Communication

I'm rubbish at this blogging thing. It seems I can only manage short bursts of energy followed by long periods of producing nothing... analogies with certain sports players come to mind. And as for Facebook, thank goodness that I get e-mailed whenever something happens on that, although I am bewildered by the many different applications that I am given the opportunity to add to my page! I only have a Facebook page because I felt badly when someone requested that I become their 'friend'.

Now e-mail, that's my medium. I would love to be a letter writer, there is something romantic about that, but I think I will take that up again should I ever retire. The phone is okay, but for some reason my personality dictates that I soemtimes struggle to call people. Texting can be useful, although typing the messages seems to take forever. The group setting though is an excellent idea. But e-mail, well, I like it. Amongst the ridiculous amount of ways that there now are to communicate, it comes out on top, except of course I've just realised (!) for talking face to face! And not using a webcam! One human to another. As communities transform and become more and more geographically dispersed, this seems harder and harder for me and many others. I miss the days when I could walk to work and see people I know on the way. Come to think of it I miss walking! I miss having a local pub. I miss living within close proximity of my friends.

I'm sure that this isn't the first and won't be the last piece someone writes like this, but one has to wonder what will be the ultimate consequences of our technoligical advances and our more and more individualistic tendencies.

As for me, I'm doing fine and am looking forward to watching England play France at rugby this afternoon, and then going to see Ryan Adams this evening. Melissa's feeling a little sick, so I've been looking after Hannah today so far, and we had a wonderful morning on Daniel Island at their annual Park Day.