Mmmmm…good!
For quite some time now I have known about the word “Crackberry” and I saved it for a blustery Cape Town day like today, where I know you will be on the computer and not on the beach or having an extended breakfast that extends right the way through dinner and you end up stumbling away at 4am after hitting countless “Hand grenades”
I first heard the word Crackberry listening to Ryan Seacrest, on E! Entertainment. I don’t see what girls see in him. He is so irritating and so overrated. Somebody fire him.
I SAID NOW! SON OF A BITCH!
Sorry.
Anyway…
He mentioned the word Crackberry, which is a mixture of crack(The stuff Auntie Bertha used to smoke in the school yard, waiting to pick the kids up), and berry, which comes from “Blackberry”, the device used to do everything but touch you in nice ways.
It seems that people are becoming addicted to their Blackberry’s and are checking e-mails constantly wherever they are.
I have long been a fan of the internet, because there are ludicrous ways to make money on it, which always appeals. When my computer was away for a few days I just sat in the corner sucking my thumb and cried for cookies. No one brought them to me. I was on my own.
I see these addictions everywhere and that is why I refuse to install the Facebook application on my phone and there is a 100% chance that I will never ever speak to you on Mxit. You see people all the time who you are trying to have a conversation with but they are so busy on Mxit and Facebook that they waste your time.
Get back to me when you have stopped chatting to a screen…
It’s not surprising really that people feel the need to be in contact all day because it makes them feel busy and important.
We live in such a twisted world that people feel the need to sound busy, even if they aren’t. I see nothing wrong with doing nothing with your day if all your work is done, or if you work freelance. People expect us to work from 9-5 every day, and if you don’t they ask you “So what do you DO with your time?”
Well there are plenty of things to do! You can cook, read books, write, visit friends, climb the mountain, sleep, watch TV or whatever you feel like doing. There is nothing wrong with doing something that other people feel is “nothing” I don’t see the point of sitting behind a computer screen doing nothing just to sound busy.
It reminds me of a story I read ages ago somewhere. If you sit at home all day doing nothing, people will look at you as if you are lazy and have no life ambition. However, transfer yourself to the beach for 5 hours, and people are suddenly saying “Oh cool!” Just because you were on the beach doing nothing, it immediately sounds productive.
This world is too much for me. And YOU no doubt!
There is actually an entry on the word “Crackberry” over on MERRIAM- WEBSTER’S OPEN DICTIONARY.
It’s all very intriguing and the best way to avoid it is to not have these devices. I take it back to the old school with my phone. Granted I do hate my Motorola Rizr V3 or Z3 or whatever it’s called.
But at least there is no e-mail, Facebook or Mxit installed on it.
I like to be out of touch with the world. Does it ever amaze you that you miss a call on your phone and people call you back later saying “Why don’t you answer your phone?”
Well did you ever think that I was doing something else during that time? Did you ever think that I am not a robot and cannot do a million things at once? Did you ever think that maybe I was busy, or exercising, or trying to speak to someone else in real life?
Wow this is getting way out of control, I’m going to go do nothing. That is something.
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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