For those of you who know me, you know I am skeptical of new technology. I get overwhelmed by email and Facebook and staying connected. I theorize that 3D movies are going to be the downfall of American culture (as if there hasn't already been a downfall). I don't like the idea of digitizing all printed media; it leaves too much room for "minor" alterations. And in the back of my mind I think that all this On-star, GPS, update me on where you are 24/7 mess is the governments way of keeping tabs on us.

While I don't allow these thoughts to alter my daily life, I have let it prevent me from delving into the techno-savy world that is the 20th century...or wait, its the 21st, isn't it?

Unlike most of my 21st century colleagues, I don't have a twitter account and I don't follow 27 blogs a day. I don't regularly read the paper, and I find politics incredibly boring. I have kept my mind clouded with things in my own world--basketball games, the friends I wish I had, and books that I should read. The world is a scary place, believe it or not. But I think the longer you keep yourself out of it, the scarier it gets. I'm beginning to conclude (is that an oxymoron?) that the way to really live life is just to dive head first into whatever gimmicks and gadgets are out there.

For too long I have made excuses for why I don't watch Lost or Tweet my life away on my iphone (well...I don't have an iphone). But all this living on the outskirts of society has got me curious....what's it like to know how to digitize, fraternize, and chatterize? I wanna rub shoulders with the best and the brightest...all those brain geeks and hippy hipsters who know where its at.

When I can afford it, I'm going to buy and iPhone. When I get the time, maybe I'll start tumbling. Twitter is something I may never catch onto, but Google will always be my friend. Last week, I finally gave my 1990's 6-disk CD changer complete with cassett tape dock and two large speakers to Goodwill. It wasn't a sad goodbye...mostly I felt guilty because I knew my parents paid a lot for it back in the day and I had wanted it really bad. But that's life.

And now...I've signed up for netflix and I'm on my way to society. The end