when i have company and the damned thing goes off and suddenly the conversation on the phone is much more important than the conversation they’re having with me. Ugh! It just annoys the crap out of me. Rose

Once you go smartphone, you don’t go back.

je pleure.

July 22, 2009

$1 a day so about $30 a month, which you said yourself “isn’t right.” when if you got an actual plan for $30 a month and you can call other people.

One Angry Dwarf

Don’t start texting, baby. No matter what she says, DON’T DO IT. IT’S A SIN AGAINST MANKIND. It causes people to ignore active socialization going around them to send text back and forth to someone who’s not there. And when they hang out with that person who’s not there? They’re texting you! No one’s present anymore, no one’s there.

I can’t even begin to explain how much I hate everything involved in texting and social networking and a thousand other ways to communicate without feeling anything. But anyway. It IS good to have a cell phone. The next time your car breaks down you’ll be damned glad you have one. And it’s easier to make plans. I hate calling home phones for fear of bothering their family.

j3ssica

i think it’s funny that you are big into computer stuff, but phones bother you. i have a blackberry pearl. it’s basically just a small computer… a “hand held” if you will. i can use aim on it. or facebook. or OD. also, i can text everyone. I hardly ever use it as a phone… but if i needed to, i could. haha.

[JerseyGirl]

July 23, 2009

Texting isn’t too bad…if you don’t abuse it. I see people driving on the parkway and texting at the same time everyday. Then there’s those who text during class, church, lectures, etc. I think its very disrespectful, especially when you’re having a conversation with someone and keep replying to texts, so you’re in the conversation but not entirely there. I like to be the center of attention >_<

Sperry

wow, you really held out! I thought I was archaic for getting one 5 years ago. I still have my very basic phone, though, and it suits me fine.