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Isaiah Martin March 7, 2011 1A Eight out of ten teenagers admit they are unable to survive twenty-four hours without their cell phones or any other modern day devices. There have been many days I have forgotten to charge my phone. Those were some of the worst days I have experienced. I was constantly trying to check my messages with out wasting the life of my battery. It is a known fact that I could not go a day without my modern day devices because I use them to stay I contact with my friends, to plan my day, and receive my daily news feeds. Social networking has become a major part in the modern day teenagers’ or young adults’ life. Two rapidly growing examples of social networking are myspace.com and facebook.com. I must admit, I have become addicted to facebook. Knowing that I had to go an entire day without facebook seemed as if I was just informed that I was diagnosed with a deathly disease. Maybe I was being a little dramatic, but it was torture. I use facebook everyday to stay in contact with my friends. Finding ways to occupy my time was difficult because I was no longer able to contact them. Facebook is also my main way to find out what kinds of activities and parties were taking place, so a majority of my day was spent in the house with my parents. It was one of the most tedious days of my life. After a few hours, a brilliant idea came to mind and saved my day. I decided to do it the old school way and go knock on my friends’ doors to see if they were able to chill. I was able to collect a few friends and the rest of my afternoon went fairly well. Later at night, after I eat and go up to my room is when I start to text message my friends and have conversations. More importantly, I occasionally call my female fiends to see how there day went. However, that night was different from all the rest, because my cell phone insisted on not working. Although I accomplished a lot that night by completing all my homework, it was one of the dullest nights I have ever attended. In addition to facebook and other social networking sites, I also occasionally use the internet for sites like youtube.com, google.com, and video chatting. Surprisingly I was able to complete my night without using any of them. Youtube fills a majority of my day because there are numerous amounts of video genres to explore. In addition to Youtube occupying my time, Google also has vast variations of topics to research. Thirdly, video chatting is a great way to communicate with my friends. It also allows me to see their beautiful, smiling faces. As I have noted, using my modern day devices is extremely important to me. Facebook, Youtube, and video chatting take up a great part of my day. In fact, living an entire day without technology is like living in agony. Hence, I would never want to experience this day a gain.