The Sadness of School and Technology.

All right so I’m really quite late this week in getting a post up because it’s been a bit of a hectic weekend. I had a hockey match over in Poleglass against Belfast Harlequins and well, it didn’t go quite to plan (plan was to win basically). I haven’t played for quite a few weeks now and it’s getting me down. There is just so much work to be done for medical science and IT, it’s unbelievable. Generally there would be a heck of a lot of work to be done without the unfortunate event of having flu and then my coursework being saved by other coursework, so I lost a 3rd of it. But I’m catching up, and just as well as most of the assignments are to be in next week, either draft or final copy.




IT isn’t getting much of a look in. I have 3 assignments to hand in there next week, two are finals and the other just a draft thank goodness. *sigh* I think it’s going to be another hard weekend to get things done. History teacher didn’t really give me any hope of finishing the never ending work by yet piling on another 3 A4 pages to be copied out word for word. What’s the point? She didn’t even look at it last time and it’s about as helpful just reading it ourselves without doing any copying.


No entries on the “Trad diary” as I call it; no time for ‘extra’ writing. No time for anything ‘extra’ like playing on the Xbox and chilling or reading a novel or anything. If I do have to read anything, it’s to do with school work and I’m really suffering from the lack of escapism; everything is to do with school and if it isn’t I would call it time wasting. But hey there is light at the end of the tunnel with Halloween and I’m sure we’ll get lots more yummy work to do. When really does it ever end?Generally I learn more but not being pressured into the learning and I learn more in my own time.


I also want to buy some books. I actually just like books, not necessarily the reading of them but for the aesthetic quality of it being there. I know it’s strange. It’s like having a book collection but without reading them. Just like people collect coins and notes, but never spend them. If I had the free time I’d read.


Also this week, I watched the last of Electric Dreams. The documentary-type 1 hour with a family experiencing life in the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Yesterday was the 90’s and the last of it. It made me really miss the 90’s with its Tony Blair, Princess Diana, Dial up internet, Windows 1995, Spice Girls, Boy bands, square lunch boxes which didn’t quite work and emptied your lunch all over the play ground, Pogs, and Gameboys. *sigh* good times. It also made me think about how we all rely on technology and frankly, I hate it.


With technology, I think we’re going backwards rather than forwards. We’ve all lost the skill in punctuation and instead, developed RSI in our thumbs from texting gibberish like “c ya l8er bbz”. No seriously, just think about it. We are so dependent on our iPods, texting, mobile phones and internet that when we’re without them, we haven’t a clue what to do with ourselves and just roam around like zombies because we’ve lost the skill in proper face to face socialising and lost the whole natural knack of recognising emotions when we talk to people.


Ok, so I’m usually on the internet most of my time, but if I wanted I could easily not be on here and I could be in town, writing a novel, learning an instrument or just doing work. I’m only on the laptop most of the time due to the need of having word processed coursework and a long distance relationship.


I don’t do phones. Mine is never on and many people can tell you that straight away. I just can’t handle that part of technology and nor do I have an iPod because I can survive without having my music for 6 hours and I prefer having silence to music anyway. Texting was never my forte. I can’t ‘simplify’ my words beyond all recognition and I just don’t like it. I think it’s a shame for the English language but whatever floats people boats and I hope those people do actually realise the sadness of it.


Well yea, I’ll shut up for this week and leave. I’m now an outcast to the civilised world. *waves*