the living dead!

i need to write something right because i don't know how long this will last; my keyboard has come back to life! a joyful noise is issuing from my hay-fevered throat. i love hernandez at the moment. he gets to stay for another term.

End of part one. Intermission

too early, too late

reading poetry and taking naps does thinks to a person. this is definitely not finished, but if it's not down somewhere, it'll go away too.


s c a t te r e d
like the rainbow in a summer sprinkler
i'm sure it was fanTastic
i remember Colors, Sounds and Laughter
it felt Good, i think
now i'm just aWake and mildly conFused
if only i could remember what it was

finished

it's really close. i don't necessarily know how i feel about it. part of me is super excited, and another part is still holding on to the security blanket that has been my existence for the past fourteen years. i realize now that i'm pretty much finished for the year though. tests are over, and there are only a few assignments to clean up before packing up and heading out. i'm a little scared to move to a new scene. plus, i wish i had the guts to put out a few more lines before the curtain is drawn on this one. i really need to grow some guts.

iSolated

it's interesting to me that the more technology works to make communication and entertainment easier, the more it isolates the individual. think about it--how much do you really talk when you're watching tv? listening to your iPod? working on the computer? do you call or text more often? how frequently do you email or call when you could just walk over and see a person?

one of my pet peeves is going to a movie on a date, especially a first date. how much do you learn about a person when you're both just watching a screen? it doesn't seem like you're building much of a relationship with that. playing games in the park or going hiking gives you a lot more information about the person.

another example i see a lot of is the antisocial iPod. so many students plug in and tune out. instead of talking to people around them, they stuff their ears, forsaking all kinds of social opportunities and lessons.

i have a lot to say about cell phones, but i don't want the soap box to explode while i'm on it.

it seems like human interaction and interpersonal relations are growing less and less frequent. it bothers me that the more advanced communication becomes, the more we willingly isolate ourselves.