05.22.08
Life before the internet
Having no internet at the apartment has given me some time to think about things. For example, I thought about how life has changed since the internet became something convenient to use.
Back in fourth grade, we had to write a report on an animal of our choosing. The rubric stipulated that we were to use something like 4 sources of reference such as books, encyclopedia (print or electronic), and the internet. I remember looking at the rubric and thinking dang, I’m gonna need to find 2 books. Because, you see, 56k was as good as it got back then, and besides that, I doubt anyone in my class knew how to use the thing back then. These days, I bet 4th graders are using the internet to raise all sorts of hell. Man, how times have changed.
And remember how if you wanted to use the internet, you’d have to lose the use of your phone line? And how the rich kids and their rich parents could afford to have TWO phone lines so that they could use the internet all the time? Those crazy rich folk!
I guess that if it weren’t for the internet, I’d have fallen in love for real. I’d have used the phone more and spent less time in front of a monitor. But hey, at least I went through 14 years of my life without it, right?
The old man laughs.