Operation BlackOut

Jonathan Rodriguez

I must confess, I chose Operation Blackout because it is the name of a Britney Spears album. That being said, unlike the album, I was a mess. I tried to do the entire assignment in one day, and it just didn't happen.
I managed to go close to seven hours on a Friday when I had work off to not use any form of telecommunications. During those seven hours, I woke up, with the aid of the sun (I left my blinds open during the night) made myself breakfast. Eggs, which I'm used to making so I didn't have to get technical. I sat on my couch, read some fashion magazines, did some reading for school, went on a jog, and then read some more. I played with my clothing, looked in the mirror a lot, took a long shower, and finally I had enough.
I needed to know what my friends were up to, what was happening on the Twitterverse. I felt so alienated.

So I still had to divide my time between two more days. That weekend, I managed to lose my cell phone, in a very classy way I'm sure. That was a tornado and half. I was so out of touch and had no idea what was going on in the world. I had to get a replacement. I hated my replacement so I decided to use the opportunity to finish another six hours. Part two wasn't as difficult. My favorite part of my time off from telecommunications was going to the flower shop and meeting my new friend the florist, Mona.

The third part of the assignment wasn't as bad. I had things to do that required no TV, computers, cellphones, things of that sort. I sitll wasn't a fan and had to take to twitter to release my frustrations.

All in all, I was a big mess.