Ugh. I hate how we as a society need to be collectively distracted. Constantly. I miss when I was working late and/or taking evening classes. Because as I sit here and everyone is home, all I hear is the bloody TV blaring all night. Before that, it was online poker. My brother can't talk to me without taking out his phone and texting, much like everyone else. I go to university, no one can ever sit still, in classes they have to yank out their phones or play on their laptop.
Even my ex wanted to have the TV playing in the morning while we were enjoying (or in my case, *trying* to enjoy...) breakfast because she couldn't deal with silence.
I am online a bit more than I'd like, especially since I have friends I talk to every night (but that's a good thing). And I am trying to use my ipod a lot less. I'm certainly not immune to it. But I would never even dream of texting while I was with another person. And I never text or anything while I am working or otherwise occupied, unless it's a certain someone.
We all need to step back and learn to do one thing at a bloody time. A few people I know hop on my ass for that, saying there's no time, but I am pretty sure you don't *need* to text about mundane things while doing the things you supposedly need so much time for.
Honestly we are just wasting our lives. All of us.
