Comedian Amy Borkowsky is giving up her cell phone for 60 days, starting January first, and writing about it at her web site. From the intro:
On January 1st, Borkowsky will attempt to ring in 2008 with a lot less ringing, as she officially turns off her cell phone service for sixty days, becoming America’s first advocate for moderation in cell phone use. [...]
“I’m doing this because I really question how being so dependent on my cell phone is affecting my quality of life.”
Like a lot of people, she wonders how it evolved from a smart thing to have in an emergency to something convenient for outgoing calls but not essential, to such a constant attachment to her ear that “my face practically has a tan line in the shape of the VX8300.”
Link: Cellibacy, via textually.org.
Ha! rad.
I've been without a cell phone now for about 6 months and it's been uninterrupted bliss. I am still astonished that I'm the only person I know without a cell phone. Just spent the holiday weekend with my brother and at least a dozen times our conversation was interrupted by the phone. It made me insane since I see him once a year, but he seemed thoroughly conditioned to the "convenience."
Posted by: Chris Blow | Wednesday, January 02, 2008 at 04:49 PM