Week 2, Why do I need this?

Welcome to week 2 of 2017.  This week I ordered something I don’t really need.  But then what does anyone really need besides food, air, and water ,right?  Right?  Ok, yes I’m just trying to justify buying something that I really don’t need.

I ordered it online.  It was a bit expensive, but sounded like fun.  And what else should I be doing with the money I earn if not buying fun things?  (Don’t be telling me I should be paying rent and bills and such either!  Those aren’t fun!)  So it was scheduled to come by FedEx.  Don’t they make you sign for things?  I’m not sure!  I went online and somehow put in a request for the package to just be left in front of my door.  Will they listen to the request?  I’m not sure!  The item will be delivered on one of my days off, though!  I can’t wait!  (I’ll more than likely be bored with it shortly after getting it, but what the hell?)

And so my day off arrives and I await the package!  Will it come in the morning?  Doubtful, stuff I order never seems to come in the mornings.  I wonder again why I ordered this.  I wait and wait and wait.  Did I just hear a truck?  No, that was an airplane.  Damn!  I wait and wait some more.  Now I’m getting tired and have to go to the bathroom, but I can’t sleep or relive myself because the package might come!  It could be here any minute!  And finally…I wait some more.

My package does finally arrive around two in the afternoon!  I’m thrilled!  I’m so thrilled I go to the bathroom and then drop down for a nap.  I can play with it later when I wake up.  That’s one thing I hate about being an adult, I don’t seem to get as excited about things as I did as a kid.  So what did I get from FedEx?  THIS:

That’s right, I ordered an air freshener!  Wait…how is that fun?  I don’t think that’s what that is.  Taking another look, I actually ordered what’s called a Google Home.  Much more fun than an air freshener!  It’s kind of like having a computer from Star Trek.  You ask it questions and it answers them.

Me: “Hey Google!”

Google Home waits

Me:  “How far away is Orlando, Florida?”

Google Home:  “You are 2,298 miles from Orlando by car.”

Me:  “Hey Google, how old is the Cookie Monster?”

Google Home:  “Frank Oz is seventy-two years old.”

So apparently Frank Oz is the Cookie Monster?  Maybe she didn’t quite understand me.  I ask how long Sesame Street has been on the air and the Google Home tells me a bit about Sesame Street.  It didn’t quite tell me how old the show is now, but it did give me some information.

So what is this thing for, just asking questions?  I’m still figuring that out.  I did ask it to play a local radio station and it put the station on!  That was quite a thrill for the moment.  I’m still trying to figure out how to get it to play podcasts.  It will tell me the news, but so far just the news it seems to want me to hear.  How about some local news?  Nope!  Google Home only cares about national news!

I guess I can set alarms and timers with it.  I can ask a few trivia things and maybe have it ask me some trivia.  Yes, pretty useless at the moment.  It will tell me how long it should take to get somewhere and what hours different places are open.  And now I begin to wonder about something called an Amazon Echo Dot!  That works through Amazon and may know more about books and things!  Now I might want one of those!  Am I going to end up with two talking wifi connected things sitting on my nightstand discussing how to get rid of me so they don’t have to answer stupid questions anymore?  Quite the possibility!  I’m sure it would be quite disturbing to walk in and hear one of them saying, “So tomorrow when we make him fall down the stairs…oh wait, shh, he’s here!”

I’m still learning about my Google Home, but it is still kind of fun to have.  Every so often I’ll ask it something.  I’ll have to think about whether or not I want one of the Amazon ones, too.  Again, I don’t really need one of these things, let alone two!  But why not fill my life with useless things?  *chuckle* 

So for this week I’ll try and figure out why I bought a Google Home and why I may need an Amazon Echo.  And maybe next week we’ll figure out why the hell I’m doing some of the things I’m doing in life!

Until next week, question everything!