Alyssa Martinez
I chose the first assignment and I split up the hours of “no life”, I mean, “no technology” into three intervals of seven hours, six hours and five hours. On Thursdays from 5:30 – 12:30 I have the pleasure of working at a Frozen Yogurt establishment on Telegraph. My bosses are very strict so I am not allowed to use my cell phone AT ALL, unless a case of emergency. So actually every Thursday I have no access to telecommunications, which was a very difficult transition because I am a text addict. Anyways, this first interval was not that difficult, but it was the scariest because there was an earthquake and my FIRST instinct was to grab my cell phone, but I remembered the purpose of my assignment and prayed there would be no more earthquakes. The second interval of no telecommunications was on Friday which was far more difficult, I was in my apartment reading and I went to grab lunch from 12:15 pm – 6:15 pm, It was difficult to be in my apartment and NOT use my laptop, I was forced to read two magazines and part of a reading assignment, but I had the constant itch to check my facebook, text messages and emails. The only one who reacted to my phone being off was my mother who left very nasty messages about what I could “possibly be doing” etc. She was utterly upset that she had no way of communicating to me for several hours. Later that night I explained the assignment and Sunday was a far better day in terms of missed calls on my phone. On Sunday, my cell phone and laptop were off from 2pm – 7pm. I was at the Library so this interval was not bad at all and I actually was able to get a lot of reading done, except throughout this whole process I would have the unsettling feeling of who would call me, what’s going on in the world, is my family okay? Etc. Not having a cell phone, nor internet, nor laptop is really detrimental to my being which is a scary concept to think about.
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