It just happened, out of the blue. I was completely blindsided, living in a world of darkness...scared and unprepared for what lied ahead of me. Panic stricken, pounding keys, calling for help, I was helpless & hopeless. These things don't happen to me...Sure, I might shit in my pants, pop change into a lottery machine and get confused while trying to play a song like it's a jukebox, hell, I have even broken a wiener in my day, but THIS? No. It was impossible. Or so I thought, because it certainly wasn't. I've even been careful with my online porn surfing...it still didn't save me.
My hard drive shit the bed.
No social networking. Well, very little, thanks to Xbox Live. This was surprisingly though, the least traumatic. No recipes. Could I take on my kitchen with my own bravado and expertise? Well, let's just say we didn't starve. Listening to music. No more Spotify. Time to crank up the radio...it was awful waiting for songs I like to hear to come on, a complete loss of control. YouTube? Guess I have to go without seeing videos of nip slips and silly people falling. All bills were paid over the phone, account inquiries were made over the phone...this was like being in the fucking dark ages. Of all of these things though, none were the worst. The absolute worst was not being able to check multiple weather sites. We don't do cable, just Netflix, so I don't have the weather channel. I seriously check the weather about 15 times a day. I had still never realized how addicted I was to it. The frigging weather. I could not handle the uncertainty of each day, not knowing what to expect. It was then that I realized how utterly dependent and demented the Internet has made me. AND, I was no longer smart! Not being able to "Google It", made me half a retard.
Going through all of this really put things in perspective. It really made me realize some things, gave me time to re-evaluate the situation. The conclusion I reached was...we need a second laptop. I'm sure some of you think there may have been some big epiphany about overusing the Internet...but come on now. Don't be silly. If I have to go two weeks without worldly access again, I will fucking kill someone.
My hard drive shit the bed.
No social networking. Well, very little, thanks to Xbox Live. This was surprisingly though, the least traumatic. No recipes. Could I take on my kitchen with my own bravado and expertise? Well, let's just say we didn't starve. Listening to music. No more Spotify. Time to crank up the radio...it was awful waiting for songs I like to hear to come on, a complete loss of control. YouTube? Guess I have to go without seeing videos of nip slips and silly people falling. All bills were paid over the phone, account inquiries were made over the phone...this was like being in the fucking dark ages. Of all of these things though, none were the worst. The absolute worst was not being able to check multiple weather sites. We don't do cable, just Netflix, so I don't have the weather channel. I seriously check the weather about 15 times a day. I had still never realized how addicted I was to it. The frigging weather. I could not handle the uncertainty of each day, not knowing what to expect. It was then that I realized how utterly dependent and demented the Internet has made me. AND, I was no longer smart! Not being able to "Google It", made me half a retard.
Or a smart phone would do it too.. My hard drive crashed in my brand new lap top because I dropped it on the floor. It was broke for about 3 days until I got it fixed in the mean time I resorted to my smart phone. It does all the same things and the computer.. NB.
ReplyDeleteYeah, we don't do cell phones though, just an unneeded bill each month. We have a cheap phone to put minutes on when we travel, but that's it, and that's the only time we use it! I just feel like if we arent at home, then we are busy! Those things definitely do everything though, pretty handy :)
Deletekindle fire. same thing as a laptop except smaller, and mucho cheaper. ;)
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