Free mobile phones!

No, this blog has not been taken hostage by some spambot and this post is not an annoying pop-up, advertising and allegedly claiming to give away mobile phones for free. If you genuinely believed that - although it blows my mind if you did, as you have to be quite the internet equivalent of a stone age Neanderthal to still fall for these things - I strongly urge you to go away now. Yes, press the little red cross in the corner of your screen now, you can do it! Shoof, shoof!

Still with us? Gooood. As you’re reading this, FREE MOBILE PHONES has apparently caught your attention. It does seem like an odd title, doesn’t it? ‘Free mobile phones’ is, in this society, a combination of the two most important things in this world. No wonder I almost have to put a warning spoiler at the top, preventing this blog to be overcrowded with cheap-ass materialists. I’m glad you made it through to the part I really wanted to talk about, though.

First, the word “free”. Of course, all people want things for free, without paying for it, and I’m not saying that’s bad, but we’re living in a capitalistic world which is all about making profit. Not only businesses, but everyone. What better way to make profit than getting things without paying for them? That’s ideal!

We all want so much, and at the same time pay as little as possible for it. We all want to be rich so we can have everything, like an iPad or a big television but we’ve already got so much! I myself am a perfect example of this as well. Still not convinced? Still thinking you don’t have much? Let’s just count the things on my desk right this moment:  

- iPod Touch
- Mobile Phone
- Stereo
- Cable from iPod to stereo
- Remote control from my stereo
- 2 Lee Child books
- Calculator
- 4 stones (from Italy, Greece, Spain and France)
- 5 school books (oh, joy! *sarcastic*)
- Mobile phone charger
- Wallet
- Cup of tea
- Clothespin
- Letter from the bank
- 3 broken pens
- 2 broken pencils
- Pot of ink
- Map of Holland
- ID card
- Libararycard
- Bank card
- Over 50 sheets of paper
- 4 Christmas cards (with a cute little snowman on it! Woo!)
- A bone of a sheep (don't ask)
- A lamp
- A Ludlum thriller (the Bacroft Strategy)
- Diary
- A CD
- 2 writing feathers
- 1 empty carton box
- An eraser
and finally 6 pieces of leftover firework.

Added up and not even counting the 50 pieces of paper, those are 57 separate individual objects I have, just on lying around on my desk! I’m willing to bet I’m not the only one with a messy and full desk like this, let alone room, let alone the entire house. Still convinced you haven’t got much?

That’s one of the things I like about the Gospel According To Larry by Janet Tashjian, which tells us the story of teenage Josh with very strong opinions, who ‘preaches’ them on the internet. One of the things he thinks would make the world better, is having only 75 possessions. If he ever has more than exactly 75 possessions, he has to throw or give something away. That includes the 50 pieces of paper I have lying around here, so if I were to follow his rule, I’d be on the street by now handing out useless empty boxes, bones, pens and what not to people out to people like crazy!

No, I’m not saying we should all follow Josh’s example and strictly limit yourself to having 75 things. However, having pieces of paper and a pen to use would make quite a lot of people in the world jealous. We shouldn’t just give everything away and we shouldn’t give up saving for the things we like, but be happy about it and should realise what we have before we throw it away or carelessly leave it lying around somewhere.

That’s it for this blog, no time to talk about the mobile phones left, but the second part will be up soon!

Signed,

Torino&Griffith.