This week, I’ve found myself getting rather short tempered at my inability to communicate with people. it is really very frustrating, leading me to get snappy. Yet, when I step back and look at the problem objectively, it’s not so bad. I could just hide myself away until I get my lightwriter back, but this would be boring. For one, Emma and Steve might be coming down this weekend, and I won’t want to miss their return.

There are ways to communicate other than my lightwriter. If I need to make a request in the library, I type it out, print it off and hand it to the woman on the enquiry desk (I owe Mary a box of chocolates). These days, in order to evaluate if film has a contingency, I need to get my head round reception theory, and I’m thinking about requesting a tutorial with professor fisher (incidentally at graduation this was the fellow reading the names). I need to do this without the ability to talk. Do I wait till I get my lightwriter back? No, this would waste too much time. I’ll simply write him a letter explaining my predicament and my request. Naturally, he may be busy today, but the odds are he’ll fit me in sometime. Of course, I’ll do the tutorial with Esther with me – she understands my speech better than anyone these days.

Technology is cool, but it’s prone to break. Therefore, one must not become too dependent on it that one ceases to function without it. That would be boring!