I’m talking about the release of Apple’s newest life-altering, world-changing, mind-expanding product… the iPhone 4G.  Its specs were leaked  six months ago and some spy photos surfaced a bit later, but the tech geeks and early adopters have been dreaming of it and drooling for what feels like forever.  Now that it’s hit the market (released in stores today) on June 24th, 2010: a day that will live in infamy, they are lining up in droves to make sure they get the very first batch, and the exact model they want.

A few of my penguin friends who are traveling around in other parts of the world just had to get this gadget, and so, have stood in line for hours to insure they’ll get this bad boy on day-one.  Naturally, I made fun of them and attempted to make them feel bad for placing such importance on this material item… but to no avail, they woke up at 4am this morning and drove to the local mall to get in line with the rest of the sheep. In Tokyo, the people have been lined up waiting in front of stores for over 48 hours!!!  This is just pathetic!

Let’s be honest…. I’m just a jealous penguin.  I’m on Verizon and can’t have the iPhone yet.  Not the iPhone 4G, or 3Gs, 3G, 2G, or the original.  I can’t have it and it’s driving me nuts!!! I woulda been in line with my friends.  Hell, I woulda flown to Tokyo just to wait in line longer!  I’m the pathetic one!

Dear Verizon, please consider this a penguin plea.  If you start getting hundreds of thousands of angry letters addressed from Antarctica… don’t say i didn’t warn you!