The Scoop Winter 2017 | Page 40

Dear ‘Top,

You were my first laptop. Mine and only mine, not some five-year-old hand-me-down laptop that barely loaded any windows. With you, I wrote papers for school, researched the oldest and most irrelevant facts, drew thousands of cartoons, and watched countless things from Netflix. I cried listening to sad music, and I laughed every time my friends did something stupid over our video calls. You were the first to see my endless pages of writing and my most terrible and ongoing continuous ideas. At the unruly hours you still played music at a critically loud volume, allowing me to keep writing even when I didn’t feel like I could anymore. And even when you shut down and crashed and was the reason of so many frustrating cries, I am still thankful that you are my laptop.

Sincerely yours,

Nicole

To my best friend, my phone,

Hello there! They say that a dog is a man's best friend, but you are mine. I’m not trying to say that I can’t live without you, I can. I just feel that I store almost my entire life on you. I share all my memories, pictures, messages, and videos with you. Thanks to you I get to contact my family and friends that are not currently with me. With just a tap, you make me feel that they are closer to me, even though they are miles away. Now at days elders view you as a drug. They think that people are too addicted to you. But for me that’s not true, you are more than that. Thanks to you I get the chance to explore and learn new thing with just a simple touch.

P.s. I can remember the many times I have dropped you and hurt you in so many ways. From the bottom of my heart, I am truly sorry. You have always been there for me, even on those late nights that I couldn’t sleep. Now it’s my turn to be there for you.

Love,

Katerine