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Over the summer, my blackberry got washed over by a wave in Atlantic Beach.  It was all salty and sandy and wet and useless.  It was over: every contact and notation and photograph wiped away as quickly as the flow of the surf.

Yes, I had backed it all up on my Mac, but as it turned out, the version I had did not support the downloaded blackberry software that I used to back it up in the first place. What? Now you tell me?! 

Anyway the point of this blog is not about backing up your information (although you must, in some form or another!), but rather that 35 minute drive home from Atlantic Beach to Roslyn in my car, alone, with no service.  Ha!  Sounds insane, yes?  Well, it is, but it's also true.

I had a stirring anxiety in my body for that entire trip.  I had no phone, no way to contact another living soul.  And that caused me stress.  It was an involuntary reaction.  I wasn't thinking about it, I just felt it.  I can still recall the moment with a subtle sense of, dare I call it - dread?

As a society, I think we're all in trouble.  This "sickness" will have ramifications, will take its toll on us as a human race in more ways than one.  This new, frenetic anxiety over a gadget can only add to our already stressful lives.

The only thing worse than a malfunctioning blackberry is perhaps one that is out of battery!     

Comments

Anonymous said…
At least you weren't tempted to BB while driving.
September 19, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Morning Star said…
So if you can diagnose the sickness, can you take preventive medical steps? As in leaving the "gadget" at home one day a week? Or the entire weekend.

I'll venture to say no, you cannot.
September 19, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Anonymous said…
I had the same thing happen to me except I was coming home from the Hamptons alone, with no battery. I felt very frantic (only because I was out of touch with my family) stuck in traffic, once I realized I would survive, I out the music on and enjoyed the silence of the phone :)
Cindy S
September 21, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Anonymous said…
One thing worse than a broken bb is a fully functioning bb.
September 22, 2010 at 7:00 AM
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