I’m not sure if it was a late Christmas present or an early birthday present but
my father bought me a camera for my computer. I set it up yesterday and I
must say it looks quite intimidating. There is this rectangular bar with
an “eye” staring back at me every time I look at the computer monitor. I
keep expecting a flash to go off and blind me. So I continue my work on
the computer, writing away. Then I look up to be sure what I wrote is
correct and there it is again…watching me. Have you ever seen the movie
“2001: A Space Odyssey”? I kind of feel like HAL is watching every move I
make. It’s a little creepy. Then I used it to call my father on
Skype. He sits a lot closer to the screen than I do and his face was
huge! You could hardly see anything around him. Then I looked at the
bottom of the screen and it showed me. Is that really what I look
like? This must be a wide angle lens or some other camera trick.
It’s a lot like the feeling you have when you hear your voice on tape.
Then I noticed how messy the room was behind me. You never think about
these things on phone calls. Science fiction movies always show phone
calls in the future being two-way picture calls. I hope that doesn’t
become the case. I would hate to have to clean the house before I make a
call. “I don’t want to order pizza. It will take an hour just to make the
room look good enough to make the call.” Now I will have to straighten the
room more before I Skype with anyone. I also had to throw a hat on.
My hair was a mess. Think of all the things you do when you’re on the
phone that you can’t do when you Skype. No more walking around or eating
your lunch. No more wearing your holey clothes and paying your bills while
you chat. I just looked up again and HAL is still watching me. I
swear he is judging me as I sit. From now on I think I will cover the
camera with something while I am not using it. Before I Skype again I will
be sure to have the room clean. Losing weight can be postponed. It’s
a lot easier to clean the room. Maybe Dad had the right idea by sitting so
close?
my father bought me a camera for my computer. I set it up yesterday and I
must say it looks quite intimidating. There is this rectangular bar with
an “eye” staring back at me every time I look at the computer monitor. I
keep expecting a flash to go off and blind me. So I continue my work on
the computer, writing away. Then I look up to be sure what I wrote is
correct and there it is again…watching me. Have you ever seen the movie
“2001: A Space Odyssey”? I kind of feel like HAL is watching every move I
make. It’s a little creepy. Then I used it to call my father on
Skype. He sits a lot closer to the screen than I do and his face was
huge! You could hardly see anything around him. Then I looked at the
bottom of the screen and it showed me. Is that really what I look
like? This must be a wide angle lens or some other camera trick.
It’s a lot like the feeling you have when you hear your voice on tape.
Then I noticed how messy the room was behind me. You never think about
these things on phone calls. Science fiction movies always show phone
calls in the future being two-way picture calls. I hope that doesn’t
become the case. I would hate to have to clean the house before I make a
call. “I don’t want to order pizza. It will take an hour just to make the
room look good enough to make the call.” Now I will have to straighten the
room more before I Skype with anyone. I also had to throw a hat on.
My hair was a mess. Think of all the things you do when you’re on the
phone that you can’t do when you Skype. No more walking around or eating
your lunch. No more wearing your holey clothes and paying your bills while
you chat. I just looked up again and HAL is still watching me. I
swear he is judging me as I sit. From now on I think I will cover the
camera with something while I am not using it. Before I Skype again I will
be sure to have the room clean. Losing weight can be postponed. It’s
a lot easier to clean the room. Maybe Dad had the right idea by sitting so
close?
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