Hey Z19 friends
I think we might have the chance to make medical history. We just need a clever name for the new syndrome I've discovered, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to suffer from it.
Awhile back, there was that story about people with with their Blackberrys/cel phones set to vibration mode feeling vibrations even when they weren't getting any calls or emails. It was called phantom vibration syndrome (PVS), while others called it "vibranxiety."
Well, here's a newer disorder, and if the we can name it, we can make history. As an avid lover of new technology, I've had a Tivo for 8 years, which allows me to pause, rewind and fast forward TV. I have an iPod which allows me similar control of every piece of audio I take in. On the net, it's the norm to pause, rewind, etc. videos and audio programs embedded on practically every site on the Interwebs. We can all control video games, DVDs and some satellite radios the same way.
In the last few weeks, when I'm out in the world and I'm interrupted by something (a person talking to me, a phone call, whatever) my first thought is for me to pause whatever I'm doing. Taking a shower, driving down the road, whatever, my first thought is to 'pause it.' It's like my brain now thinks I should be able to STOP TIME.
I know I'm not the only one feeling this way, so what the heck are we going to call this? "Timexiety?" "Doc Brown's Syndrome?" "The McFly Effect?" "Temporal Narcissism?"
And where are Geordi and Data when we need someone to track this down and give us some technobabble to understand it?
Get cracking, you smart citizens of Z19
C
P.S. I decided to ditch the phone and try email for once. Love the show.
