I am sitting out back on the patio, writing this. I am listening to music by Hellogoodbye, wishing that it would be scrobbled to my last.fm account, but it wont be, because it is streaming. Nevertheless, I am feeling quite hip, cool, moderner, and a bunch of other trendy adjectives that one could associate with a yuppie socialite person who is engaged in the latest technology.
My problem is with the false sense of enjoyment that I am having. I mean, here I am outside. It is a beautiful day, err, evening, and my dogs are roaming around the yard. However, I am still looking at my weather widget to tell me what the temperature is, what weather to expect. I am sitting outside! I should be observant and notice that I am comfortable with my t-shirt and shorts. I should be happy that it isn’t raining and that I could see the moon up until the cloud covered it moments ago.
Perhaps technology is mixing with our lives too much. I mean, we integrate our selves with is and rely on it to the point where we wouldn’t know what to do with out it. How many people turn on the TV in the morning to get the weather? I mean just look outside already! If it’s cold wear a jacket. If its 80 degrees (F) don’t. Alright, I understand that you want to know if it will rain later and that convience is provided to you by the girl on TV. But take a step back into reality and use your senses once and awhile.
Maybe I am taking this too far. I do like that I can sit out here and enjoy the evening with my laptop. I even enjoy that yuppie feeling I get by doing it. I’m just saying, maybe your don’t have to from time to time. Turn the technology off. With that being said, I’m going to go take a Claratin because my eyes are getting itchy, then bundle up inside where the pollen can’t get me and I can be just as hypocrtical as I want.
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