It started somewhere on the internet as "Analogue Sunday", where basically people would take the Sundays of their weeks and completely strip themselves of technology - smartphones, computers, etc... For my humanities class, we have to do some "border transgressing experiment". From the two articles we've read regarding how this generation is viewed as so technology-dependent and how we could care less about the environment, I decided to use this "Analogue Sunday" idea as my experiment for a Saturday.
It didn't really work, as you can see I'm typing and posting this on the day I'm not supposed to be using technology. I don't have a smart phone, so as a result I rarely use my phone because I don't really text nor call people that often. Our television stopped working sine Comcast placed that digital enhancement rule a few days ago. So the only thing I really had to worry about was not using my laptop.
It was rather difficult, I will admit. The first thing I usually do once I wake up is go on my computer or stretch. I stretch because it .. stretches out my body and physically wakes up my body, while going on the computer essentially mentally wakes up my mind because I get to wake up to something I'm interested in. The brightness of the laptop LED screen also wakes me up. But instead, today I just woke up and brushed my teeth, did my hair, dressed, etc... and went on my way to the only place in the Santa Clara County that develops 120 film - about 25 minutes away by car in San Jose downtown.
Let me just say I absolutely loathe driving in the city. I actually adore the city - only when I'm walking or using public transportation. Otherwise, I hate hate hate it. The freeway signs and the street signs just have to be ridiculously confusing and there are craploads of people not following the usual street rule norms and there's unpredictable constructions sites everywhere and police blocking off roads. In general, so far my experiences in driving in cities have not been pleasant. I finally got to the photo developing store and the guy there was really nice. He got a lot more comfortable after we started talking in Mandarin but then I got a lot less comfortable because my Mandarin is terrible. But yeah - I have to wait till Tuesday afternoon to be able to pick up my negatives and a CD. In the future I'll probably just get my negatives developed and then ask to use my dad's scanner.
So I came back to good old Cupertino and went to Whole Foods to get some healthy and organic vegetables and meat. Whole Foods is honestly my favourite grocery market ever.
I went home and cooked a rather large pan of food, and began cleaning around the house because I was so bored and didn't want to do homework. I then played some piano and some guitar, read a little bit, worked on my Bible study stuff, and noticed how exhausted I felt, so I took a nap on the couch. My mother woke me up at 3:30 to take her to the hospital, When we came back around 4:30, I continued to eat and read and play music. Around 6:00 - still didn't want to do any homework - I gave in and went on my laptop for an hour and a half or so. Then I ate dinner and here I am at a local coffee shop typing this up.
Basically, what I noticed today, is that Cupertino is a really boring place. And that without my laptop, I don't realize how physically exhausted I am - which is a really bad thing. Without my laptop, I am also a lot more productive, which I like because I got quite a lot of insignificant yet important things done today.
I still have quite a bit of homework left to do, so this is all I'll say for today.
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