Hmmmmm....what to write what to write what to write....all work and no play makes jack a dull boy...ha! You know, anyone could play an insane person now by typing that once and just cutting and pasting. The days of ye olde typewriter and white out are long gone. AND that's what I can write about. Technology.
Ten years ago I was freaking genius when it came to technology. Remember when no one knew how to set the time on their VCRs? Haha, I could always figure it out. Well, ok so maybe that was 20 years ago. Anyway, I prided myself in the fact that I could figure out how to connect anything to anything else and make it work. When I got my first computer, I was 19 and in college. I still have the thing in the basement. It is a Packard Bell. It had a 14.4 modem which I upgraded to a 28.8 and added memory too, all by myself. I set up wav files for every notification. I had that thing pimped out. I'm not sure exactly when it all got away from me, but it definitely did.
My problem is I have absolutely no patience whatsoever. I CANNOT read directions. I need to be able to figure stuff out by doing it. When putting together my baby's stuff (namely her stroller and pack and play) I was literally brought to tears each time. You HAVE to read the damn directions to put that shit together. And whatever 5 year old they hire to draw the pictures on those pamphlets should seriously be put through more art classes first.
It's so unfair. My husband is a tech guru. It's what he does for a living. He is a wiz at reading and following directions. So, I am left with a house full of techy crap that I can literally not even figure out how to turn on most of the time.
So, in our family room entertainment system, we have: a very large flat tv, a wii, xbox 360, playstation, some connection for that that plays hd dvds, a directv receiver, speakers, some other speaker like thing that is just for base or something, and a receiver that connects to all of it, plus his computer which is set up to play music. Here's what I can do: I can turn on the tv, change channels, and change the volume. I cannot watch payperview, I cannot play any sort of dvd like substances, I can not play video games. I hate it. I used to be able to do all of those things. Now there are just too many wires. Toooo maaaaany wiiiiires.
Speaking of wires, I bought a nice pretty chest just so I could shove all the loose wires in there, because I don't know what any of them are for and they are not connected to anything. Behind the TV it looks like a fireman's wet dream. Wires connected to other wires, connected to electric things, plugged into surge protectors, plugged into other surge protectors, wrapped around wires that aren't connected to anything (dammit I told him I bought a freaking chest for that shit.)
I used to listen to music. I loved buying cds and records. Alas, after a decade of trying I have given up on all my ipods. I can't seem to get any of them to turn off, and they just die eventually. I can't upload any music onto anything. Actually, I can't even download music onto my computer. I seriously don't know how. I really miss music I could actually touch.Thank Jah I can still read books. I refuse to get one of them there new fangled nook things. I just hope I'm not eventually forced to. Or I'll be like those people in Fahrenheit 451 who memorize books.
My cell phone has one of the rings that just comes with it when you buy it. No fancy music for me. I can't figure out how to get it onto my phone.
My husband tries to get me into stuff. He bought me an ipod dock alarm clock for a birthday or something. It's in his drawer. I never used it. He tried to give me his ipod touch when he got an iphone. I brought it on vacation after fully charging it and it died on the plane. Apparently, I didn't turn it off correctly after charging it. Come on, apple, is it really that difficult to make something that plays music that you can just, oh I don't know, switch off with a button?? Like people have for a century or so? Anyway, I never used it again after that. He got a Xoom, and tried to explain to me the many benefits of having one, how I need one for while I am wandering my house. I can look up recipes and bring it into the kitchen! What's wrong with index cards? Oh and PS, Angry Birds is stupid.
I am aware I sound like a grandma. But I honestly don't have enough time to deal with the crap.
Sadly, my little web-book that I am on right now is dying. Hubs says the flerpityderp is on the fritz or something like that. I had brought it to his attention yesterday that it would go into some dos thing when I tried to load my windows screen thingy and he looked at it and said, "What do you want, a laptop or desktop?" I burst into tears. I seriously did. I don't want anything! I know how this thing works and besides, all my stuff is on it.
Luckily, I can still look like a total technological genius by heading over to my parent's who finally broke down and bought their first computer like THREE MONTHS AGO! Yeah, they think I'm cool. My mom hands me her phone and says, "I don't know why but it won't ring anymore." And I go, "Yep, that's a volume issue you got there. Let's just push this button three times and viola! Sound!"
