Quite a rollercoster of experiences.
UP: Bought a hot riding jacket and gloves for motorcycling.
DOWN: Bike was broke the entire time and I couldn’t learn how to ride.
UP: Got to watch a ton of favorite shows. (*Robin Hood BBC FTW*)
LOOP: Developed a UTI. Had a rough 24 hours of no sleep and peeing blood.
CORKSCREW: On antibiotics and a painkiller that made my pee crazy, neon, alien orange.
TURN: Baking and spending time with hubby.
DOWN: Had to do some homework (*BUT I discovered a slight knack for pixel art and enjoy it. So this is only partially down*)
UP: Saw Alice in Wonderland 3D with hubby and enjoyed it.
CREST OF LAST HILL: Traded the old Blackberry Storm for a Motorola Droid!!!
RACING TO THE LOADING STATION: I have to go back to the real world tomorrow…
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Technology is amazing! It creates streamlined, more efficient processes in corporate America. It connects people and families across the globe. It contains so much knowledge just waiting to be discovered. Yet…when are we TOO interconnected?
Nowadays, most people in the workplace are on a computer 8 hours a day. They come home at night to sit on the computer or gaming console. They need to catch up on email, news, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, blogs, and forums. If that isn’t overwhelming enough, we have smartphones which stream all this information to you instantly wherever you are! I feel like we are beginning to use real life to find anything amusing to share in the virtual world. As soon as something happens you can have it on the internet awaiting comments from other people. I’m tired of seeing people with a phone permanently attached to their hands because they simply MUST know what their friends are doing/thinking at the same moment. People act like if you aren’t online doing something you no longer exist and quickly get left behind.
Nothing is private anymore. If you try to keep to yourself, people think you are anti-social. You can’t just have a regular cell phone for phone calls and texts. You can’t just have an email address and check it once a day. It’s not enough anymore.
I always felt that if any one of my old friends really wanted to get in touch with me they most definitely had ways to do it. But I never heard from them. So, I didn’t have to keep track of their stories in my life. That may sound mean but I’m trying to explain that life was quietier and I wasn’t missing anything because there was nothing to be missed. I enjoyed being a part of the lives of people I was interacting with at work or college on a daily basis. I’m not saying that if I don’t see you for a certain amount of time you will get replaced with new friends. No. It’s just when lives take friends in different directions sometimes it’s okay to let go. Sometimes, it’s a special friendship that will last despite time or distance. Now, with Facebook and similar things you get bombarded with every else’s lives. You could simply ignore them but then what was the point of reconnecting with them.
Not everyone you meet in life has to become some sort of permanent fixture that you have to keep up on. I find it more refreshing to run into someone (*in real life*) and simply catch up the old fashioned way by talking. Then you go on your merry way. No strings attached.
If the world is this interconnected now I really am worried about how much time will be eaten up trying to stay on top of everything in the future. Children grow up seeing their parents waste time on forums. Children are encouraged to sit and play video games because it keeps them quiet. People are terrified that their children will get injured or sick so things are padded and sterilized. I think we are actually hurting the future. Look at the baby boomers! They were born to run around outside and get hurt! Experiment with theories and human interactions. As a result we have some of the most powerful companies of today. IBM, Apple, Microsoft, and Ford were founded by baby boomers. http://www.bbhq.com/whatsabm.htm
Yes, there are still some creative people looking for the next “it” thing. I’m not trying to say everyone is worthless.
The world is a little too close for comfort and I want space!
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I am by no means a politically savvy person and I don’t pretend to be. But, one thing I do know is that appearances and respect are everything. The world already has a skewed view of our country. We are the overly powerful meddlers and self-proclaimed world police. I know we have the best intentions and do much more good than harm yet how can other countries respect us when we don’t respect ourselves?
What I mean to say is …lay-off personally insulting the president!
I’m not a big fan of the man…but having people call him a “slow learner” (*like the Mayor of Las Vegas did http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-obama-las-vegas/story?id=9885429 *) is inexcusable! You most certainly can disagree with Obama and voice your opinions. Resorting to name calling is immature. We look like a country that appointed a man that none of us respect to govern us. So how can other countries take him or us seriously? We are only hurting ourselves and our foreign relationships.
By all means, disagree with the president’s decisions but please do so respectfully. Don’t just say he is dumb because he is dumb. That just makes us look dumb…
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