- It is much, much more peaceful living without newspapers, NPR, internet, and television. (Actually, there was a television that got two whole channels, one of which was in English, but it was hardly used.)
- It felt like culture shock to go to a conference, as though I was traveling from the 19th century into the 21st, although I had my computer to anchor me to the present day.
- On the other hand, it is pleasant not to have to go on Spider Patrol before going to sleep at night. I know that Arachnids Are Our Friends when it comes to keeping down the bug population and that spiders are inevitable if you're by the water, but after a couple of nasty bites, you stop preaching peaceful coexistence if the spiders are near where you sleep.
- I tried one more Panera run before returning, but the experience of getting online there was even more disorienting than before--not Panera's fault, but the fault of the culture shock. You know how when you open the oven door when something is baking and you feel a blast of hot air? It really felt like that, although there weren't even any stressful emails.
- Those books I insisted on lugging with me and paying the extra money for another suitcase? I used maybe 1/5 of them.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Back
I'm back from the land of no internets and thought you might like a picture of where I was for some of the time. A few thoughts:
That's such an interesting thought, the idea that, without technology, it really is possible to see life the way that our forebears did.
ReplyDeleteAbout a month or so ago, the power in my town went out for an entire night. I was in bed at 10:30, as opposed to two o'clock in the morning, which is when I normally retire.
Without the Internet and all of my electronic distractions, I found that there really wasn't much to do but go to sleep.
welcome back and yay for no more spiders!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that's the key to more and better sleep, blackenedboy--less technology?
ReplyDeleteThanks, justme! I'm glad for the absence of spiders, too.