http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/ Rants, Dreams, Recollections... on the Walk Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:38:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/comment-page-1/#comment-28 jocelyn Wed, 19 Apr 2006 03:31:20 +0000 http://brettveenstra.com/?p=19#comment-28 <p>crappety crap crap crap</p> crappety crap crap crap

]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Dion Fri, 24 Mar 2006 01:00:37 +0000 http://brettveenstra.com/?p=19#comment-27 <p>dude, this is so funny<br/><br/>and so true. <br/><br/>for me though it would have to be drastic to push back the crap... like getting rid of my computer or something. i'm not good at drawing lines in the sand. If i have a computer and spend time reading blogs and communicating with other humans primarily thru IM and email then i start to move more of my life to the computer. Then pretty soon i've abandoned my stereo for itunes, because it makes sense then i need an aiport to stream music to my room and an extra hard drive to store my music files. And then each of those have their own rabbit trails. Then it only makes sense to have a digital camera, because it's so much cheaper and easier than dealing with all that film and developing, but then i have to get a 999GB memory stick for it (until the 999TB ones go on sale), and a new fancy photo printer (with a bluetooth card, because one more cord would just make too much of a mess) ANd then because Iphoto5 doesn't have the feature i NEED to adequately manage and share my photos i spend $xx for an upgrade (or as i sit presently just lust after an upgrade)... <br/><br/>and it keeps going. I'm not blaming my computer, the problem is ME. and getting rid of it sounds so puritanical. But if i'm serious about making a change, what do it do.<br/><br/>(incidentally my ellie is sitting on my lap right now, being the cutuest and sweetest she's been in months, wanting to love on me-which i always complain that she doesn't do enough of- and i'm half ignoring her to type this entry... grrrrrr)</p> dude, this is so funny<br/><br/>and so true. <br/><br/>for me though it would have to be drastic to push back the crap… like getting rid of my computer or something. i’m not good at drawing lines in the sand. If i have a computer and spend time reading blogs and communicating with other humans primarily thru IM and email then i start to move more of my life to the computer. Then pretty soon i’ve abandoned my stereo for itunes, because it makes sense then i need an aiport to stream music to my room and an extra hard drive to store my music files. And then each of those have their own rabbit trails. Then it only makes sense to have a digital camera, because it’s so much cheaper and easier than dealing with all that film and developing, but then i have to get a 999GB memory stick for it (until the 999TB ones go on sale), and a new fancy photo printer (with a bluetooth card, because one more cord would just make too much of a mess) ANd then because Iphoto5 doesn’t have the feature i NEED to adequately manage and share my photos i spend $xx for an upgrade (or as i sit presently just lust after an upgrade)… <br/><br/>and it keeps going. I’m not blaming my computer, the problem is ME. and getting rid of it sounds so puritanical. But if i’m serious about making a change, what do it do.<br/><br/>(incidentally my ellie is sitting on my lap right now, being the cutuest and sweetest she’s been in months, wanting to love on me-which i always complain that she doesn’t do enough of- and i’m half ignoring her to type this entry… grrrrrr)

]]> http://brettveenstra.com/2006/03/15/more-crap-faster-life/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Bobhttp://bobchristenson.com Tue, 14 Mar 2006 23:12:43 +0000 http://brettveenstra.com/?p=19#comment-26 <p>Craptastic!~<br/><br/>It's a point made often these days...now how do we stop loving crap, and start loving people and God and stuff that's not crap? <br/><br/>Well, for starters, we should turn off the crap, stop listening to the crap, and stop recording crap on our DCRs (that's "digital crap recorder" fyi).....<br/><br/>I hope the power goes out today so I'm forced to live a crap free existence. Or, ya know...I could learn self control....either way.</p> Craptastic!~<br/><br/>It’s a point made often these days…now how do we stop loving crap, and start loving people and God and stuff that’s not crap? <br/><br/>Well, for starters, we should turn off the crap, stop listening to the crap, and stop recording crap on our DCRs (that’s “digital crap recorder” fyi)…..<br/><br/>I hope the power goes out today so I’m forced to live a crap free existence. Or, ya know…I could learn self control….either way.

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