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How Technology is Trying to Embarrass Me

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They used to call me "Becky Techie." I have been interested in technology since my first computer class, "Computer Math," way back in 1985.  I had my first personal computer, a Mac, in 1995, and taught myself a lot.  I was the first person my friends turned to for computer help, and many times, I regretted not getting a degree in that field.  When I was teaching, I was a certified teacher technology trainer, and helped each teacher I knew integrate a new "online gradebook," back when it wasn't even commonplace.  I loved desktop publishing, and started with Print Shop, before Photoshop was even a big thing.  I even taught myself HTML and made entire websites with it.  I stopped doing that in about 2005.

But.

The following is a list of things that I have said or done recently, that show me that technology is trying to embarrass me:


  1. Yesterday, I asked my oldest son if he'd "bought the new Garth Brooks CD yet," to which he replied, "Um, Mom, I downloaded it the day it came out."  Oh yeah.  That's a thing. 
  2. I actually said to my kids "I don't even need a smart phone.  All I use it for is to call you guys, or text Dad. I have the computer at home."  eye roll
  3. After moving the monitor from one room to another (and falling down while carrying it, but being lucky and it landed on the bed), I came back in to move the CPU.  Yeah.  The CPU is built into our monitor..it always has been. 
  4. Realized that we don't have DSL. It's not, nor has it been in awhile, hooked up to our phone lines.  Our internet is through UVerse, so it's through their network.  Or something.  I do know it's not dial-up, so there.  
  5. After installing my JASC PaintShop Pro 8 on our new computer, and looking for updates, I realized that JASC isn't even the owner of PaintShop any more.  It's Corel.
    And the the current version is X7.  There were at least 10 versions made since my PaintShop Pro 8 (no X).
  6. I just realized yesterday, that people actually make "vlogs," which would save a helluva lot of time! 
  7. I still tell the kids I "taped" shows for them.  
  8. I keep calling DVDs "CDs,"

This isn't even the complete list, but it's enough to make me realize that it's really true about "snoozing and losing" with technology.  Good gravy...I need a nap.  ;)














"You Don't Understand High School Talk"

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I've been tweaking and networking my blog. HEY!  Is that where they got the word "twerking?" Well, in my mommy world, that's what it's going to mean.

Speaking of slang, the other day, my 16 year old son sent me a picture on SnapChat (I hate that app, but will not soapbox it just yet!), with the caption "Chem squad feat bae and teach."

What the ever-loving hell was that?

It was a picture of him, a cute girl, and a teacher.  I really had no idea what he was trying to say, but as a mom, we learn to decipher spelling-impared-and-or-lazy kids' writing.  I gathered that it broke down as follows:

chem = chemistry class.  Pretty self-explanatory
squad = I see no cheerleaders nor football players, so this must not mean the typical "squad." This son never proofreads anything, so I thought maybe he meant another word.  "Squat?" No, nobody was squatting. "Square?" I suppose there might be a thing called chemistry square.  I don't know...it's been a few years. I finally gave up, and moved onto context clues for the next words.
feat = Ok, again, he can't spell.  I assumed he meant "feet," yet didn't see anything except torsos, since they are either sitting at, or standing up near a desk.  Then I wondered if the cheerleaders' feet were there.  Could there possibly be a "chemistry squad?"  And where were their feet?  I knew this son did not belong on any kind of academic squad (remember this description?), so I was baffled.
bae = I unfortunately know what this means.  I have been properly schooled on that fact that "bae" refers to one's boyfriend, girlfriend, celeb crush, or any person the speakers finds attractive.  In this case, I'm going to assume he meant the pretty girl, whose name I have never heard speak of in my house.
teach = Well, there's another girl standing at the table.  I see a name badge, yet all of the high school kids wear one.  She's looks a TAD bit older than the girl sitting down (previously assumed to be "Bae.")  I'm going to assume this means teacher.

Now it's all as clear as mud.

Finally, when he got home, I said "What in God's Green Acres did you send me?"
He responded "WHAT?? It was me and my bae in Chemistry."
I said, "First of all, I wasn't aware that you had a "bae," and second, why didn't you just write that on the picture."

At this point, I must have become the most under-educated, un-hip, out-of-touch parent in my son's eyes.  He gave me the most annoyed look and said "Because that's how we talk in HIGH SCHOOL, MOM! SORRY THAT YOU DON'T KNOW HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE TALK!"  

The nerve of me.

Grated, growing up in the 80's, we had our own "high school slang."  I can remember cringing any time my dad tried to be "hip" and used "peachy-keen" and "groovy" in place of the "awesome" and "bad" we used then.  He had no idea how HIGH SCHOOL PEOPLE TALK!

My son informed me that his caption meant "This hot girl, me and [featuring]the teacher in Chemistry."
Ah, I see now.  "Chem squad feat bae and teach."
THAT clears it up.

Things are totally hizzy up in the jizzy, my friends.  Be cool with yo bad self, and hug all your "squad" tightly tonight.  ;)


PS: Being the "hip" mother that I am, I decided to look up "squad" in Urban Dictionary.  I'm telling you, if you need to know ANY kind of slang term, it's in there.  Grated, it's written mostly by the people who use the terms, so the definitions are quite...colorful, but it works.  Here is the definition of "squad:"


..but why would they need to score "paper?" We have plenty left in the homework bucket at home?  Oh...

Word. 















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