this is "technically" jan. 8 2011

...despite what the computer says...day 8...

so i know you were wondering what happened...she gave up after 5 flippin' days, really...no actually my modem died right before i went to post...not unplug yourself & then plug it back in & it works, nope completely doesn't work & they (at&t) now has to send me a new one which will not arrive for 3-4 business days....so where am i now you ask, at Sparrows (a coffee shop in GR, one of my fav places, super chill & very city like)...and i will blog from this remote location until thee modem dost arrives...

this is day 8, not my fault...so i did not miss a day, you doubting Thomas'...& what the hell, you think i am going to blog about, but technology...i was born in 1982, yes 30 from 2012 is 1982...i know i am almost there...& in 1982 i know there were computers but they did not exist in every ones homes let alone most people's offices...i know hold the phone literally, how did people function...well there was thing called paper & pen, been doing it for years and it actually is very effective...

& cell phones weren't even on the map...they later came into play when Zack Morris needed to call Belding to pretend he was his dad...i just dated myself again..people had these things called house phones...if you wanted to call someone you used that...& there was not a text in sight...

fast forward...2012, cellphones are on everyone, even 5 year olds (wait correction my 2 year old cousin can properly use an iphone) & computers, are everywhere...when was the last time you wrote a letter, hand wrote or typed on a typewriter...did you pause long enough to think she is going to b*&^# the whole time about how technology is the demise while she is probably writing on her apple mac book...shut your face...no i am not going to lecture...& yes i am on my mac book :), how do you think i can annoy this many people at once...

technology is beautiful thing however it must be respected (we can chat about that another day) & we must not let it run our lives...thought -- what the hell is she spouting off about & true statement -- i am as guilty as you are, trust me...my phone is in my pocket, i check it way more than i should & i text ten million more times than i should pick up the phone & call someone; and i shan't not think what i do if my mac book died...

so why the post...well b/c i recently as i am getting older (ohh s#&*, she is going to get emotional again, & i shall reply stop your face & listen or rather read:)...i realize the importance of time, if you actually stop & think we do not have that much of it & the people in our lives are not going to be there forever (when we are young we think they will, but they will not:(...& now you are inserting the statement, well hells bells, that is why technology is so important, you can email & text more people in 2 minutes than you can write a letter or have a phone conversation within an hour...

that my friend is the important part, you may never get that back that phone conversation or that moment where you heard that special person laugh, cry,  or say what you needed to hear, & you will never know how much that letter meant because you took the time to write it...think about that...

am i saying swear off all technology, NO, i am just saying take the time to write a letter or a card, or pick up the phone, my goal as i approach my next decade is to appreciate & use my time to say my thank yous, to say i love yous, to say i am sorry, to say everything i need to say without using a text or an email but with time...& like so many have said TIME is the GREATEST GIFT you can GIVE SOMEONE!