New Blog

Hey guys! I've started a new blog at http://janetsewell.tumblr.com/ I haven't posted on here in months and to tell you the truth I haven't been motivated to. I felt like I needed a fresh outlook on blogging and hence started a new one. Thank to all those who followed me here and I hope you'll keep following me in this new place :o)

Gmail Motion

Praise the Lord this turned out to be an April fools joke! In my defense I first saw it after midnight in Greece so technically it was the 2nd of April. Anyway I'm still leaving this post up as it was kind of funny :D The whole concept made me laugh! Good job Google, this was a great joke! :D

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OK so this made me laugh!

I was browsing through gmail, just checking different things out and looking for what other services they're coming up with, when I came across Gmail Motion.

According to some people the keyboard and mouse are slowly becoming things of the past, which I'm not exactly sure how that's going to happen (as one needs an input device of some sort - unless it becomes totally controlled by voice or like the iPad your screen includes the keyboard) but Google has decided to be ready for that "inevitable" day. As a result they have come up with a "brilliant" idea - cough, cough... Gmail Motion!

Much like the Wii, it's your body that writes the email... excuse me?! I saw the video of all the various motions they've come up with and well... - at the risk of sounding like a TOTAL geek - it reminded me a lot of the Ginyu Force pose in the Dragon Ball Z series:

It's hilarious!

Following is the chart Google published regarding all the poses available to "write" your emails:

If you compare the two images you will see similarities.

So according to this new technology all our future emails will be danced in front of the computer, supposedly saving us time and keeping us active during office hours.... Well if that's the only option I'd rather leave a voice mail! If talking to the computer is considered too loud and disruptive for the other people in the office what do you think jumping and waving your arms in front of your computer will do to our coworkers' concentrations??? o.O

Can I please join a gym and keep the keyboard??? Please?

I miss you...

Lately I've been hearing a lot of talk about missing people. I guess it has to do with the season. Its made me think again about missing people. I don't know why and I don't understand it but I don't miss people. I don't miss people. I used to miss my family all the time as a child. I remember crying myself to sleep in Iceland missing my grandparents and then in converse I would cry myself to sleep when I was in France missing my parents. I've spent my entire life (save one Christmas when we were all together) away from someone I love. This is not something I'm bitter about, just a reality I've lived with for 26 years. I don't know anything different. And now that I live in Greece I'm away from my entire family and friends all the time. Also working with Hellenic Ministries I've seen a lot of people come and go. Some I have come to love and others whom I've merely enjoyed their company, but everybody eventually leaves... or I leave. As a result of this knowledge I don't invest myself fully in the people who are around me making the separation easier. I think this is a TCK trait. I've heard other TCKs say that. I'll be open and cheerful to everybody and I love people easily but I don't allow the roots to go too deep. Maybe it's not real love then? I don't know. Yet I would do anything for a friend in need.

All I know is that I live in the moment. I cherish my past and look forward to the future when I can be reunited with friends and family. To love, speak and cry together once again. Leaving was easy when I was younger as I knew I'd be back soon but now it has become a difficult thing for me as I never know when I'll be back to a specific place. Also a reality I face every time I leave is the question of whether or not this is the last time I see a person. Especially for my family as they are not believers. That reality scares me more than anything. When I leave believers I have no doubt that I'll see them again and take solace that we'll have all eternity together. But when I leave a place I'll experience excruciating pain and cry a while but then it's over and I go back to the phone. I take comfort and solace in a digital image and VoIP. And then it's all about the moment again. What I'm doing now. Yesterday was wonderful, today is amazing and I never know what tomorrow will hold.

I'll have nostalgic moments like everybody else but they are only fleeting moments. If I want to talk to somebody I know I can always pick up the phone and call. Facebook and Skype have made it easy. If I think of someone I go to their facebook page and drop them a quick line. Or I use skype to call. The internet has made the world even smaller than before... something I'm infinitely thankful for.

Please whoever you are friend, know that I love you. This does not mean that our friendship is any less real or deep. It just means I have a coping mechanism that is different from yours. If I allowed myself to miss anybody I would have to miss everybody and I don't know if I could cope with that.