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May 30, 2009
Why I Struggle With My Self Esteem
My very good friend David has been traveling in Japan. Yesterday, I received this postcard.
"Oh look," I said, admiring the lovely photograph on the front. "What a nice postcard. David must really care for me."
And then I read the back.
On one hand, I am flattered that David went to such lengths to insult me in this manner. After all, he had to purchase an expensive international plane ticket, conduct exhausting research on the Golden Phoenix, navigate the complex Japanese postal system, and find a pen. It is this last step, I suspect, which challenged him the most.
I have been absent from these pages for the last few days on account of my computer being in the shop. But the helpful folks at the Annapolis Apple Store have made it like new. It was interesting, and somewhat discomfiting, to be away from my computer for three days. I realize how deeply ingrained and instinctual my compu-habits have become: the checking of email, the browsing of baseball box scores, the scanning of salacious headlines on the partisan news sites. It was probably good to be forced to pare back for a few days, a needed diet for the cyberfat.
Plus, being away from my computer has given me more time for the things that really count in life. Like reading postcards from a dear old friend.
Posted by bogenamp at May 30, 2009 08:30 AM