issue 04 / volume 41

Tragedy 1n New Westminster

» A real-life account of three-to-six weeks of true Android loss

Allie Davison
Columnist

Sunday, September 14
Day1

Today the unthinkable
happened. I’ve lost the one
constant in my life. The only
thing I’ve ever been able to truly
count on is broken. My best
friend. Excuse me while I go cry
hysterically in the corner.

Monday, September 15
Day 2

I admit, that moment was
not one of my best. The wailing
scream I let out when I handed
my best friend over to the Bell
Mobility service and product
consultant may have been just
a tad dramatic, but come on—it

was a shock to my system to give !
: meeting). How will I deal? How
: will I grow?

up my phone.

This is longest I’ve been
without a phone since I was 13
and received a Nokia 3310 for
Christmas. That phone didn’t
have a camera, and the only
game it had was Snake, but I
didn’t know any better and I was
in love.

: It’s now been four days since :
: I’ve had a working phone. And
: only one since I handed it over.
: Three-to-six weeks (minus one
: day) until they say I'll get it back. :
: Fuck. My. Life.

Wednesday, September 17
: Day 4

Maybe it won't be so bad.

: Like, a learning experience or

: something. A chance for me

: to mature as a human, sans

: technology. I’ve never know

: adult life without a phone, and
: it’s time to learn. How I face

: the challenges of not having

: music on the headphones, or

: setting up a lunch date without
: being able to let them know if

: Pll be late at the last minute (or
: worse, Waiting alone not know if :
: someone is just stuck in traffic,

or completely forgot that we're

Monday, September 22
: Day9

This totally sucks. I don’t

: want to grow. I don’t want to

deal.

Friday, September 26

: Day 13

It’s been almost two weeks

: that I’ve lived without a phone.

Time has slowed down, it feels

: like months have gone by. I’ve

: tried to put things in perceptive
: by making a pros vs. cons list.

: Terrible idea. Cons won bya

: landslide and I am now even

: more depressed.

I've stopped making plans

: with people; they’re too stressful
: to follow through on without

: my technological companion. I

: wouldn't even leave the house, if
: it wasn't for work.

The world has grown silent,

without my cheerful notification
: bell ringing through the room. |
: have gone silent, unable to reach

out to my friends and loved

: ones. My life is going silent.

Thursday, October 2
: Day 19

Rejoice! Salvation is here!

A phone will soon once again

: be safely in my hands. Not my

: phone, buta loaner phone. The
: sun is shining, birds are singing
: and my life has begun once

: More.

humour // 21

  
 
  
 
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

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