The New iPad, Ick!

This week, the big "techie" news was that Apple was introducing their "iPad." When I heard that, I had to think about it for a minute. I am not into technological things. I like my cell phone and think texting is really handy, so I like my QUERTY keyboard. I also think the internet is cool, but I don't have any idea how any piece of technology works. I don't even care. So, when I say I heard about the iPad coming out, the thing that caught my ear was the name. The iPad. . . . hmmmm. . . . are you kidding me? What a terrible, unimaginative name. It sounds like a feminine hygiene product. Yuck! Just try it out. Picture a real nerdy guy talking to another nerdy guy, "Oh hi, Poindexter, I am so excited! I'm going to the store to get an iPad!!!" Ewwww. I just don't like the sound of that. Couldn't those brainiacs at Apple come up with something better; more clever? The thing looks like a giant iPod Touch, so I don't think it is really all that impressive. It looks clunky, but of course, what do I care, I will never have one because I have no use for one. I just think that every time I hear someone mention it, I will get a chuckle, and think of some silly jokes about feminine hygiene products. Here are a few that I have already heard: Do you think my boyfriend will be embarrassed to go to the store to buy me my iPad? Can I wear white while I'm using my iPad? Does my iPad made me look bulky? Silly, isn't it? Maybe they should have some contest to rename the thing, or at least start calling it the iTablet, or iTab for short. I'm just saying. . . .

Facebook Stealing From Blogging

I have noticed something in recent months. I have been blogging much less in the past few months compared to last year. I was wondering why this was when it occurred to me that last year I was not a part of Facebook, and this year I am. It seemed like last year I had opinion about everything and I would blog about all my opinions; this year, not so much. There are different circumstances this year that have made my blogging habits change as well. Last year was all the excitement and hoopla about the Presidential election--I had a lot to say about that. Last year we were trying to sell our house in Virginia and move back to Indiana. I had a lot of blog entries about that as well. I was living alone in Virginia with three of my four daughters last year, while my oldest and my husband were living here in Indiana--I had a lot of time to blog. This year is a whole different story. We are all back together, living in Indiana. Finances aren't what they should be for us, so I just haven't been all that motivated to do anything but worry about where money is going to come from, and the biggest thing is that I have a Facebook account. I have been a little slow on the draw, but it has been fun catching up with high school and college friends that I lost touch with years ago. It has been interesting checking out what my two older daughters talk about with their friends, and it has been amazing to me how much time can be spent/wasted trying to build up a farm in "Farmville," or a fish tank in "Fish World." A lot of time has been wasted playing Farkle and Pathwords, so that is why it feels like my blogging has been stolen from me. I stole it from myself. Frankly, the interactive part of Facebook has been really good for me. I have re-established relationships with cousins, and have been able to keep up with friends we left behind in Virginia. The change in how I spend my time, while perhaps a bit more wasteful, has had some benefit, and I don't mind too much.

Winter

You know how you just sometimes get that feeling where nothing is very interesting? No food sounds good, no activity sounds exciting, nothing seems to feel right. I think it is just that in-between feeling. We are smack dab in the middle of winter, the snow that was so beautiful has taken on that menacing gray slush form, the mornings are still dark, and it feels like it is 10:00 at night, but it is only 6:30. I am in that space right now. I don't have any money, so that makes the feeling even worse. I don't have anyplace to go, and if I did, I wouldn't be able to do anything because of my lack of funds. I don't like this place, I need to snap out of it, and the sooner the better. I think I have the Winter Blues, darn it all!