Viva la iPhone

     Of late, every morning I wake up the first thought in my head is, "Maybe today will be the day I buy an iPhone." I'm not an overly compulsive person, especially when dealing with consumerism, change, and commitment. I get a little nervous just thinking of taking that leap; changing providers, forking out over $200 for the phone (I'm a bottom of the poverty-line student), and signing the necessary 3 year contract in order to do so. So I hedge about and yap about how much I want one. I get as close to buying the thing as I can and then retreat as if it will somehow destroy me (it might). 

    My inability to take the simple plunge of buying an iPhone makes me wonder how I can resist that powerful beast called consumerism. I'm really good at it. It really annoys me. I mean, it's so bad, that it happens almost against my will.

As far as I'm concerned, there are merely two kinds, or lets say types, of consumers: Type 1 and Type 2. Type 1 is like myself, as I described above. As far as I'm aware there aren't many of us out there, because if there were, the economy would be in a much worse state than it presently is because nobody would buy anything ever. The second type is the opposite. I'm sure Type 2's would find the above thought process utterly foreign and unnecessary. Type 2's do not experience that struggle. They would simply go out and buy it and not think twice. They are the happy, carefree ones. They're the ones that get everything when it first comes out. They don't usually experience the frustration of buying the "new" iPhone 3GS only to have the latest version come out a few days later because they delayed the whole damn process for too long. Why not just buy the thing right away if you're gonna end up buying it anyway? 

    But Type 1's are cautious, responsible, and massively afraid of debt. They figure all Type 2's are in a heap load of debt (which they are, right?). Someday their whole system will crumble around them and leave them destitute. However, at least they had fun in the process.

    The whole point of this is to work myself one inch closer to buying that sexy piece of beauty called the iPhone. It's taken a lot of effort so far, as can be seen! All of my principles are screaming NO. I know all the reasons I shouldn't, and there are many. Yet there is a tiny bit of Type 2 in me begging for some nourishment. I should nourish it... tomorrow.