Step away from the Blackberry, or we shoot!
January 1st, 2010
Ooh, 2010. It sounds so futuristic, doesn't it?
Now that the season of Suckmas 2009 is finally over, what the heck are you going to do with yourself? For the last three months you lot have been swimming in your weird consumerist orgy of buying useless garbage non-stop for people you likely could give two tugs of a dead dog's dick about except during this time of the year - it's not like you call them or visit them or do things for them any other time, is it?
Wait, there's an idea. Put the iThing down and actually spend time talking with your friends and/or family for once. I know that's a difficult notion to swallow for some of you, but if you actually give two tugs about the people in your life, why don't you actually listen to what they're saying once in a while. Sure, you'll miss out on an hour of Tweets or something now and then, but is that so bad?
I suppose dealing with the people around you can be hard, when you've been brainwashed into merely associating with your Facebook friends outside of work. But give it a shot. I spend time with my Sexy Other every day (when we're not stalking the Internets together, at least), and you know what? It helps to keep me centered. It makes me avoid forgetting why I'm here in the first place. And it keeps me vaguely human.
Even if I officially have declared myself a different, superior species a long time ago.