There is wrongness here

[eveglass]

I just found out that a bunch of people are tentatively planning to track each other at Pennsic parties... by posting to Twitter and Facebook from their cell phones.

Okay, I've got nothing against the modern world, and goodness knows I use modern technology at Pennsic. (I am a huge, huge supporter of my camp's propane-powered shower, for example, and definitely appreciate John lending me his cell phone every night so I can call Marc.)

That said, the idea of tracking other people at Pennsic by checking each other's Facebook status updates in real-time just seems really wrong somehow.

Comments, anyone? Am I alone in this?

Comments

[nearlyvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

Siiiiiigh. That's one of the reasons I go to Pennsic - to get away from the electronic leash. To have the opportunity to step off the treadmill, off the grid, and just be with the here-and-now without worrying about what better things are on the other side of camp.

I hated myself for succumbing to the cell phone last year for "where the *#&^@ are you?!" communications. Desperate to avoid it this time.

grmmarbgrumblesptoodyharumphgrumble

Maybe I can just hide at the Enchanted Ground.....

[eveglass.livejournal.com]

Or, y'know, leave the cell in your tent or your car or something.

The only year I kept a cell phone on my person at Pennsic was the year my best friend's mom was in palliative care and I expected the call any minute of, "Yeah, she's passed on. Time to come home for the funeral."

That's about what it would take for me to carry a cell phone at Pennsic, as opposed to just keeping one in my tent for late-night calls to my boyfriend. But then again, that's just me.