If you didn’t see my original post last Friday I’ve decided to shelve my Blackberry Curve and try to go back to a basic low end cell phone for the next 30 days. Not surpisingly most of my friends think I’m fucking nuts for even trying this. In fact one of them replied to me on BB messenger when I told him I would be shutting my BB down with the following, “That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard you say. I would like to slap you in the face right now”. Strong words.
I managed to survive the weekend without my trusty Curve and to be completely honest it was pretty nice. It was relaxing and liberating to not have my BB vibrating every 15 minutes just to let me know that I received another email from a prince/princess over seas that has so much cash they’ve decided to share some with little old me. Sure there were times that I missed the instant internet access. At one point on Saturday I found myself wondering what time the UW Huskies played. If my BB had been in my pocket I would have wasted a couple of minutes bringing up ESPN and checking. Without the BB I realized I don’t really give two shits about the UW Huskies to begin with and I wasn’t going to waste the time to find a newspaper or a laptop to check what time their game was on.
That being said there are still 27 days left in this challenge which means it is far to early to claim victory or success. I can already see a situation coming up this weekend where I am really going to miss the turn by turn navigation my Curve and bluetooth GPS receiver provides. Google Maps here I come.
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