me the digitarian

for those of you from byu, you know i am taking a digital culture class
for everyone else- i am taking a digital culture class: English 326

to begin, i wasnt ever planning on taking this class.

one. i dont need it.
two. i didnt have time in my schedule.

#2 changed when i got my american heritage waived
... those of you from byu, I know right!
... everyone else, lets just say i am one in a million

#1 changed, semi-related, since i no longer needed american credit
i now could justify taking 326 and not needing it

flash forward. digital culture.
i have been mulling over this
and what it means.

this is something that is hard to pin point
into just one single phrase

something that is hard to give a definition.

i feel that i myself have always been
rather tech-savvy.

thus i just coined the term
DIGITARIAN.
(its already on urban dictionary
so i suppose i cant claim all the credit)

i am married to a computer man
i have grown up always having
the latest and greatest cool gadgets
and i have always been good with computers
oh, and did i mention that for a living
i work with cell phones- more smart phones

so when it came time to enroll for Shakespeare
Dr Burton offered a different type of class
and then later that semester he suggested
I take his new digital culture class
i thought "meh interesting but i dont need it"

flash forward to now.
as per above BAM i am here.

i suppose this mentioned tech-savvy-ness
is what originally drew me all into this mess

this mess we call digital culture
for the lack of better words
i think that digital culture is
US. ME. YOU. WE.

it is this culture where
technology has become an
essential part of our lives

some may say that it rules our lives
but i think it is more true that
we choose what we let rule our lives

and if it does rule each of us
i dont think it is a bad thing

and this is where The Matrix
comes into play....

will the machines we depend upon
end up being what kills us?

as my mom said today (concerning the election more than machines),
"we already know the world is going to end in war
then what does it matter"

and thus i leave you with these words
of wisdom from Morpheus
(speaking of if the prophesy is not true):
"Then tomorrow we may all be dead,
but how would that be different from any other day?"

thus i support that
we should embrace technology because
if our digital culture doesnt take over our lives,
then wont there just be something else?

and this launches us into this fun fun semester
of embracing digital culture
and exploring the great unknown.