I haven't written an online blog in a week. I got caught up in all the frustration of the riots here in Liverpool. I spent alot of Tuesday night listening to angry Scousers phoning into Pete Price's radio show. Meanwhile helicopters and police cars rushed by outside. I didn't get to sleep until well after 3am. Thankfully there has not been a repeat of that night since.
Last night I decided to do something positive. Nikki my friend suggested a while ago living as we used to in the 1980s; No Internet, no mobile phone etc. Could it be done? Could we cope now? The subject kind of went away and nothing more came of it until the last day or so.
It has been playing on my mind and I suggested to Nikki that we should try it, at least for 24 hours. What would happen if we couldn't check updates online or be constantly attached to our mobiles waiting for texts from friends. Looking at what everyone else is doing has become a hobby for most. If we have time to do this all the time there must be something wrong.? I have to admit over the summer that what I have been doing a lot of. I REALLY can't wait until I go back to university and get stuck into painting again. I won't have time for all this then.
It became clear from the media coverage this week that mobile phones have become more important than anything in our lives. A youth wasn't at all sorry for causing trouble in his town and they asked the judge "When can I have my mobile back?". When another was asked about being sorry for destroying their community. Their response was; That it wasn't their community. Their community was the Internet.
The Internet, yes it sure is a useful tool for me it is the social thing that when I am out in noisy places I can not have a conversation (as I am deaf). It is very hard to lip read all what is said and especially when you are in a group. I have to face a person when talking to them. In pubs and clubs it is virtually impossible. So I end up most of the time just nodding and trying to catch a few words,try and make out what they are getting at or just getting upset cause I can't join in and feeling lost. I do like the fact on Facebook it's written there for you, but it is also very faceless and you can't tell peoples emotions or how they really feel,but there is other stuff outside your door, don't make it your whole life. There are REAL people out there!
I've discovered reading books is much better for me! I've STILL got a big pile of them to get through.
That is why I am going to try at least for 24 hours live without all the technology we rely on SO much today. I will get frustrated and probably bored, but I may just learn something. If all goes well then I may turn it into a longer project for university.
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