Tuesday, September 11, 2007

texting vs. using an owl.

holy shit, it's been a long time since either meet or myself has posted anything. (i gave significant thought as to whether i would swear in the opening line of my post, but then thought to myself, "it's my blog, ill cry if i want to. and i sure as shit will swear if i want to also." but then it occured to me that my readers might think me philistine and unable to express myself properly if i resorted to such unnecessary swearing. by this point, however, i didn't really care any more. close parenthesis.) for those two of you who read this and care: i really did mean to post over the summer. i had alot of great ideas, the kind of great ideas one would usually associate with an idle mind. my mind, however, was not idle, so these idle thoughts confused me and, being unable to find the time to un-confuse myself, i wrote nothing.

now that school has started, however, and i have school work in addition to my lab work, i find that i am suddenly motivated to watch as my mind spills out about unnecessary, yet absolutely vital, topics.

fresh off the heels of this summer's hottest book is my first such discussion: what's better? sending text messages or using an owl.


in our world, text messaging has fast become the fastest and, arguably, most efficient way to contact people. in the magical world, which, incidentally, i am also part of, the weapon of choice is the owl. both have their merits, both have their faults. let us inspect.

the text message is instant. i send to you. you receive. you laugh. you respond. without anyone's knowledge, we planned dinner on friday. ill see you there. of course, this speed of use depends on the speed of the texter and textee, and if both parties have their phones on and on them.

the owl is somewhat different. i find parchment and quill. i write. i attach note to owl's leg. i talk to owl. i feel owl. i pet owl affectionately, reassuring her that she is, indeed, the only owl for me and that i only used pigwidgeon so i didnt attract too much attention. owl flies. owl does or does not stop for rest. owl finds you. you feed owl. you take note. you find your own parchment and quill. i need not continue. as you can clearly see, the owl is much slower than the text message. however, the owl isnt plaugued by the problems of the text message. no matter where you are, and whether your cell phone is on or not, the message will get to you.

i really need to get back to my work, so that about sums up my arguments for both sides even though i actually had more to say. i wasted words and time on the intro. sorry.

in the end, id say text messaging wins because try getting an owl to send a message. it's not as easy as you think. i know.