Written on my blackberry: <\/p>\n
<\/span>I’m at Gabe’s <\/span> At that point my battery failed<\/span> <\/p>\n <\/span>I got to watch Gabe’s <\/span>basketball practice.. (He was pretty hot tonight.) <\/span>I then came home to find out that the server was down for the night, so the stuff I typed wouldn’t be getting to my computer.. <\/span>In my past life, a Blackberry faiure like this would have me breaking out in <\/span>cold sweat of information withdrawal.. Tonight it was exactly what I needed\u2026 I think I’m getting the message from Sam to kick back and smell the roses.. or the gym socks as <\/span>was the case tonight. <\/span>Thanks Sam<\/p>\n -jc<\/p>\n ps. I just got pinged with a work question (from a good friend and blog reader J<\/span><\/span> ) <\/span>as I’m writing this at 10:30 and I asked if we could talk <\/span>about it tomorrow.. Aren’t I a slacker now ? <\/span><\/p>\n This is pretty funny. I just started writing tonight’s posting on my Blackberry. Wouldn’t you know the server is down tonight due to a problem. I’m now at home retyping what I wrote verbatim by looking at the devices tiny screen,.. The irony is pretty good: Written on my blackberry: I’m at Gabe’s basketball practice,so … Continue reading Tuesday Night<\/span>
basketball practice,<\/span>
so I’m going to try<\/span>
to do this blog <\/span>
entry from the tiny <\/span>
screen of my <\/span>
Blackberry.. or <\/span>
Crackberry as my <\/span>
friends sometimes <\/span>
call it. This device <\/span>
is the symbol of <\/span>
the frenetic life I <\/span>
was living before <\/span>
Nov 21<\/span>st<\/sup>. When I <\/span>
think back I was <\/span>
such a slave to <\/span>
this tiny tyrant. I <\/span>
was reachable <\/span>
24\/7 by phone, <\/span>
email or instant <\/span>
message. My <\/span>
calendar would <\/span>
beep me for <\/span>
meetings that <\/span>
could start as <\/span>
early a <\/span><\/font><\/i>
late as <\/i>
would even find
myself on
<\/span>work calls on
weekends.<\/span>When I
wasn’t working, the
demon’s task list
reminded me of all
the things hanging
over my head:”the
“should have’s”, the
“got to’s”and the “oh
s**t’s”. <\/span>
Staring at this
thing now I can’t
imagine how I let
<\/span>something this tiny
and fragile bully
<\/span>me into exhaustion
for so long. Even
though I’m back at
<\/span>work full time, I’m
finding that I can
ignore the demon’s
<\/span>buzzes and beeps.
My phone goes
unanswered more
<\/span>often. My calendar
isn’t overbooked.
Most of the credit
for that goes to
my dear friend and
<\/span>protector Jleigh
who is acting as
gatekeeper and
therapist \u2026 “
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