Recently I have been forced to revert back to the dark ages. While it was only for a couple of days, it surprisingly interfered rather severely with my to-do list. Jesse was out of town "hunting." My phone was on the brink of death (it no longer charges, I have to trade batteries back and forth with his phone), and the charger for the laptop had shorted out.
My mission: go to Discount Electronics and buy a new charger for the laptop so that I might continue on my life. Problem: where the hell is Discount Electronics? Of course Jesse told me where it was before he left, but did I actually remember? Ha! That's so cute of you to think so.
So it has happened. Technology has taken over. The phone book has become obsolete, and I have unconsciously become dependent on machines to run my errands. The only logical deduction is that the consumption of our human race by technology can only lead to one thing: zombieland. My next thought is that I need to get in touch with Chris Pavolich aka Sweetass for a crash course in zombieland survival.
Really though, I was a complete mess. Ironically the only thing keeping me in this downward spiral of no communication with the outside world is the same thing that I needed to bring me out of the darkness: the internet, or lack thereof.
So as the good consumer I am, I headed straight to Best Buy to ask someone where Discount Electronics was. Best Buy has two things, high prices and credit cards, a true perpetuater of consumerism (and now I think they might have something to do with this whole technology take-over). The conspiracy theorist inside of me kicked into overdrive. Discount Electronics has electronics at a discounted price, that is why they call it that. They're here to help, they're the guys that will survive the zombie attack (those in charge of BB will be eventually overtaken by the monster that they created).
*Side Bar* Steve Jobs is equally responsible. But my own personal conundrum leads to my inability to say anything negative about him or his corporate army.
Eventually I found what I was looking for, and here you are witness to the rebirth of myself from the dark ages. The whole experience taught me a lot about myself.
1) I should be better about writing things down when Jesse tells me things.
2) Contrary to my previous beliefs, I probably won't survive a zombie attack
3) I will not die from facebook withdraws
4) I'm blessed to have Sweetass as a friend
5) I should create to-do lists that do not depend on the forces of machines to be completed
I would highly recommend that others consider how much they rely on technology for every day tasks. It is meant to enhance our life, not rule it. I'm curious how many others would be able to go do anything without first consulting a computer/smart phone. Feedback people.
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