Screens

[ZenitYerkes]

I feel uncomfortable in front of a screen, to be honest. I can't be working on my computer or watching TV without feeling so. Reason is that I don't like to miss what's happening around me; we've got a wonderful world we don't care about, exactly because of the screens. Instead of making food for your family, you'd rather play Cooking Mama; or instead of walking and feeding your dog you play Nintendogs. Or, instead of taking a walk to your forest or visit the countryside, you play the Avatar game. And a screen's life is easier than real life, I won't say it isn't.

But I feel bad for myself, being dependent like the rest of the world of a computer (in fact I am writing an essay myself but cannot do anything without checking constantly the forums for new replies, at the computer or the iTouch). I feel like, the need of feeling connected, because it's only through the Internet where I can have all the attention I need. Why I can't get it from real life, is because the rest are also on machines.

I don't know where we're headed to, but I feel alienated and isolated, ironically, in the age of communications and Internet. I really miss a good discussion about philosophy or politics with my father, who's always at the computer or watching TV; or when I was a child and played with my sister, who now spends most of her time in Facebook or Twitter. My 8-year-old brother loves PS2 and Wii, to the point of being so bored with anything else that he gets unbearable.

Constantly wired: with my computer, if not connected to my iTouch, if not watching TV,...

I feel the urgent need to get out of this, but I can't knowing all I could do will be just a temporal fix.