Ok, somehow I managed to live for thirtyish years without internet. And frankly, they were good years! I felt sufficiently connected to the world…I didn’t feel the need to have a constant and instant exchange of information with my bank, my cable company, my favorite tv shows, some lady in Australia selling crocheted baby hats, or everyone I’ve ever known AND all of their friends!

But now, tenish years later… I can’t function without it! My modem went out yesterday and my world went all whackadoodle!! Apparently, according to the lady at the cable office, I have the world’s longest functioning modem, since it’s 8 years old and apparently they’re supposed to self destruct after 2-3. So I guess I should consider myself blessed. And I should be happy that they called back and said they have an opening to come fix it late this afternoon rather than FRIDAY! But have you ever realized how much of “what needs to get done” HAS to be done by Internet? It’s really quite frightening how dependant we are on technology! (maybe I should just speak for myself..but the fact that you’re reading this says something about your relationship with the internet).

I’ve been in the photography business for around 15 years, (yes, I started with FILM ..just imagine, many of my “subjects” will grow up not even knowing what that is!!) and my business operated just FINE without computers and/or internet. But Since yesterday’s “passing” of my modem, I’ve been virtually shut down! I had to copy client images for posting, to a jump drive, and take it down to my mom’s house to post on my site for them to view. (And don’t even get me started on the fact that my mother still has DIAL-UP!!)

And so HOW am I making this post to my blog, you ask… Well since we are SO dependant on our computers and Internet, we created tiny little things we can carry around in our pockets that will do just almost the same things as our computers…(must admit, I love my iPhone.. But this is definitely taking at least five times longer to type than it would on the computer!)

But IT’S JUST CRAZY!!

There are pluses and minuses to all this technology, but I’ve got to say it’s really quite amazing. And just think… I’m 42 years old. When I was a kid there were only three channels on tv and it went off the air at midnight. Phones had circular dials and were attached to the wall. If you wanted to cook supper, you had to do it on a stove. Typing involved the very loud hammering of little letter-shaped presses over carbon tape onto paper, and all your mail was delivered by a living, breathing human being. What a different world in such a relatively short amount of time! What could possibly be down the road? Kind of exciting… kind of scary.

But for today,… “Please, Suddenlink, …get me connected!”

Ok. I’m bound to be the world’s WORST blogger. I own it…but I’m gonna try to do better.

Carousel was great this weekend, and I’ll chat about that later. Right now I want to say
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Sesame Street!!

What a wonderful part of our “growing up” it has been! And how many other shows have stayed relavent for 40 years?!!

Some of my favorites are of course, Cookie Monster, Mr. Snuffelupagus (I used to scream at the tv trying to get Maria to come into Big Bird’s place while he was there so they would all know he was REAL) hahahaha. I STILL think of the little skit with the older sister working through (in her mind) the consequences of popping her little sister’s red balloon and deciding it wasn’t worth it. And there was the whole “one of these things is not like the other” thing.

So let me see, that’s one, two, three, four…Four…FOUR favorite Sesame Street moments!! (crash of lightening!) Ahahahahahaha!!!!

Yes, The Count was also one of my favorites.

What were some of yours?