WTF! LOL! OMG!

My name is Kaley and I have a problem. I own a Blackberry. My thumbs are now double-jointed as a result. I have a hard time using proper English language skills because...

OMG! There is nvr enuf space 4 me 2 write a msg. More l8r. lol

Yeah.

I am honestly starting to get a bit worried about the possibility of future intelligent life on earth. I am getting worried about my children's generation not understanding the beauty and grace of literature, of books, of pen and paper. One day is my youngest child going to look up at me with quizzical eyes and say,

"Mommy, what is a letter?"

Are there going to be bookstores anymore? Is stationary going to exist? Is technology taking over too fast? Do the pro's really outweigh the con's, or is it the other way around?

I mean, I remember when I was a kid (and walked to school, with no shoes, in the snow, uphill both ways. Oops. I digress...)

When I was a kid, all we did on the computer in school were math drills. Or phonics drills. Our computers were huge and had green and black screens. That's it. Green. Black. No graphics or fancy colours. Oh wait - there were graphics! Sometimes a little man with a big nose and big feet would pop up and turn in a circle when you got a perfect score in the Math Olympics. And the disks were called floppy disks because that is exactly what they did. They were so big they actually flopped around.

Now, kids have cell phones and instant messaging and Twitter. And when I say kids, I don't mean teenagers. I mean K-I-D-S.
5 years old.
6 years old.
With cell phones.

Technology aside, how can we, as a society - as a global community, ensure that our children, the ones who will be running this joint when we are on our last legs, actually have coping skills that do not include lazily abbreviated thoughts and ideas. I mean, I do not want my daughter to get a marriage proposal via a text message. I want my children to understand what it means to have human interaction on a personal level. To actually know how to make eye contact when speaking to someone. To convey their feelings and emotions through a pen - onto paper. Not using their double-jointed thumbs.

Which reminds me, the ball thingy on my blackberry is broken. WTF! So annoying. How am I going to update my Facebook status and Tweet about my new blog post. OMG!

lol...