When I sold my soul to technology

I can remember very distinctly the first time I became obsessed with technology. When I was younger I wanted  a Nintendo more than anything else. I'm talking pre-Super NES and pre-N64. At the time I wanted nothing more than to play Mario and Duck Hunt for the rest of my life. I can remember how I thought the gun must have been taken from our government. I can remember how at this moment, looking back, I became obsessed with technology. Nothing else mattered to me. From then on there, every new technology that has come out, I had to have it. From the NES to the 360. From my dad's phone built in the car to my Iphone, nothing had changed. Every. new technology seemed to fascinate me. And in that fascination, I soon developed an obsession. I remember when I purchased my Iphone. I stood outside of the apple store for 4 hours before the store opened up to pick up my phone. By the time I got my phone and got home, I had fallen asleep. This is proof that my dedication to the receiving the technology had out-weighed my sanity. Being a "slave" to my phone, gaming console, and computer, I now realize how ridiculous my behavior has been. I look back and realize how ignorant I was to wait outside for a piece of technology that would bore me in six months when the "newest" technology would come out. The biggest question I have for myself is, do I want or need this new technology? Am I truly wowed by the newest and coolest thing, or am I just addicted to having the newest and coolest thing? From time to time I step back and question my decisions. I purchased Modern Warfare 3 when it came out. I went to the midnight release. I took a vacation day off from work the next day. I know, very sad. Did I buy the game because I loved the previous versions so much that this game is what I needed, or was it because that nobody would be playing Modern Warfare 2 anymore, that this game became a necessity?
Another example of my technology problem is when I purchased my first blu ray player. I was so excited to purchase the cool technology that  only after I got home, I realized I never asked an important question: Can I play DVD's on this thing? I didn't have any blu rays, all DVDs. Fortunately for me I found out that it could play all my DVD's. Eventually I became angry to learn that blu rays were almost twenty dollars more than DVD's. I've only recently come to terms with that. I've understood that technology, somehow, has become a part of my daily life. More so than I could have ever imagined, it has become a part of me.