• Sep. 21, 2007
I looooove DSL!
Why did we wait so long, when it's the same price as all our services we had before? Wow. I love it. I might have to send my kids to public school so I can play online all day! Ha!
I want to get nostalgic for a moment...when I was in college, we got online at home-my parents had internet before we did, so they taught us how to use it. This was about ten years ago, so I doubt DSL was even heard of, and dial up was s-l-o-w. I remember starting a page to download, leaving it to fix a sandwich, and coming back to watch it finish up. Then we'd click on something on the page, then go to the living room to watch Friends (I've not watched that in years, don't worry!). At a commerical break, we'd come back and so it continued...Good times, good times (remember all this Jen?)
Speaking of nostalgia, I've been thinking about what future citizens of the North American contenent will think about us. History is discovered through what archelogists dig up (artifacts) and our writings. What kind of artifacts will be found here? We're in such a disposable society, but also such a materialistic society, that I can't even imagine what future scientist will think of us. They'll likely find all these electronics, but with such strange names as Blackberry, Ipod, and such, will they even know what they were for? All our household stuff will likely still bear the phrase (with lead based paint, no doubt) "made in China". They could conclude we're best friends with China considering all the imports we have from them!
What about journals? There is so much history found in old journals. I have written in journals for years and years-even before I was married, and I still have most of them. However, I've not written in my journal but about twice since the baby was born over a year ago! I've blogged instead-so if I don't find a way to record my blog entries on paper, all my journaling will be gone-our little family's history with it!
I'm not yet suffiently motivated to start printing off all these entries...but DSL sure makes me want to blog more often!
Comments
• Sep. 21, 2007
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Posted by jen
of course i remember dial up... what simpler times we lived in back then, huh? ;-) and, um, didn't we "steal" internet from your parents????
oh, and just so you know, it's actually iPod, not Ipod. just wanna help you be a bit more culturally relevant there since I am your most worldly friend :-) i heart you!
• Sep. 22, 2007
Ha!
Posted by Glory
Do you have any idea how late it was when I typed that out? Of course I know it's iPod :) Remember that "Internet" is also supposed to be capitalized...don't know why...don't know why I know that...oh, yeah, it's b/c I like rules!