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Jun/12/08technology
oh my gosh, i have been without a cell phone and without internet access for over a week, and i feel like i have been on the moon! it is astounding how dependent we are on all of our wireless gadgets. i mean, i am a serious technological buffoon, and even i have felt stranded without my fine modern tools. i am really not that much of a cell phone talker, either. my friends are constantly complaining that i never have my phone with me, and it's true. but boy, when you don't have your phone cause you can't have your phone, that feels very different. i don't know what is wrong with the stupid thing, but it is busted...and it busted when i was out of town with my 2 older children...very convenient. couldn't call the office, couldn't call the dr. when stella came down with pink eye (always pretty), couldn't call lala who was staying with franny, couldn't call katie to ask about her exciting date, couldn't, couldn't, couldn't......i mean, i guess you actually still can use pay phones (they still have those, right?), but i don't even think i know how to make a long distance call from one of those anymore. and i guess you can call from the hotel and pay them some ridiculous rate for the use of their phone, but that is just irritating in this age. isn't it funny how fast that happened? POOF... we are all addicted to our cell phones. so strange. and the internet...again, i am -- we are (i am including billy in here) -- technological morons. i hate the computer. i don't like checking my emails, i don't like writing this stupid blog...or so i thought. but when i don't have it, i really miss it. it makes me crazy not being able to check my emails from home. and, oh, i need a flight to nevis. well, g--damnit, i can't look that up without the internet, and i don't wish to talk to the lady at delta. isn't that weird? when did it happen? and, again, i cannot express enough what idiots we are (my friend, elisabeth, calls us the luddites...she is often rude). so, if i feel this at sea without my phone and wi-fi, just think how addicted those blackberry toting, text-messaging, city-slickers must be. they must be ready to fling themselves into a pit of hot lava whenever their blackberries/bluberries/i-phones go on the blink.
well...i've got to go now. i have got to go see if somebody can fix my phone and internet, so i can join you people in the modern world. Thank goodness I can still draw without technology!
By Stray Dog 11:48 AM
I have called you far worse than "Luddites." I am rude because I have misplaced my charm (but not my cell phone), exhausted my charisma, and failed to live up to my potential. There is little left to do but call people names.
Posted by: Elisabeth at June 24, 2008 4:56 PM