Sunday June 7, 2009

I love new toys. This week I finally got to the 21st century and turned my ancient cell phone in for a new LG Voyager. Even the name of it conjures up exciting destinations and adventures. All in a cell phone!!!

I now have a keyboard that quite frankly is too small for my fingers, but I've discovered the joy of thumb typing. It's hysterical. I can now see why so many teenagers are addicted to this. In case this wasn't enough, I now have t.v. / mp3/ and am able to search the web. I feel so connected.

Yeah, right. So far I've learned how to text, make calls, receive calls, and change the dreaded factory installed ringtone. I've tried searching the net. Key word.....tried. It was so confusing, I decided that I'll stick to surfing the net with my handy laptop.

Ah.....I have discovered the joy of GPS!!! GPS is wonderful for regular intersections. On Friday I went into Chicago to have dinner with a friend. I got to an intersection at which the lovely lady said I should turn right. Which right? There were six streets coming together into a large cluster f****. So I turned right and immediately got "recalculating route". So I took the new route, which led me up to another cluster f**** intersection. Again I took the wrong right. By the time I got to my destination I think the lovely lady had just about had enough of me. Her parting words , if I had been able to hear them, would have been get a map, I quit.

I thought I had struck gold when I bought my iPod. As usual, my son laughed when I excitedly told him about the toy I bought. Leave it to kids to put the right perspective on things. He informed me he had bought a new iPod Touch. Touch? I have spent countless hours loading cd's and shopping at the iTunes store, to be told my iPod is old news. Ah well. Technology marches on even when the rest of us are barely walking.

Ok, so I'm not exactly 21st Century. But hey, points have to be given for at least trying to get there.