Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Shmellphone
My 31 hours (well, there was a 5 minute period I turned it on in case I missed something important, but Mr. Milner gave us concession for that. Didn't actually use it) without my phone weren't any different.
But then again, I don't depend on my phone a whole lot. It's how I find people around campus and at home, and sometimes for school related things (asking questions about class or telling someone they need to work).
It was a Wednesday (tuesday night at 11 PM until Thursday morning was the whole period), and on Wednesdays a phone doesn't help me out a whole lot. Between class and sleep and practice, it isn't very hard to find people because it isn't difficult to judge where they might be (the cafeteria at lunchtime, the connector building at curfew, etc. etc.).
Generally speaking, people use their phone for a lot of nonsensical bulls*** such as meaningless texting and conversations that amount to absolutely nothing.
We're spoiled by out technology, and have forgotten how to live without it. We isolate ourselves more and more and figure out easier ways to communicate so we can be more isolated.
I won't pretend that I abhor my cell phone and that I try and never use it, because I would be lying. I use mine, well, because . . .
Everyone else is doing it . . .
But then again, I don't depend on my phone a whole lot. It's how I find people around campus and at home, and sometimes for school related things (asking questions about class or telling someone they need to work).
It was a Wednesday (tuesday night at 11 PM until Thursday morning was the whole period), and on Wednesdays a phone doesn't help me out a whole lot. Between class and sleep and practice, it isn't very hard to find people because it isn't difficult to judge where they might be (the cafeteria at lunchtime, the connector building at curfew, etc. etc.).
Generally speaking, people use their phone for a lot of nonsensical bulls*** such as meaningless texting and conversations that amount to absolutely nothing.
We're spoiled by out technology, and have forgotten how to live without it. We isolate ourselves more and more and figure out easier ways to communicate so we can be more isolated.
I won't pretend that I abhor my cell phone and that I try and never use it, because I would be lying. I use mine, well, because . . .
Everyone else is doing it . . .
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