Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: addiction, Blackberry, cell phone, e-mail, freedom, funny, lisp, President, speech, withdrawl
I cannot conceive of being without my Blackberry. I finally purchased it last month and already I’m addicted, hence the term Crackberry! I can totally relate to President Obama’s begging and pleading with the Secret Service to allow him to keep his Crackberry, I think that I would be lost without it, but it’s too painful to even think about that possibility.
I mention this because my Blackberry device allows me so much freedom. I was able to take an overnight business trip to Seattle last week and I did not have to pack my laptop because I was able to retrieve all of my e-mails via this amazing device. It’s also very handy in meetings. I can access the Internet and the information that I need to share with my clients via my Blackberry. It’s truly a genius set-up and I wish I had gotten to know it sooner.
There is one drawback to being so connected and here it is. Last week while I was in a meeting I noticed that I missed a call from BFF J. Soon after the missed call there came a text message from her. The message stated “Did you know that Ron Widen has a lateral lisp?” This message may leave many people wondering who Ron Widen is and what the heck does him having a lateral lisp have to do with anything? However, you must realize that BFF J knows that this particular speech impediment is one that I can mimic as though I was born with the problem, and when I do it, it sends people into hysterics (I’m going straight to you-know-where for that!)…..and just an FYI, Ron Widen is our Democrat state Senator (and he’s not my favorite, nor my choice). So upon reading this text message, while in a meeting where my attention was to be directed at the speaker, I bust out laughing…….which I then tried to disguise as an out of control cough and then I excused myself.
So it’s as though I’m having to learn the fine art of self-control all over again. Even though I can access information and e-mails 24/7 it doesn’t mean that I have to. MFH keeps reminding me of that fact when the message indicator goes off in the middle of the night. What’s worse is when I set it on the headboard and it vibrates; but that’s only happened once and MFH got so excited (and you can guess what happened next!). Needless to say I have had to ban the Blackberry from our bedroom.
So there are benefits and there are drawbacks but when weighed out the benefits have it, hands down. It’s just too convenient to be connected and available all the time……unless I don’t want to be available, in which case I would have to actually turn off the phone and then there would be this ugly withdrawl and syptoms could include tremors, night sweats and I may even throw up…….so I guess I’ll just keep using…..my Blackberry!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: addicting, addiction, Blackberry, communication, Facebook, sleep, status update, teenagers, text messaging
OMG, like IDC wat u do…..wat evr!
WHAT? Okay, I’m addicted to Facebook and my new Blackberry(aka: Crackberry)…..and I’m learning how to speak “text” and “chat” and it’s seriously like learning another language. The best part is: I can now communicate with my children again!
Have you ever had the opportunity to check out Facebook? It’s pretty neat, I mean cool, or awesome!Actually it’s a great way to connect with friends, family, co-workers, networks, former classmates…..you name it. This is not an advertisement for Facebook but I am able to connect and communicate with people that I may otherwise loose track of. In fact, I’m catching up with friends that I went to high school with and since I went to HS in New York and now live on the west coast there are quite a few people that I’ve lost touch with. I’m talking and communicating with friends that I haven’t seen in over 20 years, and that is very cool! In fact I’ve been dissed by my HS boyfriend, again! Ah, memories….LOL!
Technology is hard to keep up with though, and in all honesty if it wasn’t for MFH I would probably be lost. He has miraculously “sinked” (I know that’s not how it’s spelled) all of my “stuff”. But, between my Crackberry and FBI have found a much larger addiction. If you are familiar with FB then you will understand: the status update.
Thanks to the mobility of Blackberry and the “status update” on FB, I am now able to tell all of my “friends” exactly how I’m feeling, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! I actually find myself thinking about my mood as I would have it show up on my facebook “wall”. It’s a total addiction! So that you can understand, here are a few of the moods that I have had….and they all begin with ”Stacy is………..”
- “happy for her friends and their laughter!”
- “wishing she wore more comfortable shoes to shop in!”
- “speechless.”
- ”thinking that Tom Cruise has had a nose job……”
The list goes on. It’s been made even more fun by the fact that I can now update my status on my Blackberry!
But here’s the real problem, I find myself thinking in “status mode” throughout the day….constantly. I even woke up the other morning realizing that I had been dreaming in “status” mode: Stacy is falling and afraid she’ll hit the ground…..Stacy is running from an attacker and can’t scream…….Stacy is snuggling with her husband…………for crying out loud, it’s an addiction! Why would people care what the heck I’m doing 24/7??
But they do care, because they respond. They comment on my status. They ask questions and show concern. They are as addicted as I am and we all have a problem. I have over 55 “friends” on FB and at any given time we can know each others mood, feelings, thoughts, whereabouts etc. anytime of the day or night! It’s weird, it’s almost too connected…..but it’s addicting. In all reality I could update my status every minute or less!
And therein lies the next great 12 step program: to ween people off of the Facebook and in particular the need to constantly update everyone on their statusi, 24/7! AND in this fabulous economy that we’re experiencing, I think that I have a winner of a money maker!
(BTW, spellcheck went Ape S*** on this post, LOL! Maybe someone should invent a text dictionary…..ooooo, another money maker!)
