Technology

Ah, technology. There are so many inventions and innovations every day. I have such a love-hate relationship with technology, but I am always excited by the "new" and "improved." I resisted getting a cell phone longer than most of my peers, but I had an active email account very early. I resisted joining social networking sites, and now I am on both myspace (though mostly dormant) and facebook. My favorite recent innovation is using the iChat and simultaneously battling Matt's brother and sister in Los Angeles and Denver, respectively, on Mario Kart. We can see and hear each other as we play video games on the Wii against each other, hundreds of miles away. I know this is nothing new, but it's new to me, and it's been a great way to stay in touch and have fun with Matt's siblings.

On the other hand, I received a hand written letter yesterday, and it was the coolest thing I've gotten in a long time. My friend, Tara, who has not joined the electronic community (email is painful, and I don't think she's updated her myspace account since she opened it back in 2006), got married last summer, and she sent me a picture of Matt and I dancing at her reception. Usually, when I receive pictures, it's a jpg that never gets developed and will typically sit in my inbox until I finally save it to my computer. I was touched to receive not only a hand written letter but a developed (looks like it came from someone's darkroom) black and white photo. It's not in my inbox or saved to my desktop - it's already on my wall.

In addition to blogging today, I think I'll write someone a letter.