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For some reason years ago, my family planned on going on a trip to Baltimore. We had all of these events planned, like going to the art museums and shopping and visiting our family who lives just outside. But what I remember the most about planning the trip was that my dad had to make sure that everywhere we went his blackberry would work. I remember thinking how silly it was because it's not like the Baltimore internet service is any different from the rest of the countries or ours for that matter. Everywhere he called people assured him that the internet would work fine.

It is weird though how much we depend on the internet for things though. Yesterday I spent almost an hour and forty minutes on the phone with the internet company just trying to get the internet connection to work because it was such a high priority. You feel so alone almost when the internet isn't working. Of course I have my cell phone, but I feel cut off when I can't check my email or even face book (I know how pathetic is that?) It seems like now a day's though everything is done by computer. Even to apply for my summer job this past year I had to fill out an online application and survey. I check my email at least twice a day and the weather to see what it will be like for the next week. I look up peoples and businesses phone numbers on yellowpages.com and I even read the news online. It is crazy how much you depend on for the internet, so when it isn't working you really freak out.

It is funny to think about how things were before the internet. Like since I have been away from college I have kept in contact with my high school friends via face book or email. Or even driving places, I use map quest and I don't think I could ever learn how to just follow a map somewhere (as pathetic as that may sound I think that is becoming the case for more and more people). It sounds funny to say, but I am so glad that this is the time I was born in. I can even imagine living without the internet and it is so funny to see my dad so dependent on it because he grew up in a time where TV was just coming out (well he's 45 so I'm not sure) but now he has his blackberry everywhere he goes. I just can't wait to see what the future holds for us and our kids and grandkids.