The Backwash

READ Mike Cope’s blog post.  Live it.  I myself am sick of so many parents not taking up the mantle of a real parent and choosing the easy way out of trying to be “cool.”

http://preachermike.com/2010/06/20/dont-try-to-be-the-cool-parents

-MH

I have an invisible shield.  It is 3″ by 4″.  It has completely transformed everything including how I watch a movie.  It modifies my outlook on the world.  I speak of course of my mobile phone.  See if any of this fits you:

• You cannot watch a movie at home or in a theater without at least looking to see if you got a text message.
• You continually look for that out-of-the-ordinary photo opp so you can twit pic it.
• Your life is a continual tweet or status update.
• When you don’t want others to talk to you, you act like you are on your phone.
• (applicable to me) – to avoid those sheisters in NYC who start any conversation with “excuse me sir” or “live comedy show,” you walk down the street with the phone to your ear.

The significance of these little devices and their effects on our lives is amazing and frightening at the same time.  Just last night I watched the original “Terminator” movie – and communication dated the flick.  When Sarah Connor was trying desperately to get in touch with her roommate, it took her the better part of 20 minutes to locate a place that had a pay phone so she could make the call.  All that work just to get an answering machine – which used a tape.

Yesterday I also had a complete scare when I thought I had left my phone in a cab in NYC.  It took me accessing the phone GPS online to realize it was still in my bag.

Don’t get me wrong – I much prefer having the ability to communicate when and where I want.  I guess I am just amazed at how much sway these objects have had on my life.  My hope is that I can regain control over it!

-MH