Sunday, January 6, 2013

Floo network please 1-6-13

Yeah yeah yeah. Social media is great and all, but actually seeing and hearing a person that you miss a lot is way more, well, personal. It's one thing to chat with someone and see their monosylabic neaderthal-ish answers, and even though you know that person doesn't talk a lot on general, you can't see their face. You can read the words that are written on the page. You can see a status or a tweet (though I despise tweets with a burning passion). You can see a picture. But what if that person that you know so well avoids pictures? What if that person is the one taking the pictures? You can call a person. On Skype or on the phone, but what if the party on the other end feels awkward talking on the phone because they like to listen better? Or what is the person on the other end doesn't like holding the phone to their ear for as long as they want to talk to you? Skype's your answer then, but then there's always bad internet connection right when the person on the other end is holding their foot up to show you a newly darned sock! Then you have to request to see their lovely toes again. Do our last couple of options are: become Dr. Who and travel in a police box, apparate or travel by fireplace like Harry Potter, jet around via private aircraft like the millionaire that you are, drive like a normal person, fly like people from books, or be able to run at super sonic speed. Do tell me when you have discovered a way to make some of these possible because I have a laundry list of people I need to visit and hug.

No comments:

Post a Comment