niccodeamus
2G Shuffle arrived early!
actually not mine, but a rare and spontaneous gift for my eldest daughter, who recently went up to secondary school and is doing well. I feel almost moved to words.
Being a selfish self centered type, not the giving kind, I have to say that I was very excited by this gift, small that it is. But the rarity and the total unexpectedness of it for her increased the excitement for me. a real pleasure to give. i could not describe in words how much i hate the avariciousness of christmas, the frenzy of greed the kids all get into. even last night, halloween, an ancient pagan festival appropriated by the early christian church, brings greedy kids to the door, gimme gimme gimme, hands outstretched, the look in their eyes is speed and greed....come on gimme, so i can get to the next door and demand more. dont get me wrong, i am all for a bit of fun, more the merrier, but this instant satisfaction society, easily won easily lost consumerism cannot be a good thing.
i will wager that this little iPod will give/have given more pleasure to both of us than any birthday or christmas present that gets lost in the rush to get to the next ever-so-slightly disappointing package.
sorry for the rant
2G Shuffle arrived early!
actually not mine, but a rare and spontaneous gift for my eldest daughter, who recently went up to secondary school and is doing well. I feel almost moved to words.
Being a selfish self centered type, not the giving kind, I have to say that I was very excited by this gift, small that it is. But the rarity and the total unexpectedness of it for her increased the excitement for me. a real pleasure to give. i could not describe in words how much i hate the avariciousness of christmas, the frenzy of greed the kids all get into. even last night, halloween, an ancient pagan festival appropriated by the early christian church, brings greedy kids to the door, gimme gimme gimme, hands outstretched, the look in their eyes is speed and greed....come on gimme, so i can get to the next door and demand more. dont get me wrong, i am all for a bit of fun, more the merrier, but this instant satisfaction society, easily won easily lost consumerism cannot be a good thing.
i will wager that this little iPod will give/have given more pleasure to both of us than any birthday or christmas present that gets lost in the rush to get to the next ever-so-slightly disappointing package.
sorry for the rant