Living In Unreality
Yesterday morning, I was up early. Yeah, I know, what else is new? The thing is that, when I woke up and started making coffee, I realised that I was out of milk. So, I threw on some sweats and headed out to the all-night convenience store. I bought some milk for my coffee, and a bag of these little brownie things, which were on clearance — half price — so who could resist?
So I'm eating a brownie for breakfast. Well, it's not a brownie, really. It's one of those brownie bites, or whatever they are called. I have no idea why I bought them. I'm not a big fan of cakey stuff or chocolate even. I'd offer you one, but it could only be a cyber brownie, and I'm not sure I can whip up one of those for you.
Funny what we do on the Internet. We shop, we chat, we blog, we research things, we read news, we watch videos ... all manner of stuff. And here I am, pretty much unable to offer you a brownie.
Damn the limits of technology. There's something to be said for real life, after all. If you were here in real time, we could eat the whole bag of brownies and have tea or coffee together, before I kicked you out ... so that I could get back to my computer and get completely unreal again.
I love my unreality ...
Why?
Uh ... 'cause you're here ...
Yesterday morning, I was up early. Yeah, I know, what else is new? The thing is that, when I woke up and started making coffee, I realised that I was out of milk. So, I threw on some sweats and headed out to the all-night convenience store. I bought some milk for my coffee, and a bag of these little brownie things, which were on clearance — half price — so who could resist?
So I'm eating a brownie for breakfast. Well, it's not a brownie, really. It's one of those brownie bites, or whatever they are called. I have no idea why I bought them. I'm not a big fan of cakey stuff or chocolate even. I'd offer you one, but it could only be a cyber brownie, and I'm not sure I can whip up one of those for you.
Funny what we do on the Internet. We shop, we chat, we blog, we research things, we read news, we watch videos ... all manner of stuff. And here I am, pretty much unable to offer you a brownie.
Damn the limits of technology. There's something to be said for real life, after all. If you were here in real time, we could eat the whole bag of brownies and have tea or coffee together, before I kicked you out ... so that I could get back to my computer and get completely unreal again.
I love my unreality ...
Why?
Uh ... 'cause you're here ...
I think dreams like your "unreality" can be OK as long as they don't prevent us from solving problems and discovering new chances in our real life.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, too often we confuse dreams with fantasies ... one give us an objective to reach, the other fools us into believing a cruel illusion ...
DeleteMaybe sometimes we prefer not to know, and it's easier to hide and live in unreal world. Let's get some fun from time to time !
ReplyDeleteOh, and what about your breakfast? I thought you have started to eat better :)
"what about your breakfast?"
DeleteHaha ... ah, the body is weak, madame, the body is weak ...
Where have all the bloggers gone? Long time passing ...
ReplyDeleteThanks to Skype, we can bring a little more reality to our online lives. Now then, about that brownie ...
As for pretenders (love the song), the stories we could tell (and probably have blogged about them). I've heard some whoppers, but none are more hurtful than the bloggers who fake their own death or convince people they have a fatal illness.
Back to the brownie ... :)
Hmm ... perhaps the brownie is a metaphor???
DeleteIf this is going to be a cyber breakfast then I'm ordering French toast with maple syrup and a side order of Canadian bacon. Yummy!
DeleteLongfellow said "...life is but an empty dream" and Mata Hari said "life is an illusion" so perhaps your unreality is not so unreal after all...thanks for sharing the coffee and brownie bite :p
ReplyDeleteYou're more than welcome ... ;o}
DeleteLove that song!
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