Cult-Like Tendencies

Okay. So first of all. I'm writing this post for both this blog, and another blog I started specifically for Macworld. So...yeah. But in the Macworld blog I'll take this out. Yeah. So. Anyways. Okay: So this is an itinerary of our activities so far: We left school at lunch and started on our six hour drive to San Fransisco. We ate a a little Italian place and I had a pizza. It was cheesy and delicious.I also had a virgin strawberry daiquiri. It was not cheesy, and it cost $7.50. It did not taste very delicious once I saw the bill. Then we got to the Phoenix hotel and Dah had clam juice dripping down her pants. I laughed. Then we got to the room. It was very hippy-like, and had this wooden instrument thingy. The bed was uncomfortable and I couldn't put my head on the pillow because it was so fat. We woke up at 6:00 a.m. even though we were allowed to sleep in. We had a measly breakfast, and I had delicious dry toast. Then we went on the 1 mile drive to Macworld. The first thing I'll say is: It! Is! Huge! There're two entire buildings with 2 wings in them each. OME! So yeah, we got to explore a little bit at first, and my team (well, really just Harrison and Charlie) spent a lot of time playing instruments outside of the John Lennon tour bus. Then we had to come back and actually do interviews. We did an awesome interview with this company called Delicious Library, which is pretty much a Macintosh program where you can scan in all of your books, clothes, etc. and be able to keep track of them. They had a free demo to download, but I was sad because it didn't work on my computer. Oh, the woes of owning a PC! We saw so many cool things so far. There're digital whiteboards, an iPhone app designed especially for flirting (!!), and everything technological you can think of! We had a complementary lunch in the press room, made up of bread (had to peel it from the sandwich to avoid repulsive lettuce, tomato, meat, and cheese), fruit, water, and chocolaty, fudgy, nutty, brownie thing. Actually I don't know what it was, really. It tasted good though! So far, my laptop has not been stolen (yay) and I actually have enough time off from doing interviews to write my blog! Except for the fact that I feel like a caged animal, being held inside a huge building with no access to fresh air, and the fact that I am feeling some serious tech-envy having to do with iPods and laptops, everything is going very well. Okay...so I just realized that I am the only kid left here in the press room, so I have a litte bit of time on my hands. I am going to compose a list of observations I have taken after observing the Macintosh People (from a distance, of course):

1. They have cult-like tendencies, feeling sudden urges to induct new Macintosh product owners into their cult.
2.They look upon PC owners in a bad light, pitying them, and confidently informing them that they will "Get smarter someday."
3. They seem to think that they are very capable to quickly change PC owner's minds by informing them that the mac is the "thinnest laptop ever."
4. They don't seem to comprehend that advertising that they have "10,00 apps and counting," will not increase their sales. It will only result in giving people over the age of 30 seizures.
5. In a time of economic crisis, they buy the newest mac, even though their old one worked perfectly well (the same scenario occurs with the iPod).
6. They do not understand that, by purchasing apple products, they are contributing to Steve Jobs' evil empire: the "Sit on the money, don't invest it, and don't do anything philanthropic with it" empire. By buying, say, Bill Gate's software, they would be giving their money to a philanthropist who would do something good with it!

Haha. So. Yeah. I wasn't really (that) serious about the list ('cept for the sixth one-cough...cough). Okaayy. I'm done now. I bet this will take up an entire page.

Reporting to U from Macworld '09,

-Chuck(ie)

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