My Computer Friend

It has become apparent to me in the past little while that my computer has become a new best friend. It is truly something I could die without now it seems. It's probably fully apparent with all my posts just from this day alone. But nonetheless, it contains my life, my knowledge, and my dreams. Almost everything written over the past year of my life, as well as other moment past, have all become collected in files and documents on my computer. Every thought in mind, words that needed to be shared, are all done on my computer lately.

So much of me is also available on it in a different sense. I have been fortunate enough to meet people from places far from here, and with today's busy lifestyle, it becomes almost impossible to keep up. The phone is challenging because you either pay high fees for calling, or higher prices for more texting capabilities. I have been sucked into these devices, but it is because that is the most immediate sense of communication. However, technology is not always reliant; it breaks down, slows down, or ruins itself into the point of no repair. This is common for many of us, and I feel an expert in it. But thanks to my computer so much has changed.

With my handy friend, I can write to people; whether it be to print in letter form, or immediately through email or instant chatting devices. It's really quite remarkable. I've also found it hard being away from so many people in my life, and it wasn't until recently that I have to try harder at communicating with them. I have begun to appreciate the availability of communication through the internet. It is accessible virtually anywhere with the proper technology, its free (minus the hardware), and it's relatively easy. I think that is why I have found myself with an obsession with it.

But my computer is also my education. Virtually all my course information is on the computer, in fact, without it I would not be able to do all the things I could do for my university education. But it also provides me with the internet, the greatest educational tool I believe known to man. It allows us to collect information from anywhere, and it teaches us so much. We can find directions on how to do something, find a new hobby, a new hubby, a movie, a story…there are endless possibilities.

But my computer friend also contains my dreams. With it, I can explore all the things that I find interesting. It gives me hope that one day I will find what I really want to do with my life. I can learn so much from my little electrical pal, it's wonderful.

But before I conclude, don't assume I'm that naïve, I understand fully the dangers that my friend also provides me. I have learned to be who I am, but to not go too far. Perhaps my new obsession may lead to crossing a line, or some sort of boundary; but for me, this is a form of therapy. I'm a person that needs to share what is on my mind…it's not healthy for me not too. And as I sit here, in a public place like everyday with tons of people all around me, I am still alone. And I find that my computer friend is my escape. It is my escape from me being alone, and a way for me to communicate with those I care about without them being right here with me.

Thank you computer :)