Twitter Account...Check!
Facebook Account...Check!
Old Myspace Account...Check!
StumbleUpon Account...Check!
BlogSpot Account...Check!
Weebly Account...Check!
Gmail Account... Check!
Buckeyemail Account... Check!
Skype Account...Check!
Is your head spinning? Mine is!
If I totalled up all the time I spent on these silly websites, I think I would be appalled. I could spend that time working out, and maybe lost that twenty pounds I've been hoping to. I could cook, I could clean, I could visit with friends, or God-forbid, I could do my homework and get ahead on assignments.
However, social networking has grown ridiculously. I remember back in elementary it started with ICQ and AOL Messenger, then MSN Messenger. When will it end? Now we each have cell phones, with a constant ... hold on, let me answer this text message... okay, where was I? Oh yes, we have a constant connection with the world. Texting, phone calls, words with friends (Are those people really your friends? Do you know them?) Smart Phones remind us that we are only a few wavelengths away from everything.
The last few summers have been a reminder that I can live without technology. Working at FFA Camp has become a passion of mine. Although it is late nights, early mornings, demanding situations, last minute changes in plans, silly campers, injured campers, frustrating moments, stress levels beyond belief, tornado watches, thunderstorms... it is the greatest job on earth!
However, technology is umm.. interesting at camp. I've always had electricity (thank God!) but the internet is completely different. Having high-speed internet at home and on campus has spoiled me, to say the least. Camp has satellite internet. Camp shares satellite internet. Therefore, we only can use so much band-with per 30 days, and when the clouds are covering... no internet. To add to my already ruining dependence on technology, there is no Sprint cell service on camp property. Last summer, if I was able, I could turn my phone at about a 45' angle on my front right bedpost with the antenna toward the window and be able to receive text messages. I also had to have it plugged into the charger. Sometimes...if I stood my phone up on its side I could get a text. However, I was never able to send texts. I suppose walkie-talkie's filled that void for me. Rest assured, I could be reached on those nearly anywhere!
So, as I sit here looking out the window, yearning to be laying in the sunlight, I'm actually here at work, on my computer. (Well, the computer I share with lots of other people, but for now, it's mine.) My realization of dependence on technology is nearly overwhelming. Between all the internet accounts I have, and my phone, my car is super smart (except that my darn keyfob doesn't work), I'm surrounded constantly by internet, cell phones, computers, I-pods, phones.... I am looking more and more forward to camp so that I can just BE. Just be.
Technology, best thing to ever happen, sometimes the worst thing.
Now... time to check stumble upon and look at those wedding pic's of my friend Amanda...
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