tech-crazed
I love what the world has come to somedays… I could not live without my iPhone, and what it can do amazes me. From Twitter to Facebook to the wonderment of the internets, our lives have up-to-date information that can fill the void of life when we're alone in our homes. We've basically created the perfect hermit life… except NOW, oh wait! There are web cams!
I love the idea of video chatting… Especially since I live in a city far from my family and I don't get to see them very often. I even got to see my niece's 1-year-old birthday party by sitting in front of my laptop via video chat since her birthday was Inauguration weekend, and flights were nearly impossible to get back to D.C. I love getting to chat with my brother and sister-in-law, and love to see my niece try to figure out why her Auntie Em is on a screen and not dragging her around in the Red Flyer Wagon like she did a few weeks ago (I'm still recooping from that… what a workout).
Now, my parents have a web cam. With the upgrade to my MacBook Pro, I granted my parents my former Mac, the PowerBook G4. My mom absolutely LOVES iPhoto, and checking her email. More than anything though, she and my dad will gather together to Skype me and we'll talk about everything going on. I think they enjoy it a little more than just regular phone conversations… and I won't lie. I hate talking on the phone because I just have to stare at a wall, and heaven forbid there's a hockey game or a movie on, because I'm gonna lose my attention span. But, with the video chat, I can tell stories in all my grandeur to my parents and friends (even if one said friend decides to put the chat on an HDTV and make my head bigger than it should ever be).
It's a funny thing when your parents get as tech-y as the kids. My parents have an HDTV with the surround sound and it's mounted on the wall. Now they have GPS, a Mac, a web cam, and they want a Blu-Ray player. I don't have half of that stuff. I'm scared to take my Wii home for Easter for fear that they'll buy one of those too (although, I won't like, it'd be fun to watch my mom and dad Wii-boxing over video chat).
All this to say that I guess the tech-craze can be good and bad. It gets outdated so fast. I just bought my iPhone not long ago, and now they are promising a new release of one? Seriously? What's wrong with the one I have? And with all the DVDs I have, will they be obsolete in the next few years because of Blu-Ray? What comes next after Blu-Ray? Why can't we be content with what we have? Or maybe I should just ask myself that question.
For me, I think I'll just stick with my Netflix (& Instant Queue) and Amazon Unbox with my TiVo. They keep me happy without having to snag movies. And then, if I can't be fulfilled, I have the internets. And then, if I'm just down in the dumps, I guess I'll just have to suck it up and get out and actually go talk to people. Won't that just be a shame. 
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Tech is always evolving, but it can’t fulfill us. I had the same TV set for 17 years before upgrading to the current model. My third-gen iPod continues to serve me well after five years. Until stolen, my PS2 and digital camera and cell phone worked perfectly fine.It’s great to have new tech, but never as a substitute for things that matter: culture, people, life.
Totally agreed. I’ll take a human being or life over a bot or tech anyday.