January meme, Days 10 to 13

[thismaz]

I was feeling a bit negative yesterday, but I slept really well last night and suddenly I'm feeling a lot brighter. Just goes to emphasise how much mood responds to lack of sleep. I hope you all slept well, too.

Good morning!

So being in such a positive mood, let's talk dystopia.

10. Do you enjoy dystopian future books/movies?Not at the moment

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

I think I would miss my phone if I was still working as I used it a lot for reminders. It’s very different when you can set your own agenda for the day.

It’s miserable here - lots of rain but it’s not that cold.

[thismaz]

I am still the sort of dinosaur who likes to have a different machine for each purpose, so I never put any work stuff on my phone. But as you say, when you can set your own agenda for the day...

[thismaz]

I never put any work stuff on my phone. I didn't want to end up being one of those people who answers emails at 9pm *g*

[thismaz]

Sorry - just realised I'd already answered this comment from you. Ignore me.

[brunettepet]

13. It amazes me how dependent on their phone many people are.

[thismaz]

I know, but I can understand how it happens. I just continue to resist *g*

[sparrow2000]

I get annoyed with myself about how jumpy I get if I forget to take my phone with me. Not because I think I'm going to miss a call, but from an emergency management perspective. Although it's a valuable tool, I resent feeling that there's something missing if I don't have it.

[curiouswombat]

I'm like that with mine. But when out I regularly leave it in the car and don't check it when I get back in, and when home I will put it on to charge in the kitchen and forget it, or put my handbag in the utility room and only remember a day or more later.

This means family know, if I don't reply to text message in an hour or two, to either use Messenger as it is on the computer or just - shock, horror, ring on the landline!

[sparrow2000]

shock, horror, ring on the landline! Snerk. I called my brother in Scotland before Christmas and confused the hell out of him because he couldn't work out where the ringing was coming from. Apparently no one ever calls their land line! *g*

[thismaz]

shock, horror, ring on the landline
*laughs* I have been waging a loosing battle for years with a couple of people, who just won't *g* So I discover their texts hours later.

[brutti_ma_buoni]

Those recurring dreams that are not really nightmares but are about some kind of frustration are really interesting. I'm glad the sleep has been cheering!

[thismaz]

I think I've only ever had one nightmare in my life. But bad dreams, yes - anxiety and worry dreams... thankfully usually quite easy to interpret and so a useful warning system.

[texanfan]

I look forward to a day when we get something other than dystopia when we're looking for SF books and movies. Really, can't there be a few of something else? I want my original Star Trek the future will be a better place genre to pop up occasionally.

Sadly, I might as well leave home without my left arm as without my cell phone. I'd remember no appointments, be unable to conduct many financial transactions, lose out on notes I record from meetings. Oh, and I couldn't make phone calls. The last being the least important. Honestly, I have no memory anymore, my phone is my brain. I must access it thirty times a day to add to my shopping list, make note of something I need to remember, check my to do list, etc.

[thismaz]

I am re-reading CJ Cherryh novels at the moment. It's nice to read some good, proper SF.

I really don't use my phone to it's capacity. Nowhere near. The idea of putting my shopping list on there, for example... it didn't occur to me. I have a stack of small sheets of paper *g*

[texanfan]

Rereading is a very good solution.

I used to keep things on paper but I was forever leaving the paper at home My phone is always with me. I wear it on my hip. They finally invented an organizer I have with me all the time.

[thismaz]

It is true, I have to turn around and go back home quite often, but the same would apply if I had my list on my phone *g*