Cell Phones!
P.S. to Mr. Rich, I wrote a blog last week, but am now deleting it.
Cell phones are a marvelous thing. They have wonderful calendars on it, as well as hundreds of games, and many more added bonuses. Most importantly, they allow anyone, anywhere in the world to communicate with everyone, everywhere in the world, as long as they get service. I have been up in the mountains for the last 3 days and have watched with amusement the effect of cell phones. In the mountains I was in, every cell phone did not recieve reception, no matter who the service providers were. This means that although the clock, calendar, and games worked, no one could recieve or send text messages, recieve calls or call people. For the most part, the 70-some-odd of us were so busy, that we did not have time to worry too much about it, although some were more distressed than others. The most entertaining part though, was the bus ride home. Many people had their "mobiles" out and text message ready, waiting to recive reception. For minutes on end, they sat on the edges of their seat, postitioning their mobiles in different positions, trying to see which service provider provided service first. My friend and I watched amused, and were grateful we had not become so dependent on the 1/2" by 4" devices. What ceases to amaze me though, is how something so relatively new, has become such a big part of most people's lives. It just shows how much our world is changing when you have millions of people working with things, like computers, for instance, that weren't even around when they were born. All though cell phones are a marvelous thing, they also come with a few negitive effects if one let's them. Many people are losing planning skills, and instead of planning ahead, they call their friend 5 minutes before, on the way there, to let them know they are comming. On the other hand, that is a nice ability to be able to do that. As in many cases in the world today, we need to look at both the positive and the negitive consequences in the world around us.

Why is it that we always have to do everything all at he same time. I think we are all trying to kill ourselves off. You’d think that after millions of years of survival us humans would know a thing or two. Apparently not. The reason we have survived thus far is not because Mr. Rich had to be born, it’s because we took rests. Before electricity was invented (we had been around for thousands of years by the way) when the sun rose we awoke and when the sun set – we went to sleep. They worked hard, they played hard, but they took rests. Anyway, (I’m tired – the sun has set) we should all follow the sun’s great example (early to bed, early to rise, give light to others) and maybe we too will be able to live 10 billion years.

Why do mothers plague their children to play the piano? I have often wondered this exciting question, and have finally decided to write about it. For example, my mother (and many other mothers I know), tell their children the lame excuse that they will go somewhere (when they make their debut into the world) and no one but them will be able to play the piano, and they will be so glad they learned. This baffles me – because I have experienced this example and have found I felt the opposite, because once people know you can play the piano – you play none stop. The legitimate excuse you can play only five hymns, does not faze them in the slightest – they think you can play all 341, from “The Morning Breaks” to “God Save the King”. Another reason the excuse “no one but them will be able to play the piano” confuses me is that it seems about at least half the population plays an instrument (almost all of those instrumental people play the piano, and then another instrument – of course, unless they just play the piano!). So, unless I am at a place with only one other person, the chances of me (or any other piano student) being the only one who can play the piano – is very slim.

Why is it that football is such a big sport (to guys anyway)?
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that since the begining of time, Men have been shunned out of the cave to go hunt because they couldn't feed the babies. So, throught history, men have evolved black and white brains. This instills the instinct to like games such as cops and robbers, football, and other games where there is a clear winner and loser. Girl's on the other hand, are the nurturers. You don't see girls playing barbies that get killed, you see them all playing house with beautiful flowers and peace. But don't get me wrong, boys play barbie too - just with G.I. Joe dolls. Because of this, men love football - a sport where everyone is out to kill each other and there is always a clear winner. But other sports are sissy, like tennis, or swimming, or even running. There are always huge crowds for football games (where everyone is out to kill eachother over a stupid ball) versus a game where everyman is competing against himself for his personal best. My friend Taylor, a Cross Country runner pointed out how there are always huge pep rally's , tailgate parties, etc. for football and the competition is huge. Whereas he is on a cross crountry team where the coaches tell him "we've been national champions for 7 years now - this year better be eight". The pressure is huge on him,everyday, all year long, versus 5 hours of pressure before one game. And hardly anyone even acknowledges they exist. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not against football - I enjoy watching it, but don't you think it's a little bit weird so many people like the violent sports better than the non-violent ones. But hey, maybe sports are more like real life than we think.

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