Green Beans and a Giveaway CLOSED

Valentine's of 2oo8 was horrible. Let's reminisce  shall we? The night before ended in my friend almost running us off the road. Kids, don't drink and drive. The next morning, I woke up to start my long drive home. I guess I was going a little over the speed limit and wasn't paying that much attention. Trying to find a decent station on XM can be tricky. A state trooper pulled me over, gave me a ticket, and said Happy Valentine's. Thanks, you effin  jerk. 

When I pulled into my town, I stopped by KFC for, you know, some chicken. The green beans also looked enticing. I ordered and went to the house. As I was getting out of my car, trying to juggle the food, my bags, purse, and phone, I accidentally dropped my phone into the KFC bag. It's fine. It's just chicken. I got inside, put my ish down, and to my complete and utter horror, pulled out my phone from the bottom of the bag. It had been submersed in green bean juice. WHAT tha WHAT?! 

My phone was my life. I have never spent 6oo dollars on a phone until that one (and will never spend that much again). I got it the year before, right around the time iPhones were coming out and touch screens were still very new. HTC had just come out with the Cingular 8525. It had the touch screen, a stylist, a pull out keyboard, and I loved it.

Back to the moment of green bean juice KFC rage and fury. I turned the phone off and took the battery out. I wiped the phone and my tears. It felt like I was leaning over a pet that was on it's last breath.Hang in there buddy, please!

My beloved phone never turned on again. My heart was broken. I went back to my lame old Motorola Razor and then eventually got an iPhone. To this day I still have never loved a phone more than that 8525, and to this day I still haven't eaten KFC's green beans.

Here is a stock photo of my "Gianni." Yes, I had named my phone.

Really silly story, but a person's cell phone becomes their life line. I have umpteenthousand pictures of memories stored on my phone. I have numbers I'll never know by heart. I have apps and sites bookmarked that I need on the reg. My phone wakes me up in the morning and puts me to sleep at night. Technology is something crazy.

****THIS GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED****
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