iPhone Mania!!

So this is the first picture taken with my new 8 GIG iPhone!!
Yes, I was one of the millions of iLunatics waiting in line in front of an Apple store for one of these amazing gadgets. Fortunately, not too many people know of "Columbia, MD" so I was able to get BOTH my iPhones (I was going to hustle one on eBay but got royally screwed so I am returning it) with minimal fuss. I was about to drop kick all the happy cheery white people when they opened the store. Okay, the iPhone is amazing.. I get it. But did you really need to applaud as everyone that bought one walked out of the store?

I digress. I have not become SO shallow that I am dedicating this entire blog entry to my new little toy, but rather I want to comment on an interesting choice related to the iPhone. When switching to AT&T wireless, I had the choice of transferring the old phone number I had since 2001 or getting a totally brand new number. For weeks, I had been toying with using my new iPhone as an excuse to purge my life of certain people whom were not contributing to it in a positive way. I chose the latter option. (And saved myself an iHeadache in waiting for Sprint to let go of my loyal account.)

While my new phone has dramatically fewer contacts, I've come to realize that making bold statements and proclamations are just another way of getting attention from the people I think I want to cut out. Secretly I hope they ask me why I haven't contacted them with my new number. There is one person in particular to whom this applies and I am glad I have realized this before doing something stupid and rash.

But the damage is done I guess. My old number is gone and my old phone has been retired to the back of the closet. As for my new phone, I guess I will have to be more judicious than I was with the old one as to who I let have that type of access to me.