No love
I’m estranged from my computer. We’re speaking, but barely. I’m a bit disenchanted with it at the moment. It hasn’t said or done anything wrong. I’m just a little...bored.
It’s always the same old, same old. We never do anything fun anymore. Never do anything spontaneous. It’s all just videos, pictures, music, e-mail, IM-ing, blogs, games, online shopping. It all gets kinda boring. Where’d the light in its eyes go? What happened to the hand-holding? How come it has nothing much to say, anymore?
So I’ve been taking a break. I’ve been turning my attention to other things. Things I can touch, smell, hear, taste. Real things in the actual, physical world—the kind of things I’ve been friends with all my life, as opposed to this flashy new companion. Oh, I’ll still see it, have dinner or coffee with it, have some laughs. I’ll enjoy it for what it is. But it’s not the love of my life, and I’m not going to waste my time pretending that it is. It’s entertaining, but ultimately has very little substance. And I’m a substance girl.
Still gonna blog. Still enjoy it. Maybe won’t be checking so eagerly and so often for e-mail, friend requests and comments. We’re not breaking up, my computer and I. We’re just entering a new phase of our relationship.
It’s always the same old, same old. We never do anything fun anymore. Never do anything spontaneous. It’s all just videos, pictures, music, e-mail, IM-ing, blogs, games, online shopping. It all gets kinda boring. Where’d the light in its eyes go? What happened to the hand-holding? How come it has nothing much to say, anymore?
So I’ve been taking a break. I’ve been turning my attention to other things. Things I can touch, smell, hear, taste. Real things in the actual, physical world—the kind of things I’ve been friends with all my life, as opposed to this flashy new companion. Oh, I’ll still see it, have dinner or coffee with it, have some laughs. I’ll enjoy it for what it is. But it’s not the love of my life, and I’m not going to waste my time pretending that it is. It’s entertaining, but ultimately has very little substance. And I’m a substance girl.
Still gonna blog. Still enjoy it. Maybe won’t be checking so eagerly and so often for e-mail, friend requests and comments. We’re not breaking up, my computer and I. We’re just entering a new phase of our relationship.
Comments
Your entry really made me laugh! ;-) I, too, run to my computer too often to check for email, etc. What did we do with all of this time spent on computers BEFORE computers??? Maybe you'll find out and let us know...???
Beth
I think we must be growing special elaborate synapses in our brains that automatically reach for microchip connections...Jeez, what ARE we evolving into...?
I applaud your efforts at cultivating life!! Kudos to ya!!