I See You!

I’ve begun to live in my memories of Star Trek. I bought a webcam or two, and I now have skype sessions with my daughter. We each sit at our computers a thousand miles apart--she in her dormitory room and I in my office, and we talk to each other. And her face fills my computer screen. And walking to and from class and to and from the malls she calls me. (Even my younger daughter calls regularly--last week she called from a restaurant to ask how she likes her hamburger--well or medium well done!) The notion of space has dramatically changed; I’m just waiting for the transporter. I’d be standing in class and I would say, “Scotty, beam me up out of here!”

I love the technology. I mean, it’s useless to hate it. I’ve never understood Luddites, though I’ve always understood their fears. I’ve been fortunate--my good in the world has never been taken away by the machine--

So, now I see her daily but her room at home remains absolutely clean!! And when she gets angry at me, she doesn’t yell--she says our connection is too bad to continue.

So, as google became a verb, so too will skype. I skyped my daughter today--she looked lovely, as usual. She was googling something for her class.