Genie, I Want That

Growing up as a chubby, hairy, Italian girl, my only wish was that one day I could step into a magical pool and wherever the water touched my skin, I would never grow hair there ever again. I used to imagine that when the genie granted my wish, I would strategically step into the pool with my hair up in a bun, and then stick my face in the water up to my eyebrows. That way I would never have to shave my legs, bikini, arms, armpits, or wax my lip ever again.

Then one day, someone much smarter than me asked "Why don't you just make things a lot easier for this Genie and wish your hair away." It was just that simple.

Now, it may seem like a stretch, but my grown-up desire for an iPad is a lot like that wish. I would now like to ask my Genie for a magical, portable devise that would act as a computer, a television, an iPod, a book, a newpaper, and a magazine all-in-one. And then, when I wanted to utilize all the functions, I would merely have to touch a screen to harness the infinite power. Magical.

...then sometime during this dream, Steve Jobs showed up (looking very much like the blue Genie from Aladdin) and said, "Laura, just wish for an iPad... moron."

Needless to say, I'm right there with you, Phil Dunphy. Claire is off her ass if she thinks the iPad is a bunch of "doohickey." You enjoy that magical portal which serves as "a movie theater, a library, and a music store all rolled into one awesome pad."

As it always does, ModFam had me peeing my pants last week, but it also had me lusting over the iPad with the childlike fixation of an 80's baby with a cabbage patch doll. In one of the final scenes, Claire brings out the iPad with an animated image of a birthday cake adorned with lit candles. Then, on cue, Phil was able to blow out the candles. That's right... BLOW OUT THE CANDLES... the ANIMATED, COMPUTERIZED CANDLES. My God.

Just so you can get a little taste of what I've been salivating over since Wednesday, just check out the below.