Number Fifteen: Impatience

So Nintendo Wii's are fun.

Today I experienced how to race cows, fly through circular clouds of smoke, and apparently run sideways on walls (without success). This console is rather entertaining, I must say. The whole concept of going through the movies of actually hitting a ball or dancing or squirting a rabbit in the face mask with orange juice is intriguing to me. Technology has come so far that I don't think it will be too long until you'll actually be able to step into the game. You'll be able to race with Mario and his gang, or be a sniper in some generic combat game. But does that mean that you'll actually feel pain when you run into a wall or have your head chomped off by a zombie?

Something that came to me today as we were playing was the growing flaw of impatience that I am developing. I want to be good at everything right at the moment when I'm learning how to do it. I used to enjoy the learning process when I picked up a new hobby. But isn't this the atmosphere we are living in right now: technology has made so many tasks painfully simple that now, when you come across tasks that need a little practice, you want results straight away. Perhaps we all need to go back to washing dishes and clothes by hand to feel like we're actually living rather than just exercising our index finger by pressing buttons.

However, It's easier just to sit here and be apethetic.



Lovemeg