feb 7, 2003 - 17:50 - out of service
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somewhat predisposed with a quest for purification by deep
white; future posts
will be suspended until further notice.
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feb 4, 2003 - 09:33 - blind date
somewhat swept up in the romanticism of february, i felt it was time to
to begin a spontaneous new affair. i needed a new form to
admire, new buttons to push; a personality that demanded attention,
yet required none. i needed a new monitor.
well, that, and my last CRT has finally began losing focus; an early
indicator of impending death, and the third one in 5 months!
(it's as if with the loss of the first, they all resigned to their own
individual fate. is it possible for hardware components to miss
each other?)
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anyway... long beyond wary of sitting in front of an electon gun
pumping free radicals at my face at millions of cycles per second, (
whilst simultaneously projecting an EMF field with a radius well beyond
my effective viewing distance), i decided it was time to take advantage
of the recent proliferation of LCD displays.
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after a lot of research on available technologies, a few visits to local
hardware stores, i began to develop a better understanding of my playing
field. --it is amazing how simultaneously available, yet
un-approachable some forms of technology can be.
in short order, it became clear that the best opportunity for financial
relief in such an aquisition would be with the online purchase of the
desired model... in many ways, such a preposition was little more
than a very expensive blind date.
it was with this realization that i began to draw up an array of subconcious
analogies in my head.
i came to think of the process as a perverse twist of the dating game...
--an iterative process of elimination with the ultimate goal of
finding a new 'mate.' (brutal honesty: for work, for play...
i'll spend time with it almost every day).
( please insert any geek-belittling laughter here... )
with that out of the way, let me explain the rationale behind the
analogy:
- you would like it to have a feature set (personality) that is compatible
with your needs and wants (maybe even dreams?)
- he/she/it doesn't have to be desperately sexy, but at least moderately attractive. (remember, you'd like to spend time with him/her/it). typically, relationships can involve long periods of staring in silence.
- you don't mind spending big to go out every once in awhile, but you'd
like to save a few $$$'s spending cash for your own private endeavors.
(solo movies is my personal vice).
- he/she/it nicely augments your existing life... a fresh change,
w/o a revolution.
(you know, someone who understands how to refrain from leaving
too much of an impression in your bathroom, bedroom, garage,
(or desktop ;) )?
er, ok. after defining about that many bullets in my own mind,
i started thinking to myself what you're probably thinking now: "this
is ridiculous, it's just a stupid monitor."
somewhat sheepishly, i made a spontaneous purchase, (decidedly ahead of
schedule), if for no other reason than just to get it over with.
in the days since, whilst cleaning my office in nervous preparation (want to
make a good impression), i've tracked her progress across the country.
shipping number decoded; a modest red dot that slides west: towards
its destiny, towards my doorstep.
my mail order bride is to arrive today. hope we get along....
feb 2, 2003 - reactionary retrospective
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in a fiery arc that defined, for an instant, the fine line between
heaven and earth, seven people transcend morality, and remind a young boy
of what it's like to really lose oneself in a dream.
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