Granted this is coming from someone who receives school closing updates via text message, reads half his school assignments via Google books instead of buying them, and can’t imagine how anyone settled arguments before Wikipedia.  But for the last week or so my computer has been non-functional (thanks Mac, especially for charging close to 100 dollars for a new charger that’s equally crappy).  So as I wait for a refurbished charger at nearly and eighth  the cost of the official Mac one (tip: never buy chargers from the company you bought the computer from), I am sans laptop, and it has made my life hard.  But it has made me appreciate the little things.

E-mail. Maybe it’s cuz I’ve been going to college for four years, but I feel a desperate impulse to check my e-mail at least ten times a day.  What if a class is canceled?  An assignment changed?  New meeting scheduled?  Alas…

Research. Really, how did people know anything before Wikipedia?  Did they really go to the library just to look up one thing?

Work. I have a data entry job.  It’s nice because I can work from home and listen to music or watch TV while I do so. Except I can’t turn on my computer.

Blogging. Need I say more?  You can’t blog on paper.

Buying. Was late checking what books I needed, and then I couldn’t buy my textbooks, and it took me way too long to even order the new charger.  Sure, I could have just bled eighty bucks and drove to the Mac store.  But 80 in a store versus 10 online?  Please.

Banking. And as I did buy these things on a library computer I wanted to check my bank account.  But all of my account info is automatic on my Mac; not soon the public PC.  I had to click and answer who my high school mascot was and verify my site symbol for way too long to simply check my balance.  Would have been more time-effective to drive to an ATM.

Entertainment. I guess there’s TV but you gotta hate those commercials.  I guess there are a lot of books I’ve been meaning to read…

Even though I know I’ll be clicking away again soon, this experience has made me realize I rely on the computer way too much.  What if I could never have one again?  It makes me question whether I would be able to function in society.  And then it makes me wonder: what if NOBODY had a computer?

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