August 19, 2004
Techno-Geeks, I Bow to Thee
I got a new cell phone. Color screen. Small and shiney. Display on the inside and outside. Tons of features. I don't like it. I have become my mother, digging in my heels at advanced technology. (Mom has yet to master the cut & paste.)
There's just too much stuff! The instruction manual is four times as big as the phone! I don't need to check my stocks or know the time in Bangladesh or play gin rummy! I just want to dial and talk! And frankly, I don't even like doing that very much.
And these ring tones suck. They sound like that classical music set to a disco beat from the 70's. It's my own little Casio keyboard and drum machine, apparently. My old one had the 1812 Overture (a.k.a. “The Bad News Bears Theme”). I now had to settle for the generic “Latin” ring. It's the only one that wouldn't make me cringe in the middle of Target when The Husband calls to remind me to get shampoo. (Phone was Husband's doing, btw. He'll pay…)
And to add to my pile of gadgets, I just bought my very first digital camera! I'm quite tickled! And I'm assuming it'll be less bells-and-whistles-laden than my phone, although I'm hoping to find an x-ray vision feature.
I'm going to take my happy pills and read my camera instruction manual, and hopefully, the combination will take my mind off the flight to Omaha, NE (?!). But I'll give you that recap next week (she assured them, as if everyone were on the edge of their chairs).
Meantime, I should be going home to do laundry and pack for the trip, but am I? NoooOOOooo. Instead, I'm going to hang with Heather and watch some ”Freaks and Geeks”. Which you should do also.