I sit and I wonder about the iPad. I don't know much about it. I hear things like "Apps" and have a vague understanding of what this means. I don't have an iPhone, but I've broken one before. They seem very cool, and no doubt it'd be fun to have one. But an iPad? I have an iPod, and it's great, because I like music a lot and I commute on public transportation and wear it while exercising almost every day. It is insanely convenient and simple to use. Its "App" is pumping Motörhead into my skull cavity while I shred my pecs and sweat all over things (bro).
Like, I know what the iPhone is, and I know what laptops are, and I've read about the iPad, and I've seen Total Recall, and I still can't put it all together. Do we really need these new "revolutions"? I realize half of this is marketing, and that 80% of marketing is making me feel like I need something. So 40% of this revolution is based on me feeling inferior for not having an iPad. But I don't have an iPhone. And I have one of the older iPods. For me to think of getting an iPad is laughable. I am falling so far behind, because every 18 months I am meant to feel stupid for still buying CDs of bands I like. A CD which, by the way, has never told me where or how many times I can put my music somewhere.
Is anyone's life better or simpler for having these things? I see the incredibly convenient features of new technology, and it seems like the idea should be to free up time so we can finally start that book club or build that to-scale replica of the Spirit of St. Louis in the garage. But I don't think anyone has any more time now than they did ten years ago. Until the iPad makes the day be 25 hours long, I probably won't get one. Unless it starts being able to detect pre-crime or create porn from the images in my head. Have you ever seen Marshmallow Peep porn? YOU'RE ABOUT TO.
Lindbergh... Finally, some fucking Lindbergh.
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