I never realized how lost I could be without my cell phone. Literally guys- I was lost and without my cell phone. SUCKS! It made me realize that a cell phone has become my life line, so much to the fact that human contact has become second nature.

  Let me try to explain. I’m writing for a weekly magazine over the summer for my internship. It’s about a 30-45 minutes drive from my parents’house. Well this past Friday was my first out-of-office interview with the director of the UL Art Museum. I was really excited about it, since I had talked to him a lot over the winter when I wrote for The Times over my semester break. I was really looking forward to meeting Mr. UL Art Museum Director and going on my first on-site interview for The Times!

  Well things weren’t going my way that morning. I couldn’t find my glasses, then couldn’t find my shoes and ended up leaving the house later than I wanted. Well, after hauling ass down country roads, and learning that every Lafayette driver drives through yellow lights- I made it to St. Mary Street on the UL campus. The man told me to take a right on Girrard Park Avenue, and I accidently took a left so I just parked right away when I realized I should have taken a right.
 

  In an attempt to make a long story short, come to find out- I was really a block away. Mr. UL Art Director didn’t tell me that Girrard Park Avenue runs through St. Mary TWICE. I needed to turn down the second one... Not the first. Oh, thanks Mr. UL Art Museum Director for leaving out that key piece of information.

  I got out of my car and proceeded to take my cell phone out of my purse to call the director to ask where to go, when I realized I didn’t have my cell phone. Well ain’t that fucking dandy?!

  The ONLY day out of the past 2 weeks that I leave the office and I forgot my cell phone. Figures. I had even written Mr. UL Art Museum Director phone number in my notebook so I could call him in case I get lost. Annnnddd there I was without my cell phone.

  I decide to find it on foot, because I knew I had to be close to it! After wandering around the block of St. Mary and Girrard Park Avenue for over 10 minutes, lost like a freakin goose, I got pretty discouraged. I was wandering around Angell Hall, getting pretty upset with myself when I asked a very nice lady to use her cell phone. I called Mr. UL Art Museum Director and I got to leave a nice retarded-sounding message on his answering machine.

  After pouting a little while, it occurred to me that I should just ask her! So I did, and she knew where it was- just a block down! So much for the great cell phone, all I simply needed to do was ask!

    It just surprised me how it was my first response to ask for the cell phone, rather than ask first, then use the cell phone. Gosh, what’s wrong with our society? I’m so driven by my cell phone that I forgot the first rule of social behavior- talk to people. Dude, seriously- I’m a reporter. I talk to people all the time. But for that moment between deciding whether to call or asking for directions- I chose the phone and that’s where I failed.

  To ease your mind, I did make it to my interview and it went fine. Walking back to my car I got rained on a little, and my morning officially sucked.

  I will never go on an interview without my phone again, because yes- I’m now part of the machine of cell phone clutching sheep. But I’d rather be a sheep WITH a cell phone. Otherwise I'd be completely lost!