The middle silver circle thingy on my phone fell off on my flight back from MI to CA a few weeks ago leaving a ghetto, bubbly, white plastic thingy. The dark plum color on the inside has been randomly scratched off the buttons for months, leaving it looking like a worn out children's toy, and the middle purple menu thingy will probably be gone by this Wednesday.

But as much as my phone has been falling apart, I never really thought too much about it because it was doing its job. I mean, it makes phone calls! It's a phone, that's all it needs to do. So what's the problem?

Well, "the problem", I have realized, is that you can get a better phone out of a gum ball machine, and probably a better plan as well (I have 40 free text messages a month, and have never even thought about a data plan. That's for rich people!).

You'd think the L.A. crowd would have made me feel insecure about my phone a long time ago. I mean, people in the entertainment industry are on their super cool, iphone-like phones 24/7, calling, texting, checking e-mail, FB, and sharing cool YouTube videos! All I can do is play a minute and a half demo version of "Gems". But I just thought that was because this is Hollywood, and it wasn't realistic.

That was until I saw my mom's phone.

Keep in mind this is my mom, who on her last phone didn't even know she had texting capabilities. She was whipping out her new phone left and right.  She was texting like a teenager with all of her other adult friends, young adults at church, and my dad (also with an up-to-date phone), on her new, sleek looking, text-efficient phone. With one letter per button! (my phone has like, 50 letters per button).

Well, after seeing that my parents and all of their adult friends had 2010 appropriate phones, I told Justin I needed (needed? okay, wanted) one as well. We checked it out, and once you have a plan with a cell phone provider, they really don't budge. I can't even think of getting a different phone until January (if it lasts till January).

At first I was like "Whaaat?!?" But it's probably for the best, because I will probably realize that I don't need no fancy phone! This one here works just fine! hehe.