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September 13, 2005
Ode to my cellphone
A cellphone is a tool that makes it easier for people to communicate with each other. Every morning I wake up looking at it. I hold the precious little equipment in my hand and feel its mirror like spotless surface. As I open my eyes, I am eager to put its half inch of antenna between my index and middle finger and flip open the top cover with the tip of my thumb to find out what time it is. Once I know the time, my brain requests me to play with its all kinds of pretty, small, and neatly organized rows and columns of buttons that lets me to snooze.
This navy blue, gray, rectangular and light object is one of the most important and stable link between people of the modern world. Very nearly every one of us has cellphone. If we lose it, it hurts not only our emotions but it might affect our personal information. The plastic or metal apparatus make people paranoid, angry, and nervous. I am obsessed with this tool. If I didn’t have cellphone in my life I will fail to keep up with people around me.
The cellphones have various purposes: to call, to text message, to calculate, to set alarm, etc., In the dark, I even use its blue display light as flashlight. I don’t usually trip in dark hallways to find my keys but I use my cellphone to look around. It proves me its necessity in every moment of my life. It brings me and my family and my friends up to date who are 6200 miles away from me, within several seconds from wherever I am.
When the cellphone rings, it brings me happiness, curiosity, or anxiety depending on the situation. Its cheerful ring tones travel through air and hit my ears to signal. My right hand slips into stuffed purse or bag of mine to locate the cellphone that is usually hidden under books and notebooks. Wherever I go and whatever I do, it will be one of the most essential tools I will carry on myself.
Posted by lcisbold at September 13, 2005 05:12 PM
Comments
I really enjoyed your ode...it was really different from the rest of the odes...which made it great. While many of searched for something small and generally unappreciated, you managed to give today's cell phone the praise it deserves. My family has always been slow to embrace technology, but I find recently that if I am without my cell phone I get very nervous. Great job and conveying all of the emotions that involve communication through this convenient piece of technology.
Posted by: Brenna at September 15, 2005 07:22 PM
I really, really liked your ode. I don't think it would have meant as much coming from anyone else since you are the farthest from your family and your cellphone is the best tool of communication for you. A great object to choose!
Posted by: Emmy at September 16, 2005 11:03 AM