Technology....random thoughts

I ADORE, A.D.O.R.E., scream it from the mountains adore.....technology.  Yet, I can hate it with a passion that makes someone talking to me about it at the time cringe. 

But.....learning and education at our fingertips constantly?  Ability to share with my family, all four siblings at once via a medium called FaceBook?  Pinterest....perfect way for this visual creature to sort and find things....Google Reader to keep track of blogs I like to read.  What can I say?  BRING IT ON!  Way too easy to get distracted, side tracked, lost in another line of thought than what brought me in but oh well.....love the roads traveled to get to where I'm going.

This is a picture of my desk this morning.  Yes, my mug of 641.3373 (that is coffee for you non-bibliophiles), my bowl with my apple core and packet of organic plain grain cereal, stacks of items for cataloging from scratch (shivers at the thought) and my library link and my link of pure selfish interest.....clean eating.  Need to stay mega healthy now that I've lost all the weight.

OK, my personal favorite thing about technology?  Well, seems to be panning out to be my favorite although I went through a love/hate with it for a while....online dating.  Only reason it's in the favorable column at this time is yes, there is someone special and yes, we've made a decision to pursue a LTR.  That's Long Term Relationship for those of you not into text-speak.  If you had talked to me on a day when things weren't going so well, yea, hate online dating.  But at this age in my life, where am I going to meet men?  Men who aren't looking for a "newer model"?  

Lucked out.  Meet John Stacy Underwood.  Good man.

Wild Abandon....

The words Wild Abandon ran through my head the other day,  not sure why, but I grabbed my iPhone and recorded them in my little notepad.  They struck a chord deep inside.

The definitions that speak to me are wild: not subject to restraint, indicative of strong passion.  Abandon: complete lack of inhibition or restraint.  To live with wild abandon, to live passionately, letting nothing inhibit you or restrain you.  Restrain your feelings, emotions, ability to feel and react.  To do things with passion and without self consciousness or inhibition.

These words are so strong to me, mean so much.  I want this in my life.  I've lived with so much restraint.  Done so much because it is "what you do" or what is expected of me.  NO MORE.  When I got divorced my mind cleared and I decided NO REGRETS was how I was going to live.  I believe that "living with wild abandon" is more precisely how I want to live.

Now.....to find someone to share that with if possible.....

7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable

7 Reasons the 21st Century is Making You Miserable is worth a read.  WARNING.....this is one of the posts that will make my blog R rated.  It can be viewed as crass, crude, outright offensive.  Reality?  That is life and what we are witnessing as a result of what this article talks about.  Maybe this kind of in your face will wake some people up.