Main Entry: at·tach·ment Pronunciation: &-'tach-m&nt
Function: noun 1 : a seizure by legal process; also : the writ or precept commanding such seizure 2 a : the state of being personally attached : FIDELITY
b : affectionate regard 3 : a device attached to a machine or implement 4 : the physical connection by which one thing is attached to another 5 : the process of physically attaching
i was debating what this entry was going to be about, society, holier than thou attitudes, judgment, politics (we're already having debates) how adorable the german polar cub knut is, Wrecking Environmental issue of VF with super, heavy gloss ads & great articles about how we are leaving carbon stamps on everything
including the laptop or pc, you're reading this on. what depressed me about all the articles i read in VF was how american's are clear cutting forests in canada for paper products & how texaco/chevron corp. is ruining ecuadors rainforests; digging for oil-- contaminating & polluting the water.the Only. Planet. we have.
definition is from werriamwebster.com& very much has to do with this entry-last weekend my laptop started coughing, a mild cold but things didn't improve, last Friday through the weekend, i was without the puter. considering i am currently pulling double duty looking for a newLivingSpace & a job. Attached. I did not realize how attached i had become until i was without the laptop for two Whole days! having to rely on public computers & using $3 for 15 minutes of scavenging the internet for email, life in general had become
wrapped in this micro-time span, requiring passwords, library cards & an assortment of creative strategies. by the end of the weekend, i thought i had would panic from missing my beloved electronic keys, tacky stickers & ability to not sit & spy on beautiful men in coffee houses. (Yum.) i realized that i had really tough time telling myself that it was okay to socialize in
coffee houses, without the keys & blue screen in front of me. i was relieved as well as apprehensive as my keyboard free hands helped a goodFriend move; something most likely wouldn't have happened if i had this in front of me. hunting for wireless would have been more important than raucous hours of human contact.
a few years ago-some shrinks came forward& claimed internet addiction & withdrawal happening with people that didn't have the ability to detach themselves from the web, computers & crackberries. (blackberries.) Now. porn addiction& email has been compared to cocaine addiction & incredible hard to detach from. what? detach from-yep. detach. not the same
as attachment. i am not attempting to preach on a pulpit, as I am as guilty as anyone else of wondering what I am missing by Not being on the net for a few hours. i have a new goal: 24 hours away from my laptop. savouring human contact, laughter without wondering what is happening out in cyberspace. want2 meet in 3d-i heard it's this new hip thing...
http://youknut.com/ the german polar bear sensation....
www.VanityFair.com official website..
http://www.slate.com/id/2165452/nav/tap1/ slate take on evilness of email
