Sometimes the english language fails me. Fails to really convey complex feelings or emotions in any meaningful way. Language is a weird thing isn’t it?
That’s all.
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(3:53:12 PM) Robyn: give me this
(3:53:22 PM) Robyn: in the form of an operating system
(3:53:25 PM) Robyn: http://images.free-extras.com/pics/c/cute_cupcakes-1633.jpg
(3:53:50 PM) Spenser: this is just picture of cupcakes
(3:56:23 PM) Robyn: yeah
So with Robyn’s new netbook came Windows 7 Starter which is an abomination of an operating system. Get this; you can’t even change your DESKTOP WALLPAPER. Yea, who the hell would want to do that, right Microsoft?
So now we’re going over different netbook specific Linux solutions.
I’ve known the payment function on the PGE online statement has this ‘note’ feature for some time, but I’m not entirely sure why people would use it. Regardless, I’ve decided to sent PGE a new note every month along with my statement. I have a few possible options:
- Start a new short story and send them a chapter every month.
- I can discuss how my day is going, my goals and aspirations, etc.
- Start a list of my favorite foods, and include one of those foods on each statement.
Thinking about it now, the possibilities are endless.
I’ve been thinking about phones a lot lately while I’m strongly considering the switch to Virgin Mobile’s new (game changing) prepaid plan. While pricing numerous phone plans the issue of data pricing comes up over and over because it’s a big draw for many consumers. The question really is, WHY? People who work in an office environment (and we can assume a LARGE percentage of those are the target audience for data usage; and they are mainly the target of my discussion here) are in front of a computer for a minimum of 8 hours a day. They then go home after work and have access to internet for the remainder of their day. This leaves only the drive home and when you’re out running errands, at the bar, etc. to actually use any of that data you pay for.
If you look at it on the surface, you are dedicating a relatively large portion of your phone bill (normally a third to half of the total cost) to this function that is very rarely used (for the average person; me included). Do you really need to check your email or facebook on your 10-20 minute drive home? What could you possibly want to know that you didn’t get a chance to find out the 8 hours every single week day you are at work? Does the fact that you feel ‘connected’ justify the cost. I propose the answer is no.
Given this fact, I’m lead to wonder why AT&T decides to propose this new ridiculous data pricing structure. They know most people don’t use that much data, but insist on helping you feel ripped off by creating a tiered structure. I get their intention (I think), but I feel like it’s poorly implemented.
I find very few people who write in a really captivating way. A way that REALLY grabs you. This has lead me to think one of two things. (1) Either very few people actually can write in a way that grabs people, and this is a universal truth OR (2) there are only a few people who write in the way that the voice in my head (the non-crazy kind of voice) sounds.
Michelle: you know when you walk into a room and you forget what you went in there for?
Me: absolutely
Michelle: I just did that, but with a firefox new tab
(8:26:25 AM) neekalus: pardon me
(8:26:32 AM) neekalus: what type of starburst did you just say??
(8:27:05 AM) Spensawr: berries, berries and what else?
It was a day like any other… I had just gotten a job as a lifeguard (which, for whatever reason, was extremely easy to get) and was sitting outside the pool our class used to use in Junior high. I then saw something small swimming in the water, and another something chasing it! The creature getting chased looked small and dangerous and the bigger creature that was chasing it somewhat resembled a Chinese babyfish. This babyfish looked to be about the size of my foot. I realized this wasn’t the case only when it crawled out of the pool and was 3 times my size! Robyn and I climbed the 20 foot fence trying to escape it while it got distracted by another person at the pool’s edge (it may have possibly ate her).
Later, I got separated from my sister and my Dad and was stuck in Fresno after a Dodgers game where they were flying planes on the field. They made me bat and were expecting me to hit a home run. I don’t remember if I did or not. I needed to catch a plane to fly back but there were many challenges including stumbling upon a conveyor belt covered in Jello packages.
AND that’s what I dreamt about last night.
Robyn: omg lol
Robyn: marvin just hauled ass up the stairs and flew on to the bed
Robyn: to drop a grasshopper on me
Robyn: EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Spenser: LOL
Marvin is the hardest creature on earth to take pictures of.
Observing without passing (much) judgment is something I think I do fairly well. In the end, I am fascinated by what makes people do what they do I guess.
In today’s age I observe a strong sense of entitlement from people. An old friend from high school and I were talking about this today. Maybe this has always existed, I don’t know. “I deserve nice things, so I’ll charge it on the credit card.” “I deserve to get their first, so I’ll cut in front of you across 2 lanes of traffic.”
I don’t think people are inherently rude or inconsiderate. I don’t think we could have made the world we see before us if that were the case, but (as evident in the same world I cite) we certainly aren’t perfect. In my experience I can link many people’s negativity and psychological resilience to a sense of entitlement, and I think it’s a sad mindset to be in on both a personal and societal level. If you feel you are entitled to everything, then the world must be full of injustice, and quite frankly, a pretty damn depressing place. If you, however, accept that things are the way and you are only entitled to what you get out of an experience, life might be much more rewarding.
Oddly enough, this same sense of entitlement that makes individuals miserable can make a corporation very rich. If you can convince someone they’re entitled to something beyond their means, then you’ve created a marketing mechanism with greater power than any slogan can produce (consumer credit being the obvious big winner here).
In the end, I think entitlement is the end to something. Meaning, entitlement is the result of a feeling of emptiness occupying many people, which I see as whole different issue. Maybe something I can report on later.