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magwhore!Feb. 9th, 2004
She blinded me with science
Feb. 9th, 2004 12:58 pmI can't access my work e-mail today, and it's left me feeling somewhat out of touch, that being the e-mail address that pretty much everyone uses to talk to me. Maybe terrible (or wonderful) things are happening, and I don't know about them. Maybe people are inviting me places, or making plans, or sharing stories, but I'm here in the dark.
Which is, of course, silly, because I have 3 other e-mail addresses by which people could reach me. Also, a work phone, a home phone and a cell phone. And MSN Messenger. And this journal. I'm not exactly incommunicado. But it did make me realize how much I've (we've?) come to accept the pervasiveness of technology.
I was leafing through a book this weekend on simplifying your life, and one of the chapters was on gadgets and technology. "Turn off the TV for a week", it said, and my first thought was "Well, it'd have to be after sweeps". I don't really think of myself as watching too much TV, but I get very invested in what I watch. Sovestra and I figured that we could probably do it if we were allowed to tape those things that were important to us, but not watch them until after the week was up. At which point we realized we'd have to put a ban on watching tapes and DVDs as well, or else we'd just replace all TV watching with random playings of the vast collection of DVDs.
The next thing it suggested was to declare a technology-free evening, meaning no TV etc., no computers, no phones. It didn't mention no stereos, but I guess that could be assumed. Which was pretty funny, because both of us were thinking that if there's no TV or DVDs, then we'd probably be on the computer. Because we already are on the computer, even when we're watching something (oh, the joy of laptops).
I mean, it's not like I can't entertain myself without technology - I love to read, and could probably happily read every night. Maybe not if I couldn't have the stereo on, though. I'm definitely one of those people who turns on music as soon as I get home. If there's no music or other sound, I'm far too aware of all the odd creaky noises and sounds from neighbours that you get in apartment buildings. Especially now that our downstairs neighbours seem to have declared war on our walls (I can live with a bit of bleed-through, but when the pictures start to rattle, that's a little much).
I don't know, sometimes I get overwhelmed by everything out there; it's all so accessible, and I can't possibly keep up with the latest hot thing in the field of technology. But then I realize that I don't really want to, either, so it's fine. Although I'm still going to try the TV turn-off thing. Someday. Maybe.
Which is, of course, silly, because I have 3 other e-mail addresses by which people could reach me. Also, a work phone, a home phone and a cell phone. And MSN Messenger. And this journal. I'm not exactly incommunicado. But it did make me realize how much I've (we've?) come to accept the pervasiveness of technology.
I was leafing through a book this weekend on simplifying your life, and one of the chapters was on gadgets and technology. "Turn off the TV for a week", it said, and my first thought was "Well, it'd have to be after sweeps". I don't really think of myself as watching too much TV, but I get very invested in what I watch. So
vestra and I figured that we could probably do it if we were allowed to tape those things that were important to us, but not watch them until after the week was up. At which point we realized we'd have to put a ban on watching tapes and DVDs as well, or else we'd just replace all TV watching with random playings of the vast collection of DVDs.The next thing it suggested was to declare a technology-free evening, meaning no TV etc., no computers, no phones. It didn't mention no stereos, but I guess that could be assumed. Which was pretty funny, because both of us were thinking that if there's no TV or DVDs, then we'd probably be on the computer. Because we already are on the computer, even when we're watching something (oh, the joy of laptops).
I mean, it's not like I can't entertain myself without technology - I love to read, and could probably happily read every night. Maybe not if I couldn't have the stereo on, though. I'm definitely one of those people who turns on music as soon as I get home. If there's no music or other sound, I'm far too aware of all the odd creaky noises and sounds from neighbours that you get in apartment buildings. Especially now that our downstairs neighbours seem to have declared war on our walls (I can live with a bit of bleed-through, but when the pictures start to rattle, that's a little much).
I don't know, sometimes I get overwhelmed by everything out there; it's all so accessible, and I can't possibly keep up with the latest hot thing in the field of technology. But then I realize that I don't really want to, either, so it's fine. Although I'm still going to try the TV turn-off thing. Someday. Maybe.