Blog 8: 2040

“Not yet.”

This is, more often than not, the first thing that pops into my mind every day. My cell phone goes off every morning the same way, with that incessant damn beep! I turn over and look at the time display on the phone’s front screen. September 12, 2040, 9:00 AM. With a mighty yawn, I order the phone to tell the coffee maker to start brewing. “Brewing,” it obediently replies.

“Phone”

“Ready for order,” responded the phone.

“Cereal,” I demand.

“Preparing”

Ah, you gotta’ love technology. I know I do. Just last year the school added the latest in food service tech, a machine that transports food from the campus’s dining hall right into my kitchen. Lovely. After getting dressed and walking to get my breakfast, it dawns on me. September 12^th, my research paper on the bilateral commission report on non-renewable resources is due in 20 minutes! Not to worry, I thought, I wrote it. Didn’t I? I think I did. I must have. No way would I have forgotten. Right, I think, I remember I did it before going out last Saturday. Yeah. No, wait, I played virtual Frisbee instead with some friends.

Oops.

I quickly run over to my cell phone once again and order it to enter computer mode. The phone quickly unfolds from its super slick phone mode to full fledged 18” laptop mode in ten seconds flat. Since I didn’t do my paper, I would have to hire someone to do so, specifically the most intelligent paper writing robot on the web at www.writemypaper.com. All I have to do is give him the instructions and he will return a paper to me in 10 minutes. Sure it costs $70, but that’s a small price to pay considering that without this paper, I will be paying a lot more to take the class over again next year. After printing out my brand new paper and swallowing my breakfast in under 60 seconds, I hop on my hover scooter to zip off to class to turn the paper in. After finishing that and the rest of my classes at 4 PM, it’s time for fun!

Dashing home as quick as my scooter will take me, I quickly demand my poor cell phone to please me yet again. Snapping into television mode, the phone quickly unfolds into yet another shape, specifically a 36” HD3D TV, the latest craze. Immediately turning the channel onto CNN, I watch a report on the recent war in Uganda. “Immersion mode,” I say aloud, which instantly warps me onto the battlefield. New cameras used today not only provide 3D technology but also take a full 360 degree view of the surrounding area, which viewers can easily be superimposed into at will. Awesome.

I watch TV until the signal gets fuzzy and goes dead. Odd, I think, this has never happened before. Suddenly, a tall man with thin eyes, a large forehead and a crescent shaped mouth appears on the screen. I hate sci-fi, so I quickly changed the channel only to be surprised that he is on every channel. I figure it must be some sort of major ad campaign for a new movie so I listen. It soon becomes apparent that I am wrong and that this is no future film; it appears that aliens from the Andromeda galaxy have taken control of our planet in order to save the earth from humankind. Interesting point, I think as I remember the recent stories about gas, coal, food, water, and energy shortages. I guess this had to come sometime. I put my phone back into plain old cell mode, set my alarm and decide to get some rest. I have a feeling I’m going to need it for tomorrow.