“Hey, man. Did you touch my drum set?”
“You couldn’t leave well enough alone, could you, little twerp? No, you had to push it. Well, now you’re gonna pay!”
HALLOWEEN WEEK: Day 1
Apple’s stock fell as much as 5% after its iPhone 4S announcement Tuesday, illustrating that the news failed to wow investors. The drop, however, came as the market was also down. At press time the Dow was down about 1.5% and Nasdaq was about 1% down. Moreover, the market has gyrated on Apple …
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.” -Confucius 551-479 BC"
DEFINITION
Communication is vital to life.
Now more than ever our we can message, email, poke, tweet, skype, facechat, etc with our friends and loved ones. So many modes of communication that it is sometimes difficult to keep it all together; sure, there are phones and apps and gadgets that will feed you information all day long and update you on the latest but sometimes it is still very nice to just sit face to face and talk with a friend.
Just last week I was trying to reconnect with a friend I met a couple of years ago, surely we are good aquaintances for instance we will say happy birthday to each other when facebook prompts us to do so, we will like each other’s posts when they are appealing to each other and even the occasional poke, ok just teasing about that last one I detest poking because it isn’t a realistic vivid interaction that I practice with friends. But our lastest communication went like this…Facebook message “hey I tried to skype you earlier today”… RT on twitter “missed you I was on Facetime with my a friend from school”…this went on for days until I finally caved and emailed or facebook messaged her to say “hey, I need your phone number to just text you and find out if you are avialable or not”.
Well, just when I thought I had become clever enough to be aware of the latest out there in social networking and communications a new thing gets started. Thanks Google, as much as I enjoy your animated encyclopedia qualities, you are making it more difficult for me to stay up to date with my friends.
It seems to me that every time a new communications device gets invented, we are creating another degree of separation between ourselves and the rest of the world. Almost as though we are only going to socialize or associate with those who are in our network, or circle, or bubble, or group. With the many wonders and amazing technology we lose traditional and conventional methods of conversing with one another.
Well, that is not entirely accurate, but it seemed appropriate to rant about how frustrating it could be at times.
Before all this madness and competition of socializing we had to wait days maybe weeks to receive a letter or post card. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love opening my mailbox and finding a nice handwritten letter from a friend or loved one. But it is also great when you can check your inbox and find pictures from your family’s vacation or pictures from a missionary across the world who is saying thank you for your support.
All those things can be great tools when used effectively, they can be fun, and they can help you stay in touch with those you love. I think it all boils down to definition, what does it all mean to you; what is important to you in your world.
With definition, balance can be the key to define your world in a way that it will be productive and enjoyable.
So to all you twitter-facebook-google-etc fans out there, I raise my cup of coffee! Cheers!
"Honor your father and your mother."
— Exodus 20:12
Window shopping for love.
I don’t claim to be an expert in love, I am the least adequate expert on the subject, but I have dreamed about the day when I would call myself and I would associate it with another name and the void would be filled. I patiently wait, not to disturb the essence of its truth, not to stain its meaning, but to know that it is genuine. Not that there is only one kind of love or that I have never felt it, I have lived so far without any expectations from it and so far have never dissatisfied, it never lies, always hopes, and at times makes you cry. It is free to give and what’s not to love? If you have it give it, if you want it take it, if you are down and need it hold my hand and make it.
Love, what is? It is. All it is.
