the silence of the world
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- kingjulien
I was a late convert to the cell phone world. Prior to getting one I thought they were silly. I mean, yes, they're convenient in an emergency, or when out on the town, or when you're trying to get laid, but from a detached perspective I loathed how society had transformed to the point where people felt naked without them. People seemed to me to have their priorities out of wack, equating phones as status symbols. That's how I saw things a few years ago, and I swore I never would be that guy.
Then I got one, and I understood what all the fuss was about. It was so nice to be able to call someone at anytime, from any place. It was convenient to have all my numbers stored in one handy locale. And when you met a girl at the bar, forget about a cocktail napkin or a book of matches, you had your phone to imput the digits, something modern, something suggesting a level of sophistication.
And yet this weeked my ex-gf finally put the final seal on our relationship by cutting my shit off. Yes, I know, my life has become a Jerry Springer episode, and it's pathetic--truly--but it's also kind of funny if you look at it the right way. For the first few hours I felt a strange withdrawal. Damn, she got me, I thought. What if somebody needed to get ahold of me? What if I had an emergency on the freeway? What about that nectar I met last week? How could I ever get in touch with her now? Did I blow something big?
Now, a couple days have passed and it feels kinda nice. I never had a phone for the first 13 years I was a driver, so I can probably survive one week. Also, no calls from my dean or the school administrators. No messages from creditors (haha Tiwanna). No psycho ex's to interrupt my workflow. Suddenly I've transformed into Plato's Allegory of the Cave- released from my shackles-- and you know what? I kind of like the peace and quiet.
Of course, this harmony won't last, and I'll have a new phone by Friday, but still, I like being invisible, and I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
- ********0
christ, you are full of angst
- ********0
Good short story.
Do you publish these on the Internet kj?
- kingjulien0
No, I prefer to bombard nt with my "angst". It somehow is more rewarding. It's almost like one-hand clapping, if you know what I mean.
- blaw0
my phone is never on.
admittedly, i'm pretty low on the list of people that would be contacted in the event of an emergency.
- gruntt0
i have one of those pay-as-you go things that i only carry on road trips.
my dipshit creative director is like "what if i have an emergency and i need to get in touch with you?!?" and I said "You mean like that time you called to find out if we could use a photo taken with a picture phone in a magazine ad? Just call me at my office where I am very rarely away from for more than 4 minutes."
- SteveJobs0
cell phones are for one thing:
to hold to your ear when your walking by someone you don't want to talk to...
- ********0
i'll be lucky if mine rings once a day. sometimes it won't go off for days. it makes me happy.
my gf's however rings non stop. she seems to be the one her fucked up in the head girlfriends call when they go ape shit on their boyfriends. drives me crazy.
- ********0
I don't answer my phone, I just call out from it.
dirty b*stards always calling me for sex!!!!!!
- Gorbie0
when i was in palm springs, i noticed they have cell phone antennas that are made to look like palm trees.
it's not that people don't recognize the difference, because i'm sure they do... it's that it all seems so appropriate... that's what's so unnerving.
- kingjulien0
The only that's truly lame is having to walk to a payphone just to call your dealer. It's in front of this ghetto liquor store and I have to pull my cell phone out, retrieve the number, and then put the money in. I blew $1.50 in quarters sunday and all I got was Jimi Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner on his answering machine.
Other than that, life is glorious.
- Gorbie0
hahaha...
ghetto jukebox
- tkmeister0
you should just turn it off and use only when you need to.
i don't use it as often as i used to these days. i like to have my alone time.
- brandelec0
very nice