2010: The Year of the Apple

I am a current events junkie. news.google.com is one of my most visited sites, I find myself listening to NPR more frequently now than ever, and I could watch CNN, Fox News, even MSNBC for hours. I don't know what it is, but I am fascinated with news. Whatever the top story is, whether it's 5,000 red-crested blackbirds randomly falling from the sky one night in Arkansas, or another article about the latest Sarah Palin drama, I probably know something about it. It seems to be an obsession that ranks right up there with music, SUU, and college football. One thing I got sick of reading about in 2010 was Apple's dominance of the tech world.

Alright news media, we get it. Apple is the best. Though HP, Microsoft, and Mark Zuckerburg might combine to create an epic device to wage battle with the iphone, I still would put my money down on Steve Job's pocket-sized dream machine. Honestly though, I am getting sick of hearing about how the Droid is picking up speed, or about the new speculation on whether Verizon will release the Iphone. Even if they do, I will probably stick to my Samsung slider phone with T-Mobile without a data plan. It was free! All these reporting of sales numbers and which device is doing better than the other drives me bonkers for some reason. Unless you are reporting that Apple has gone bankrupt or that all Iphones will self-destruct on 11/11/2011, let me read my news in peace.

This brings me to one more interesting thought. Have you seen the commercial I posted here?

Call me 19th century but I don't find myself needing to buy a train ticket with my AT&T phone because I saw a random girl in the window of a train going to a place I don't need to go. I do love the whole rewind concept of the commercial, but what kind of world do these media people think we are living in anyway? Though spontaneity is something I love, I would have to be a creep to think that some random girl would take interest in me because I decided to skip my business meeting downtown and take the train to some suburb just because I had a vision about our future together right when I saw her. Sorry, call me insensitive but I just don't see it happening.

I love technology, don't get me wrong, but I have some issues with it and that's my beef for now. My mind really wandered a great deal while writing this. I congratulate those who read the entire post.