THE LIST

Mr B has decided that YES! I am getting a Blackberry for Christmas! But he has demanded that I write a list of 10 Reasons Why I Want A Blackberry because he has decreed that he will not buy me one and listen to me bitch about paying a big phone bill (remember how much I hate AT&T???) every month. He intends to use this list against me if I should happen to act out (which is a very real possibility). So for public record, here is the list:

1. I really want to try sexting. Talkin’ dirty sounds like an awful lot of fun, and I feel really left out of this phenomenon.
2. I want to send everyone I love a picture of my left boob. What could say “I love you” more than inappropriate pics?
3. Texting snarky comments during boring meetings is way more cool than passing notes.
4. Playing on your Blackberry is a socially acceptable way of ignoring weird or annoying people.
5. Knowing that I can reach Mr B anywhere, anytime, anyplace is a powerful and heady feeling. How exciting that all my needs and desires can be made known to him as soon as I realize them myself!
6. Not sharing a phone with a pic of a pancake in the shape of a cross with an 11 year old will be a relief.
7. I will no longer have to listen to “I had a bad day!” as a ring tone.
8. My Blackberry will make people assume that I am a very important person who is in high social demand.
9. I won’t be embarrassed anymore that my sons’ grandmother has a better phone than I do.
10. I will no longer be the only 40 year old on the planet without a phone (think 40 year old virgin).