HAD ENOUGH YET?

Had Enough Yet?

It has been many moons since I sat down to blog.  Part of an open plan to enjoy the summer weather and opportunity.  Down-Under it is winter, and so will put off going there for now.  And won’t be going to The West Bank, down by the river, anytime soon.  Is partially why there has been so much silence on my part.  Worlds apart.  Giving up on Microsoft and technology, as it has become so invasive.  Not sure what is true, when I say, "Not doing much of this and that anymore."  Am human so have an opportunity to change my mind.  For now, I am weaning myself from all things that do not directly benefit quality of life in the present moment.  Saying that brings me down.  Down to the days of summer, in silence on a park bench, watching others run around, dehydrate and become exhausted.  Not sure my theme for today will be:  How Exhausting Life Has Become.  Rather, I will concentrate on the need to exceed one’s highest expectations and calling.  Been to the  Graffiti Wall.  Great effort and colorful sprawl, which moves me to a place across the river, where rockets and missiles are looking for me, but as we say in the Shooting Gallery: 

"I miss you."



 
Had Enough Yet?  And then going in the opposite direction, I say.

 "I miss you." 

 Not sure if this is a joke, shared with the young drone operator sitting out in the desert of Nevada with his sights elsewhere, and his mind on his girlfriend and The Saturday Night Special?  Not sure if I miss you, but over time I think this is true.  Once a month might work, when you are over 70 years of age, like I am.  But more frequently is nice, depending of course on the context and subject of attention.  Attention.  Stand to Attention.  Another instance of worldly involvement comes into view.  Not as bad as CNN broadcasting the bombing of Baghdad in 1991, but its out there.  Media reminds me of the details, which I have been careful to ignore all week.  But then it happens and I sit down to blog.  Unpleasant Reminders find their way into my speech and habit.  Focus on the good, forget about the violence and the killing.  Would that be realistic?  And such thoughts is why I have started to unplug and blog less.  Nothing seems to change, not really.  And at the end of the day and week and month, I ask?


 "Had Enough Yet?"



Going back in time I remember this:  "Forget About It?" 

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=forget+about+it

Have gone to the Urban Dictionary to get clarification.  Here is what they have to say.  Their words not mine, but when I read this, I do understand.  Nod and sway and duck your right hand coming at me. 



forget about it

As it is explained by Johnny Depp, who plays Donnie Brasco in the movie "Donnie Brasco"






"Forget about it" is like, if you agree with someone, you know, like "Raquel Welch is one great piece of ass, forget about it." But then, if you disagree, like "A Lincoln is better than a Cadillac? Forget about it!" you know? But then, it's also like if something's the greatest thing in the world, like minga those peppers, "forget about it." But it's also like saying "Go to hell!" too. Like, you know, like "Hey Paulie, you got a one inch pecker!" and Paulie says "Forget about it!" And then, sometimes it just means forget about it.

by Donnie Brasco March 09, 2005






 
Donnie Brassco.  2005.  Seems like a long time ago, but I do remember it like it was yesterday.  On an Oregon Beach dog sitting.  Isolated.  Technology was not what it is today, 2014, nor invasive to the degree that spying in Germany this week has been declared, "Outrageous and Appalling."  Just more fallout from The Snowden Revelations, which declares that everything is possible if you have the determination to follow through and make it happen.  Haven’t really got my head around it, what it all means.  Double Speak and Image.  By now you would think we have seen it all.  Would know what to do?  And then just do it?  But it is not as easy as it was back in the 2005 days with Donnie Brasco.




One more thing on my mind before I turn away from you, and wander into the midnight sun.  Microsoft, Bill Gates old company has just declared that it is reinventing itself.  This happens a lot.  Seems Google and Apple and Others are asserting themselves and getting all the attention.  Seems Microsoft has hired another really smart CEO who is gearing up to change the world, or should I say the world of technology as we know it.  And he is putting out the message.  




Ubiquitous computing.  Ambient Intelligence. "Do More Stuff."

 And if this is all foreign to you, as it was to me, yesterday and back in 2005 and prior, you can do as I did.  Search and Destroy.  Search and Research.  Search and then, Forget About It.  Actually, before I put a curse on CEO-man, let me say.  "……people, who are surrounded by intelligent and intuitive interfaces  will receive my full attention."  Guessing that he and I do not talk and mean the same things.  So wasn’t sure what Ambient Intelligence was really all about.  But decided not to get too upset about any of this.


 

Waited until Saturday morning to blog about it.  Seems its been a long time.  A month or so of silence.  All serving a good cause.  It is summer and winter.  Chill.  Depends on where you are, of course.  Bombs across the river, and if it is the 4th of July you can think:  Fireworks are pretty.  But then again, if it is July 12th and you are on the West Bank, then you do as I do.  Blog and pretend that the world is a safe place.  2005  Donnie Brassco.  Forget About It.  Or if not, reinvent the world and yourself, and hope by this time next year, you are celebrating a prosperous and exciting New Year.  Had Enough Yet?    Going on Vacation.  Will do a monthly blog when I get back. 

Technology permitting.