Cell Phones

If you haven't noticed how cell phones seem to have taken over so many people's lives, then you must be living in some sort of cave. That or you are Amish, in which case you aren't really reading this anyways.

It amazes me how some people hold onto their cell phone like its pumping life preserving juices into their veins. Take for instance, any time you want to leave your house. You can't leave without someone having that panic moment where they shout out "WAIT! Where is my cell phone?!" as if not having their cell phone somehow prevents them from being able to put one foot in front of the other in order to walk out the door. The way some people panic you would imagine they lost their first born child or they found a cat stuck in a tree.

Have you ever noticed that it is no longer socially acceptable to simply sit anywhere anymore? You don't have to actually be doing anything, you only have to look like you're talking with someone on your phone.

Sitting alone on a bench=creepy.

Sitting alone on a bench aimlessly staring at your cell phone=socially acceptable.

As much as cell phones can annoy me, especially when people seem more preoccupied with the virtual people they are talking to rather than the living breathing ones in front of them, people who don't own one can be equally annoying. Take for instance one of my professors. I'm TAing one of his classes and I was going to hold a review session for the students over the weekend. He asked me if I had any questions before I held the session and I told him I couldn't think of any at the moment, but if I did I would e-mail him. He then told me that he would be away all weekend with no access to the internet. He also told me that he doesn't own a cell phone. He then proceeded to give me his wife's cell phone number and told me to call her since he will be near her all weekend anyways. Yeah, I'm going to call my professor's wife's cell phone number for a review session question while they are on vacation for the weekend. That wouldn't be weird or awkward at all. 

I would have the professor without a cell phone. It's just so unnormal.

On a side note to my roommates: I spelled the words "fat" "die" "porn" and "mushy" with the magnet letters on our refrigerator about a week ago. I was expecting someone to move the letters or at least comment on the word choice by now, but no one has. I'm a little concerned. Are you all really that unobservant or are you really perfectly okay with keeping these words spelled out on our fridge?

A Related Cartoon I Found! 

On my ipod today: "Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)" by Beyonce. I can do that side to side head thing she does in her video like you wouldn't even know.