{"id":72,"date":"2011-10-25T02:56:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T02:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/2011\/10\/25\/cant-live-without\/"},"modified":"2016-02-23T03:33:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-23T03:33:28","slug":"cant-live-without","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emmaletters.com\/cant-live-without\/","title":{"rendered":"Can’t Live Without"},"content":{"rendered":"

This last week, my computer kinda…crashed. Yep, it crashed.<\/span>
Then, this person I met once who’s my friend on facebook graciously offered to fix it for me. AND, my amazing roommate Karina just happens to have an extra computer lying around.<\/span>
So, this week as I have sojourned along on my journey through life, I have realized computers are basically vital to surviving college these days.<\/span>
Most of my homework is typed or submitted online, and then all those papers I have to write…<\/span>
Not only that, but I haven’t had as much access to facebook lately. Which is probably a good thing…<\/span>
But more importantly, what do we depend on? Do I really need a computer to survive, or have I just become so entirely dependent on one that it seems necessary…<\/span>
Probably the second one, but I hate to admit that.<\/span>
There’s all things we can’t live without.<\/span>

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I can’t live without my <\/span>fan<\/span>. Living in Arizona most of my life has made me addicted to the noise and the cold air against my face, especially when I’m sleeping.\u00a0 <\/span>
Cole can’t live without <\/span>us<\/span>.<\/span> (sort of.)<\/span>
Ellie can’t live without a <\/span>clean kitchen<\/span>. (no really, she’s used to things being spotless. I need to work on my…cleanliness so she can live better)<\/span>
Karina can’t live without her <\/span>chocolate milk<\/span>. She’s gone through half a thing of Nesquick in almost the 2 months we’ve been here.<\/span>
Hannah can’t live without <\/span>marching band<\/span>. No joke, marching band IS her life. She’s always tapping out rhythms and singing the french horn parts to all of her songs.\u00a0 <\/span>
Sarah can’t <\/span>live without her <\/span>giant gumball<\/span>. One time we hid it from her, and she about had a panic attack.<\/span>
Jasmine can’t live without <\/span>exercise<\/span>, and I really admire that about her.<\/span>
Cragun can’t live without <\/span>talking, and I’d say we love him for it.<\/span><\/span>

<\/span>
These are all a little slightly sarcastic, but I think we become quite dependent on outside things — to the point that we lose focus on what’s important.<\/span>
Yes, I miss my computer. But maybe taking a media fast for a week might be an interesting experiment.<\/span>

<\/span>
I’d probably suffer a lot of anxiety — because technology is how I feel connected<\/i> with the world. And is definitely a problem.<\/span>

<\/span>
May we all remember the important things in life.<\/span>
Plus, staring a fluorescent screen all of the time is quite bad for one’s eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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