An Age Without Technology

And by age, I mean a week. My computer has been over at the house for the past week, which is where I am right now. The reason being is because I've been recording an entire album for my parents' trip to China in a few days. It's been hard work, but good in ways too. I've never sat down and worked on an entire album before, especially not while working two jobs and taking class. I only wish I had more time to spend on it to perfect it, but I don't posess that kind of time. For the most part, the project has kept me at an even keel. If I have too much time to myself, I start getting too introspective and self destructive which then steals my motivation to do anything, forcing me into a cycle of lazyness. I have enough important things to think about as it is WITHOUT considering all of the little things that are wrong with me. My job, for one, is in question. I like this job a great deal, and I'm getting pretty good at it, but the problem is that I haven't been making above minimum wage for the past two weeks. If that doesn't change soon I'm going to have to find a new job. I can't work for that kind of money. I'll probably just have to grin and get a table job. I'm giving it this one last week though before I make any rough decisions. Remember, I need a job that can support me through next year. We'll see.

My car has been giving me trouble this week, but it has slowed down a little bit. The damage has disappeared for now. I can only pray that it stays that way. I'm going to have to get that exhaust fixed though. My car sounds like a lawnmower.

I always write choppy sentences when I start to get tired. I think I'm sleeping here at the house tonight even though I don't really have anything to wear for church tomorrow. I don't go to a picky church though. They don't really seem to care WHAT people wear just as long as it's covering the essentials. Anyways, I just don't feel like making the trip back to the apartment. This way I save money on gas.

I'll be meeting with my mentor this week. That'll be interesting getting to know a new person all of the sudden. One of the things I realized when I started working my new job is that my social skills aren't as keen as I thought they were. I'm really comfortable here in the college setting, so I tend to be fairly smooth and relaxed in social settings, but outside of that, I'm a complete geek. I never trust what words will come out of my mouth and in what order. I was reading an article in the paper the other day and it said that such lacking communication skills are common among my generation and the rising generations due to increased technology which limits face to face interaction. I can see that. AIM is partly to blame, they say, because improvisation is no longer a necessary speech tool. You have time to read over someone else's response before you reply in turn. Usually I can carry a pretty good conversation in type, but when I'm face to face with someone, I just can't spit out the right words fast enough, so I can see some truth to the article.

Sleep time now. Peace and love.