I felt it quite fitting to write about the Blackberry Outage that occurred on Tuesday, seeing as my last post was all about societies "committed relationships" with their technology pieces. In all honesty, it did not really bother me that much. I will admit there were a few people I tested it out with, aka the people sitting next to me to see if BBM worked..which it didn't, but I got over it pretty quickly. I realised..it's kinda liberating to not be in CONSTANT contact 24/7 and it was kinda liberating to have been snowed in all weekend as well(although I did get cabin fever). Sometimes we need things to get in the way of our daily lives. It helps us remember we don't have control of everything, life isn't always going to go just as it did the day before. I am okay with this realization, although annoying at times..I can definitely handle it. That's all for today..back to work!
23 December 2009
18 December 2009
staying current
Thanks to my first and only follower, Christina and to the movie "Julie and Julia", I decided I needed to get the ball rolling on this "blog stuff". It's a little intimidating to sit here and stare at a blank document that's waiting to be filled with "thoughts, theories and things", but I need to start at some point right?
I guess my topic for today will be the acceptance of technology. I like to think that I am old fashioned and traditional, so when new ipods, iPhone, blackberries, blogs, links, listserves, cars, and other crazy high-tech objects and computer things come out into the world, I am always a little turned off and "anti" at first. I think to myself- what if I randomly ended up on a deserted island and had to survive on my own? I like to think that i could build my own fire..kill an animal for food ..(yea right, I'm a vegetarian) and make due with my natural human instincts, but in the world we live in, we are so dependable on things that make our lives easier - it worries me. I hate the fact that I can't live without my ipod and cell phone- if either were to break , be stolen, get lost or God forbid run out of battery on that "deserted Island"...I would be MISERABLE.
Regardless of my old-fashioned approach, I need to keep up with the ever changing world and accept what is. So, here I am...starting slowly, aka "blogging".
Hopefully, in weeks, months and years to come- if I DO keep up with this "blogging gig" I will know how to have an interesting "profile". I will be able to add pics, links and other fun things that all those experienced bloggers have on their pages, but until then I will obviously keep it a little simple so I'm not overwhelmed.
I am not sure how many people will read this blog, or what my blog personality will even be... but it's kinda thrilling to know that I can say what I want and someone, somewhere out there may take interest and actually listen (or read in this case) to what I have on my mind. I got numerous thoughts running around every second...and sometimes there are so many things I want to say and do but can't form coherent sentences. I am hoping that my blog will be a nice outlet for me to "get out" what I want to say and do and people will either be inspired or fascinated with all I have going on in my mind!
I guess my topic for today will be the acceptance of technology. I like to think that I am old fashioned and traditional, so when new ipods, iPhone, blackberries, blogs, links, listserves, cars, and other crazy high-tech objects and computer things come out into the world, I am always a little turned off and "anti" at first. I think to myself- what if I randomly ended up on a deserted island and had to survive on my own? I like to think that i could build my own fire..kill an animal for food ..(yea right, I'm a vegetarian) and make due with my natural human instincts, but in the world we live in, we are so dependable on things that make our lives easier - it worries me. I hate the fact that I can't live without my ipod and cell phone- if either were to break , be stolen, get lost or God forbid run out of battery on that "deserted Island"...I would be MISERABLE.
Regardless of my old-fashioned approach, I need to keep up with the ever changing world and accept what is. So, here I am...starting slowly, aka "blogging".
Hopefully, in weeks, months and years to come- if I DO keep up with this "blogging gig" I will know how to have an interesting "profile". I will be able to add pics, links and other fun things that all those experienced bloggers have on their pages, but until then I will obviously keep it a little simple so I'm not overwhelmed.
I am not sure how many people will read this blog, or what my blog personality will even be... but it's kinda thrilling to know that I can say what I want and someone, somewhere out there may take interest and actually listen (or read in this case) to what I have on my mind. I got numerous thoughts running around every second...and sometimes there are so many things I want to say and do but can't form coherent sentences. I am hoping that my blog will be a nice outlet for me to "get out" what I want to say and do and people will either be inspired or fascinated with all I have going on in my mind!
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