Moments

Have you ever just wanted to freeze a moment in time or see something and hope that you will always remember just that way forever. I have moments like that with my kids all the time. I see them make a face and I think, "Why didn't I have my camera?" because I know that they will never make it the same way again. I sometimes try to repeat something that was crazy or silly that they said or did and as hard as I try I can't recreate magic for someone who was not there. It is in those moments that I wish I had taped it, both for them and for me to remember at an even later date.

I think it is that desire to capture moments forever that leads people to tweet and constantly update their status. We want to remember and share every little moment. I think the idea is that once you put it out there you will always be able to come back to it. It reminds me of how people used to write detailed journals or letters.The thing is the memories on the screen become just as difficult to navigate and filter out as the one's in your mind after you reach certain limit. Some people are so bogged down by unnecessary updates and twit pics that when it is time to recall something they might as well be working with a Rolodex.

We all want to remember and in some small way  be remembered. Now we are just too impatient or overwhelmed with other stimuli to even trust ourselves to write it when we get home. We have to send it out now. Often before we even think it through. That is the problem, while going with your first mind may work for a multiple choice exam, it does not work on social media. Usually, your first thought should only be overheard by people who know and understand you very well. As messed up and you may think my blogged thoughts are, they do not compare to the first thoughts that I share with my friends. This is version has been filtered through many conversations and a vague consideration of consequences.

I lost my point because the sinus pressure in my head is now leading to brain freeze and short-term memory loss, but I think the ultimate point I wanted to make is that we hate when people eavesdrop and nosy their way into our private conversations, but then we share our most personal/ sexual business in front of millions of people just because we are typing and they can't hear our voice. Don't do it! That is not the way you want to be remembered when your next job interviewer googles you.