I had a nice phone call with an old friend Melanie. Melanie and I catch up every few years or so. It's nice because I get to see what some women can achieve when they have ambition and goals, of which I have none. It tickles me that Melanie seemingly has an interest flit through her mind then a few years later she has grants and awards all related to her new interest.
She said something pithy as I was havering* about how nicely things are going with Gary: "You have technology to thank for the success of your marriage." I had randomly mentioned:
The Laptop and how it allows us to have the constant sociopathic proximity Gary craves. (i'm reduced to sneaking PC time while Gary has bathroom time.)
The iPhone and how it keeps us from having interminable bickering arguments about who starred in Gigi ("Well, let's just ask the iPhone, shall we?")
The new Hi Def TV and how it caused us to rearrange the furniture so we sit elbow to elbow and can satisfy the physical contact I crave. Of course, my own personal technological devices have taken care of some of that stress.
Later that afternoon I was ritually healing my Scooba and wondered if the Scooba technology could be bringing us closer. I do see Scooba as a sickly little child that sings sad songs and requires constant care and attention; really I could just get out a damned mop and clean the floor with less effort; but it is a pleasure to take care of the little creature. And, unlike a child, I can just turn it off. And somehow setting it aside for a week cures whatever ails it. Also unlike a child.
This evening we watched Blade Runner on the latest new piece of technology, the Birthday Blu-Ray (hence the title of this post) and it made me wonder, how will this bond us? It is going to take us at least a week of going through the endless copies and re-mixes and cuts of this movie. And me with no laptop! I think it might be like those men who love women because they can quote baseball stats; I will be the only full-grown adult woman expert on this movie in the Midwest.
* Just a little shout out for Les Dots Internationale
Scooba?
I don't get the Blu-Ray - Larry, Darryl, Darryl connection.
Posted by: #0.75 | March 23, 2009 at 08:29 AM
.75 - Poor girl. You are too young to have watched Newhart? A very distinctive character actor would appear (with his 2 mute brothers) in every episode and introduce himself as "Hello, I'm Larry, this is my brother Darryl and my other brther Darryl." He appears in Blade Runner along with Daryl Hannah and all you can think his first few scenes is "Hello, Im Larry" etc.
Posted by: TheQueen | March 23, 2009 at 08:45 AM
Oh, you're making me nostalgic for our old guinea pig. He loved to ride the Rhoomba - the new pig is too hyper, he just can't seem to sit back and enjoy the ride like Butters did.
(.75, the Scooba is like a wet-wipe Rhoomba, but sicklier.)
After seeing Blade Runner for the first time many moons ago, I thought that the brothers Darryl on Newhart needed gender-bender eye makeup - wouldn't that have been fun?
Posted by: Mare | March 23, 2009 at 09:13 AM
Newhart rocks. And you can find it in re-runs on 13 or 23 - can't remember which.
Posted by: Caroline | March 23, 2009 at 07:54 PM
Mare - They should have had some type of shout-out. Like, one of them could have made origami.
Caroline - In my view the best episode of tv ever was the final episode of Newhart.
Posted by: TheQueen | March 23, 2009 at 10:56 PM
Queen - I watched Newheart thankyou. But didn't realize Larry and Darryl were in Bladerunner. Just needed to know the connection.
haha Makes sense Scooba is the wet version. hehe
Posted by: #0.75 | March 24, 2009 at 08:18 AM
Queen -- I'm with you on the last episode of Newhart. I've been touting that as one of the greatest episodes of TV ever and I get a lot of blank looks.
I have a Roomba. His name is Seymore, and he really is sick. The iRobot people are sending him a new computer thingy, though, and then he'll be back to normal. I wonder, though, will his identity change when he gets a new brain? Should I name him something else?
Posted by: Christy | March 24, 2009 at 10:30 AM
.75 - Not Darryl and his other brother Darryl, just Larry.
Chrsity - No, he's just going into high school and conforming to be like all his friends.
Posted by: TheQueen | March 25, 2009 at 12:17 AM