Dear Life,

Dear Blackberry Curve,

 I never thought I could love a phone so much.  You were really out to prove me wrong, weren’t you, you sexy minx?!?!  I wasn’t expecting to even get you, you came to me as a suprise gift.  And you DID suprise me, in so many ways.  I had always said “all I need on a phone is a vibrate setting, an alarm clock, and text messaging.”  Then you came along and showed me that I was being a HUGE LIAR!!!  There are so many things about you that I didn’t even know I wanted in a phone and now I can’t imagine living without them!  Here are some examples:

BBM.  For those of you not in the know…. or who are lame and opted for the less popular smart phone, the iphone… that stands for blackberry messanger.  And it rules.  It’s so much more fun than text messanging.  Why would I even bother to text anyone anymore?!?!  (Well, because not everyone has a fancy blackberry like you, that’s why)  It’s like instant messanging FROM YOUR MOBILE PHONE!!  It brings me back to the college/high school days that were spent sitting around the computer talking to friends online.  Except it’s AT LEAST double the fun cause it’s from your phone and you don’t have to be at home in front of a computer, you can be ANYWHERE!  A few more fun things about bbm: the symbols/icons you can use.  You can send thumbs up or down, actual yellow smiley faces, kisses, and a heart.  HOW FUN.  You may not use these too often… in fact if you do, please stop, excessie symbols really makes them less special.  But once in a while that thumbs up really speaks volumes and it s fun suprise to see!  And (this may be my favorite part) you can tell exactly when the message is delivered AND when the person reads this.  If you are a total creeper, like I am, you can tell when people read your messages then, if they don’t respond, you can bbm them more with creepy things like”I know you read that, I can tell, BBM ME BACK IMMEDIATELY!!”  It’s real fun to creep people out… thanks bbm!

Brickbreaker.  This feature alone has changed my life.  Seriously.  This game has kept me up late at nights, kept me from being bored waiting in lines, and has been an excellent distraction when I’m alone and trying to pretend I’m looking at you to prevent weird men from talking to me.  I also like to brag to my friends about my high scores.  Brickbreaker frustrates me when I lose and makes me happy when I win.  The ONLY bad thing about this is that, for people like me, who MAY just drop you on a regular basis and cause the battery to come out, it doesn’t save your progress and you have to start a NEW game ALL over.  This sucks because 2 weeks ago I has  over 500,000 points with 94 lives.  And now I am sad I lost that score simply because I dropped my phone at a cubs game and the battery popped out!  I still love this feature you have and will forever be trying to achieve the score I once had.

Facebook.  It’s simply not enough to only have facebook when I’m at home.  JUST BECAUSE I don’t have a desk job, doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be able to check my facebook at random times throughout the day.  You, my love, have made this task possible for me.  In fact, facebook is right on the front home screen and I love it.  I can now check everyone’s “status updates” and creepily stalk all my “friends” more accurately throughout the day.  I couldn’t effectively do this without you,  so I am grateful (some of my “friends” on facebook are not!).

Yahoo email (or any e-mail account really).  I can check my email without connecting to the internet and paying the ridiculous fees.  And the many random emails I get throughout the day have been brilliant excuses for getting out of really awkward conversations.  All it takes it a small glance at you when you vibrate, a sigh, shrug, then “gotta check this, it might be from my boss” and then walk away.  Perfection

There are still many other things I adore about you.  The fact that I can download “apps” from the “blackberry app store”.  I mean, I don’t do this cause it kind of confuses me, but I love the fact that if I ever stop being lazy and lame and learn how to do it, I CAN.  Many people don’t even have a phone that gives them that option like YOU do!  I realize it should bother me that my smartphone is smarter than I am, but it doesn’t.  I’m just proud to own something as smart and amazing as you are.  You really have earned your nickname “crackberry”.  Congratulations!

Wishing I was writing this blog post on you instead of my computer,

Jessica

PS. I forgot, unlike the “NEW AND IMPROVED “iphone, you can actually send and recieve picture mail.  You’re way better, don’t even worry about it.