| Once upon a time there was the 1980s, and the 1980s | | | | and back, through the city, two hour trip each way and |
| was a time like no other in our history. It was a time of | | | | half a day on Saturdays for my art scholarship. |
| earnest and tempered efforts, a time of reeling | | | | I read a lot and my only saving grace during the latter |
| euphoria, of well learned lessons that brought this | | | | years of high school was my walkman, yes a Sony |
| feeling of hope, hope that we could stave off definitive | | | | walkman. Imagine four hours everyday of traveling |
| atomic destruction. | | | | time, mostly standing up. I'm not counting waiting time |
| That by using the good we know we possess in us all, | | | | people. |
| we could make a better way, honor ourselves as well, | | | | I love Sony for this and they probably have forgotten |
| like those many before in our century who sacrificed | | | | all about it, but while everyone was excited about |
| their lives for our freedom. In Australia we felt this way, | | | | being able to shoot a laser in space or Nike pumps, I |
| it had been such a brutal, dark and relentless period. | | | | just wanted to get through my much needed |
| People were tired, they were over it seriously, and no | | | | education without dieing of boredom. |
| one wanted to go there at all. | | | | I preferred my solar-back-lit Donkey Kong console to |
| Evolutions of mathematics, the defining of algorithms | | | | the walkman but Donkey Kong didn't fit in my bag or |
| necessary for manipulative electrodynamics design, | | | | change screens. |
| CAD and a well honed mechanical industry from the | | | | My face takes a slightly brushed color when I see the |
| 1950s lead us to a blazing 21st century. | | | | kids with a Sony PSP. It reminds me of the Rocketeer, |
| This is why everyone was so quiet about in the 1980s, | | | | strap on your GPS and rocket pack, you are off to |
| they were down in their bunkers and away in their | | | | the Amazon. Forget all the other consoles, now we |
| labs. | | | | got a Sony PSP that does everything from games, |
| One of the things that has yet to be accomplished and | | | | movies, music and TV to web browsing, video |
| done well is public transport and if you've ever lived in | | | | conversion and conversion software to play almost |
| the metro Perth Western Australia you'll know what I | | | | anything you want on it, anything! |
| mean. Don't get me started on the taxi service. Huh... | | | | Where is mine?! |
| what taxi? I caught two buses everyday to school | | | | |