Birthday Cards

    I realized something this morning when I got up. It wasn't like I just got out of bed and had this huge realization, but it was something that slowly dawned on me as the day progressed. I woke up to the sound of my alarm and immediately checked my phone for any missed messages. I went to my Bose sound system and turned on my ipod so I could shift in to my day with some energetic music. I was feeling some Mos Def today so I turned off the shuffle and turned on my Mos Def playlist. While the music was playing I turned on my automatic coffee maker and then hopped in the shower. When I got out I heard the familiar ring of my computer turning on. I have it set up so that it turns on and off automatically at the same times every day. This saves power and makes my morning much more of a routine and not an act of catching up with myself. I got my coffee and then checked my email. I wrote about a paragraph for one of my papers due next week and then I turned on a movie on my Netflix account. Does anyone see the pattern here?
    I had never really thought about it before, but I have totally succumbed to the pressures of technology and I am living right in the thick of the times we all live in. Take another example not from today but about a month ago. My mother's birthday came around and I was wondering how to celebrate. I didn't really have the money to buy her anything big and I also didn't have the time to go out shopping more than once or twice for anything at all even if I could afford it. So instead I decided that I would forgo a present this year, I am sure she understands, and I went of course to my computer. I went on to a website and found a bunch of cool digital birthday cards. I sent her about ten of them that I thought she would enjoy because they were all funny in a way that I know she really enjoys.
    I'm just sort of in awe of the fact that I missed the moment when I became a total child of technology and moved away from the life of simple things outside in the world. I am not saying I don't like technology; I am just stunned that I have been so saturated with it without even knowing it.