for a while now, I've wanted to write a few ideas about my favorite products, companies, gadgets, things of that nature. But in the end I guess laziness prompted me to take an easier route to international stardom. The idea did get me thinking though of how much we as a society rely on technology. Now, I know this isn't an original thought by me, (a great mind of the,....what century are we in right now?) but if you really think about it, it's beyond true. Last night I finally bit the bullet and signed up for high speed internet service where I live. Partly because I wanted Ang to have something to do while I'm watching 6 hours of UEFA Champions League on a Tuesday afternoon. But you guessed it, every possible problem that could occur, did. I mean every little thing. Of course I had a monumental meltdown and still have no service. But here is the cherry! My brother was over at that very moment with his recently purchased iPod that he had just acquired because his last MP3 player, unannounced to him, came into contact with some Mountain Dew. He of course wanted to fill it with literally thousands of songs that I had on my laptop. Are you starting to see the vicious cycle? (yes, we are all slaves) The sad fact here is that I'm not saying there is anything wrong with this, I am in turn saying that we should embrace this. (we should all continue to get really, really angry when our technology fails us, considering that we have no real control over whether it works or not) Technology is a wonderful thing that makes all our lives better. (if you have an iPod). So with all that said, we should all hand write a letter to some old dude sittin' on his front porch playing blues music with a guitar that has a hole in it and tell him how much we appreciate what we have. (*Benton, surely you have a long lost Uncle who fits this mold.)
(say it ain't so, xcruti8ingly clevr) (couldn't you have at least thought of a better name?)
listening to right now: About Today by The National
jchu
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So ~ I remember when we had party lines on our phone. You could pick up your phone and hear a conversation that your neighbor was having down the street. We shared the phone line....Home computers, cell phones, ipods, webcasts, satellite tv, game systems, all of that has become part of our lives during my adult years. So, what did I do for fun when I was a little girl? We went outside to play.....
jesse, you're in my mind! I've had this idea for a while and i started it yesterday but decided not to post it. I was going to try and do an ongoing weekly story just to see how it goes. It might not work, but...oh well. Still might do it though.
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