NaaaaaaaaaaaaMASte!!!!!! Namaskar! Salaam! Bonjour! Highest Loveydovey Blessings to everyone! I hope this day finds you experiencing the most beautiful and peaceful frame of mind, and that all your cups are full or half-full, at least. LOL! 
This morning I am quite contemplative. I am thinking of you, of me, and of all of us who are fortunate enough to have “gadgets”. Yup.
Gadgets.

As you know, this is the FIRST YEAR OF MY COMPUTERTHINGY. No. I neverever owned one, alllll these years. Oh, sure:theyy were in the office, at the studio, my pals all had ‘em, the band even had ‘em….but I never did. Didnt care. Had my sketchbooks. Wrote everything down (still do) and didnt know how to type. Still dont. Dont really care. LOL! (cant you see bythe typos? And remember: I SEND my blog to be uploaded. I cant actually do it myself. Yes, I am aware my 5yr old Goddaughter can navigate the computer better than moi! I think my babydog even knows what “blogger” is!)

I had a cellular telephone as I didnt want/need a “land line” due to touring for my entire adult life. I never learned how to “Text” and dont understand it because I call everyone. Plus, my last couple phones have some strange trick of finnishing the word before i type it (and its always the WRONG word!) which frustrated me…so I never bothered to learn that, either. Still dont know how.

My managers DID, however, get me a Blackberry in, like, 1999, or something, when they first came out.
This was because they needed to send me “flight documents/itineraries” or “press schedules” or “hotel confirmation” info, etc.etc.
So….Ive always had one of those. I am an expert thumbtyper. My blackberries have webstuff on em, but I dont know how to use it so I dont. Plus all the instant messanging, etc. Dont know how. Dont care.
They DID make a “twitter” picture that I clik on, from the thumbtyper, and it instantly will go on the internet twitter thing. 
I do not know how to use a facebook. THAT fact does infuriate most of my personal friends, as they are constantlyconstantly on there. I dont get it because I can call them. LOL!
I use my Blackberry all the time all the time. Always have. I have been on that for ten years, instead of computers.
but now, I am learning. It is very remarkable to me. I watch BBC news on it everysingle morning. 
And……I see stuff like Hare Krishna parades or Animal Protection agencies or cooking shows or cancer surgeries or band videos or photo journals, etc.etc. I have never been on ebay because I dont want anything, and I have only bought two things on the internet which were both wigs (when I started chemo, last year)
Then my creditcard number was stolen and that was the end of THAT! I am such a fuddyduddy I wont likely everever buy anything on the computer ever again! LOL!
I still mail cheques for bills, parking tickets, vets, charity donations, etc. Its just how I run.
OLD SCHOOL! DIY! We skatepunks was po’ (yes it means “poor”! LOL!) and NONE of us had a computer. We were busy skatin and playing shows and sharing burritos in The Mission district and gettin robbed and getting in fights and on and on and on. Computer technology was not a priority. NOW, bands STILL do all those things PLUS their own websites from their personal laptops in their van! I say that is PROGRESS! ….but I still like the way I live in darkness/ignorance/bliss. I survived this long. :)

I have used my Blackberry in my car, however. And I am confessing that to you.
Like most of us: I am a busybee. Hit the ground, running, every morning (and you KNOW how early I am up) and I have so much crammed into everyday, that I multitask (like a pro, BTW) and I am efficient and do my very best everyday, to make my commitments and make/keep everyone happy.
So, sometimes, the only opportunity I have to shoot a quick reply to an email (office/press/family/doctor related……not many people email me) is en route to, or from something.
But……not anymore.
You and I know it is a slippery slope, it is “unsafe”, “wrong”, “not cool” to be using a gadget in the car. But I still do it.
Then i saw this video on the internet and it made me want to show you right away…..because it made me cry.
not that I want YOU to cry…but it made an impact on me.
And, since we are all friends, here, I want to share this with you.
I am going to modify my behaviour and NOT use my blackberry in the car anymore (unless it is parked).
Scout’s Honour. Double stamp, no erasies. Really. That simple. I mean: NICKLAS is in the fucking car with me, for God’s sake! Cant even imagine. 
Dont want to.
So…..I learned that I am more lucky than I already THOUGHT I was! I am lucky I got away with thumbtyping-while-driving for long enough.Whew! cool. Get out while the gettin’s good. :)
Et Vous, Beautiful Ones? Am I just a suck?
I like ya…dont want anything to befall you fine people.*hug* So……just THINK about it, at least.
I will be sending you pureness and love energy from my heart, and I hope you have a joyful and SAFE week.
Om Nama Shivaya. Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna. Fuckin’Horns. and Rock Out Wid’Ya Cock Out (proverbial, yo! non-gender specific!LOL!)
and, Sai Ram.
Love,
Biffy
xoxo

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