I wrote about shunning a growing dependence on technology for the simple life, but because that post is no longer visible in my "Heinz 57" recent-posts box, I feel I can move on and forget I wrote it.
I can't help but enjoy the Transpod thingee I got for Christmas that zaps tunes from my iPod to my car's stereo. It's a little too easy to enjoy my new cell phone (it's a slider). Sadly, it doesn't have Bluetooth, so I can't become a robot like other people with wireless headsets.
I've been having daydreams about buying an Apple Airport base, getting a laptop and checking my e-mail from anywhere in the house. I mean, then we could get rid of our computer desk and put the iMac wherever we wanted to as well. There's that other dream of getting a TV we can hang on the wall so we could finally curb our Wal-Mart entertainment center, seeing as our quest for a nice, real-wood version that measures a mere 32 inches wide is just not happening. Does everyone in the world own big honking TVs except for us, stuck in the Stone Age with a mere 27-inch Trinitron (that, I might add, is about 10 years old but works fine)??
Zapped back to reality, I still leave my cell phone – new and shiny it is – usually in the car. So much for indespinsible. I don't see a laptop in my near future (mainly because I demand Apple ... now with Intel inside! ... and the Petite Filet would most likely need a Windows PC ... ick ... for work). That, and we're not rolling in extra dough at the moment. And if we were I'd rather spend that kind of money on a new camera anyhow, if only I could justify it. We don't have cable, and a plasma or LCD TV wouldn't look as chic with rabbit ears duct-taped to the wall above it.
My life is more about Play-Doh lately. The Cutlet got a set for Christmas that has shapes for cutting out the blue, red or green funstuff. He loves it, and it doesn't even require batteries. When I was a kid, I had the Play-Doh Fuzzy Pumper Set that was like a barber shop. There was a comb, some plastic scissors and Play-Doh People with holes in their heads. You could sit them on a barber chair, cram some Play-Doh into the bottom, and crank a handle to push the stuff into hair-like strands on the people's heads. It would shock and amaze my friends.
Yes, I think I'll stick with the simpler life. At least for now.
You're not the only ones without a gigantic TV. We still have a 24" model (although it is a flat screen, so I feel we're pretty advanced!).
I loved that playdough set as a kid. We never had it, but my friends did. Good times!
Small TV here too but we do have an AirPort. I don't use it that much but my other half uses the iBook everywhere in the house and the kids when they're home do the same with theirs. Afraid I'm in a generation or two before PlaDoh--we had "molding clay" and the stainless steel flatware knives we used to "sculpt" it are still "molding clay knives" to my sibs! ;)
You can go up into your loft room and enjoy the light fixture and wood-grained carpet for some low-tech ambiance.