NaNoWriMo 2014 – Countdown T-24 (Spin Dizzy)

There’s more to thinking about the future than just the technology. For instance, what will people be like? What will they do? How will they behave? 
It’s hard for me to wrap my head around the idea that there are people in old folk’s homes who are, or were, drug addicts. I tend to think of behaviours like that being central to around my age. And then I think of William S. Burroughs and realize that there are people in their 70s and 80s who may have been part of the drug or porn culture.
Similiarly, when I was a kid I always thought that when I reached my 40s I’d be listening to easy listening music on the radio. It turns out that I most probably won’t. I’ll be in my 80s (hopefully) and listening to heavy metal, punk, and hardcore. “Man, look at that old dude listening to the Dead Kennedy’s. He needs to get with the times,” is what the kids will be saying.
Will I be surrounded by computers and similar technology? Probably. I couldn’t see my great-grandmother doing that. Will there be some kind of tech that I won’t feel comfortable with? That’s pretty unlikely. 
I haven’t watched Hulu in a long time but I started using it again to see a couple of shows. It comes as no surprise that commercials are still mind numbingly stupid, written by brain dead chimps. I just watched the Sprint iPhone 6 commercial and realized that I wasn’t nearly insulting enough.
Yesterday was a rough day. I had some sort of dizzy spell that worried people. I was driven to the doctor where they couldn’t figure out why that was happening. So… hooray? 
I’m feeling better now, so that’s good.