Side note: First, can I just say, Woo hoo! Mr. Cox and his disgusting turkey and cranberry sandwiches go DOWN! Thanks for your support everyone. A new thought provoking poll will be up soon. Anyway, moving on...
So, in two days I will be turning 29. It's pretty cool, I guess. I'm not upset about being closer to 30. I'm kind of excited about it. It's an accomplished age. A full blown adult. Still, it is weird cruising on down the road of life and not feeling different than you did when you were 17. (See my Generation Gap posting for more about that idea.) My mom has always told me that who she sees in the mirror is not really who she sees herself as. Her image of herself is about 28, and she's surprised almost every time she sees a 53 year old looking back at her. I could see that happening to me.
To jump to a different, yet relevant point, I'm thinking of climbing on the iPhone bandwagon and getting one when my Sprint contract is up in January. The iPhone. Now, while it's not completely mind-boggling on the surface, because we are totally desensitized at this point, think about the iPhone for just a minute. Think about all that it can do. Think about the technology that we currently have. It becomes mind-boggling when you think back to high school and how you waited around at home until your friends called you on the house phone-the phone you shared with your whole family. If you left before talking with that friend, you simply didn't see them that night. You got directions to where you were going or-dare I say it- you used a MAP. You planned parties and sent out actual paper invitations. Your answering machine recorded onto a tape. You watched commercials, or went to the bathroom in the interim and then literally ran back to the TV when your show came back on. You used a phone book. You'd never even heard of email, much less understood why a person needed it. You had photo albums with many unfortunate-eyes-closed-pictures on the pages. A mouse was a rodent. Blockbuster was king. And a busy signal was common.
So, while I don't feel like much time has passed, look how much has. I think that my generation will be one that sees some of the biggest changes in technology and lifestyle. It will be truly amazing to see my life through 50 year old eyes, or even 80. My children will grow up completely unable to imagine what life was like when I was little. Given the previous list, it will sound like we didn't even have running water. 1979 will sound archaic- all the way back in the 1900's! If I live to see 2079 and tell stories to my great-grandchildren at my 100th birthday, I'll tell them about the year I turned 29, and my very first iPhone. Lord knows Apple will have taken over the planet by then. My first iPhone will be like my grandpa's model A Ford...
Wait, how'd this post wander so far away...? I'm turning 29. Happy Birthday to me!
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